The Equal Justice Society is thrilled to welcome Angela Garcia, a rising USF Law 3L, and Breanna Madison, a rising Howard Law 2L, as our summer 2022 legal interns. Angela Garcia Angela Garcia recently completed her second year at the University of San Francisco School of Law, where she is co-president of the USF Women’sContinue reading "EJS Welcomes Summer 2022 Interns: Angela Garcia and Breanna Madison"
Eva Paterson Receives Honorary Doctor of Laws from Northwestern University
Originally posted on May 10, 2022; updated on June 13, 2022. https://www.instagram.com/p/CewTRW8Bf4w/ Northwestern University awarded Equal Justice Society President Eva Paterson an honorary Doctor of Laws on June 13 during its 164th commencement ceremony. Sheila Bedi, clinical professor of law and director, Community Justice and Civil Rights Clinic, Pritzker School of Law, presented the degree.Continue reading "Eva Paterson Receives Honorary Doctor of Laws from Northwestern University"
Today is the 46th Anniversary of Washington v. Davis, a ruling that advanced white supremacy
For more than two decades, the Equal Justice Society has fought to reclaim the 14th Amendment by dismantling the “intent standard” established in the June 7, 1976, decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington v. Davis requiring an almost impossible burden on plaintiffs to prove decision-maker’s conscious intent to discriminate. Prior to the WashingtonContinue reading "Today is the 46th Anniversary of Washington v. Davis, a ruling that advanced white supremacy"