Equal Justice Society thanks the law firm Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP for sponsoring 10 student leaders from Spelman College to attend the Spirit of Excellence Awards of the American Bar Association Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession. EJS President Eva Paterson will be recognized at the ceremony, taking place FebruaryContinueContinue reading “EJS Thanks Lieff Cabraser for Sending 10 Spelman Students to ABA Spirit of Excellence Awards”
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Justice for All Murder Victims
This piece was originally posted at California Progress Report. Murder is something I know well. In November of 1997, three days before Thanksgiving, my fiancé, Steve Henry was murdered execution style on the streets of Kingston, Jamaica. His body was stuffed in a barrel. I later learned that 1000 people were murdered in Jamaica thatContinueContinue reading “Justice for All Murder Victims”
Video: Eva Paterson, Tobias Wolff Talk on Prop. 8 at Hammer Forum
Eva Paterson and EJS board member Tobias Barrington Wolff appeared at the Hammer Forum on Sept. 10 to discuss the uncertain future of marriage equality in California. While more states move to legalize same-sex marriage, California has instead eliminated this right with the passage of Proposition 8.