Systemic Justice Project at Harvard Law School
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“Imagine whole bookshelves, seminars, workshops and trainings that teach aspiring tech entrepreneurs techniques like these. Imagine hundreds of engineers whose job every day is to invent new ways to keep you hooked.”
Our latest -- a great story reported by Gauri Sood:👇
theflaw.org/articles/the...
Our latest -- a great story reported by Gauri Sood:👇
theflaw.org/articles/the...
The Innocent Victims of the Dopamine Economy
How corporations use children’s developmental vulnerabilities to create life-long consumers.
theflaw.org
July 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“Imagine whole bookshelves, seminars, workshops and trainings that teach aspiring tech entrepreneurs techniques like these. Imagine hundreds of engineers whose job every day is to invent new ways to keep you hooked.”
Our latest -- a great story reported by Gauri Sood:👇
theflaw.org/articles/the...
Our latest -- a great story reported by Gauri Sood:👇
theflaw.org/articles/the...
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“I think the only reason that we are not all outraged constantly is that it has become normalized to see that type of misleading messaging everywhere....But that doesn’t make it okay, it just means that we are used to it.”
theflaw.org/articles/big...
theflaw.org/articles/big...
Big Oil’s Net-Zero Illusion
How Big Oil is, once again…
theflaw.org
July 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“I think the only reason that we are not all outraged constantly is that it has become normalized to see that type of misleading messaging everywhere....But that doesn’t make it okay, it just means that we are used to it.”
theflaw.org/articles/big...
theflaw.org/articles/big...
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The Character & Fitness process is a black box that shapes who gets to practice law. @unlockthebarny.bsky.social is gathering stories to expose how C&F impacts underrepresented communities & to help democratize the profession. Take the survey: tinyurl.com/UTB-People-S...
June 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The Character & Fitness process is a black box that shapes who gets to practice law. @unlockthebarny.bsky.social is gathering stories to expose how C&F impacts underrepresented communities & to help democratize the profession. Take the survey: tinyurl.com/UTB-People-S...
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Why does Trump’s second term feel more unhinged—more coordinated—than his first?
Because it is.
Brilliant reporting by @holdenhop.bsky.social who untangles the individuals and ideologies powering Trump 2.0.
theflaw.org/articles/new...
Because it is.
Brilliant reporting by @holdenhop.bsky.social who untangles the individuals and ideologies powering Trump 2.0.
theflaw.org/articles/new...
New MAGA, Same as the Old MAGA?
Trump, Vance, and “Tech-Bro Fascism”…
theflaw.org
June 2, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Why does Trump’s second term feel more unhinged—more coordinated—than his first?
Because it is.
Brilliant reporting by @holdenhop.bsky.social who untangles the individuals and ideologies powering Trump 2.0.
theflaw.org/articles/new...
Because it is.
Brilliant reporting by @holdenhop.bsky.social who untangles the individuals and ideologies powering Trump 2.0.
theflaw.org/articles/new...
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"With graduation less than a few days away, my classmates and I can’t shake one feeling: that we were paid to stay silent and encouraged to stay distracted. Sometimes it feels as though we are brilliant marionettes controlled by technicality and fear."
Our latest:
theflaw.org/articles/our...
Our latest:
theflaw.org/articles/our...
Our Silence is for Sale?
How Law Firms make the Harvard Experience Possible…
theflaw.org
May 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"With graduation less than a few days away, my classmates and I can’t shake one feeling: that we were paid to stay silent and encouraged to stay distracted. Sometimes it feels as though we are brilliant marionettes controlled by technicality and fear."
Our latest:
theflaw.org/articles/our...
Our latest:
theflaw.org/articles/our...
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The Trump administration shut down the CFPB: deleted its public guidance, halted enforcement, canceled settlements, & fired staff. A full-scale demolition of consumer protection as a gift powerful banks.
In our latest, Carson Whitesell reports for The [F]law:
theflaw.org/articles/con...
In our latest, Carson Whitesell reports for The [F]law:
theflaw.org/articles/con...
Consumer Protection: A Eulogy
Trump’s Efforts to Dismantle Consumer Protection…
theflaw.org
May 18, 2025 at 3:22 AM
The Trump administration shut down the CFPB: deleted its public guidance, halted enforcement, canceled settlements, & fired staff. A full-scale demolition of consumer protection as a gift powerful banks.
In our latest, Carson Whitesell reports for The [F]law:
theflaw.org/articles/con...
In our latest, Carson Whitesell reports for The [F]law:
theflaw.org/articles/con...
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Billionaire team owners.
Taxpayer-funded stadiums.
Cities abandoned.
Oakland lost all 3 of its pro teams in 5 years. The public is still paying the price.
Read our latest:
theflaw.org/articles/hom...
Taxpayer-funded stadiums.
Cities abandoned.
Oakland lost all 3 of its pro teams in 5 years. The public is still paying the price.
Read our latest:
theflaw.org/articles/hom...
Home Field Advantage
The Public Cost of Stadium Financing…
theflaw.org
May 5, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Billionaire team owners.
Taxpayer-funded stadiums.
Cities abandoned.
Oakland lost all 3 of its pro teams in 5 years. The public is still paying the price.
Read our latest:
theflaw.org/articles/hom...
Taxpayer-funded stadiums.
Cities abandoned.
Oakland lost all 3 of its pro teams in 5 years. The public is still paying the price.
Read our latest:
theflaw.org/articles/hom...
Important! Grateful to @peoplesparity.bsky.social for their leadership and to many law students for demonstrating to powerful BigLaw partners what courage looks like.
Law students are leading the way with bravery & integrity 👏👏👏
"Yesterday, the People’s Parity Project publicly announced a Law Student Firm Pledge that started among law school chapters of the organization, though signing on is certainly open to all law students."
"Yesterday, the People’s Parity Project publicly announced a Law Student Firm Pledge that started among law school chapters of the organization, though signing on is certainly open to all law students."
Law Students Signing Pledge To Refuse Offers From Collaborating Biglaw Firms
https://abovethelaw.com/2025/04/law-students-signing-pledge-to-refuse-offers-from-collaborating-biglaw-firms/
April 25, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Important! Grateful to @peoplesparity.bsky.social for their leadership and to many law students for demonstrating to powerful BigLaw partners what courage looks like.
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Social media’s algorithms are “designed to exploit the human brain’s attraction to divisiveness.” Political radicalization are “hollowing out our democratic institutions.”
How do those pieces fit together, and how are corporations profiting off of it all?
Our latest!:👇
theflaw.org/articles/in-...
How do those pieces fit together, and how are corporations profiting off of it all?
Our latest!:👇
theflaw.org/articles/in-...
In the Habit of Hate
How Social Media Profits from Radicalization & Mass Harassment.
theflaw.org
April 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Social media’s algorithms are “designed to exploit the human brain’s attraction to divisiveness.” Political radicalization are “hollowing out our democratic institutions.”
How do those pieces fit together, and how are corporations profiting off of it all?
Our latest!:👇
theflaw.org/articles/in-...
How do those pieces fit together, and how are corporations profiting off of it all?
Our latest!:👇
theflaw.org/articles/in-...
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"While the world condemns the unspeakable violence committed against innocents, what of the corporations that stake their business model on it?"
theflaw.org/articles/cor...
theflaw.org/articles/cor...
Corporations Ghostwriting our Dangerous Foreign Policy
A lawsuit against US arms companies exposes corporate power’s reach…
theflaw.org
April 11, 2025 at 4:23 AM
"While the world condemns the unspeakable violence committed against innocents, what of the corporations that stake their business model on it?"
theflaw.org/articles/cor...
theflaw.org/articles/cor...
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Citibank quietly closed Armenian Americans’ accounts based on their last names. No warning. No explanation. Just discrimination.
Our latest episode: theflaw.org/articles/fla...
Our latest episode: theflaw.org/articles/fla...
[F]law School Episode 14: Banking on Discrimination
Citibank, Armenian Americans…
theflaw.org
April 6, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Citibank quietly closed Armenian Americans’ accounts based on their last names. No warning. No explanation. Just discrimination.
Our latest episode: theflaw.org/articles/fla...
Our latest episode: theflaw.org/articles/fla...
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The USDA passed a new policy away from the public eye, and suddenly millions of animals used in research were hidden too. This is a story of secret policies and agency capture—but also a story of compassion for the animals we exploit in the name of scientific progress.
theflaw.org/articles/ani...
theflaw.org/articles/ani...
Animal or Industry Welfare?
How a secret USDA policy keeps animals in research hidden…
theflaw.org
April 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The USDA passed a new policy away from the public eye, and suddenly millions of animals used in research were hidden too. This is a story of secret policies and agency capture—but also a story of compassion for the animals we exploit in the name of scientific progress.
theflaw.org/articles/ani...
theflaw.org/articles/ani...
"The only way to win justice is through collective action and solidarity.” - @vail.bsky.social
hlrecord.org/public-inter...
hlrecord.org/public-inter...
hlrecord.org
March 20, 2025 at 3:10 AM
"The only way to win justice is through collective action and solidarity.” - @vail.bsky.social
hlrecord.org/public-inter...
hlrecord.org/public-inter...
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We're excite to share our latest article and paired podcast. In both Izza Drury reveals the hidden realities of the H-2A visa program—marketed as a pathway for temporary agricultural work but serving as a system that traps migrant farmworkers in cycles of exploitation.
theflaw.org/articles/no-...
theflaw.org/articles/no-...
No Way to Treat a Guest
Exploitation in the H-2A Migrant Farm Worker Program…
theflaw.org
March 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We're excite to share our latest article and paired podcast. In both Izza Drury reveals the hidden realities of the H-2A visa program—marketed as a pathway for temporary agricultural work but serving as a system that traps migrant farmworkers in cycles of exploitation.
theflaw.org/articles/no-...
theflaw.org/articles/no-...
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"The success of the film 'Killers of the Flower Moon' shows that the time is ripe for other stories of theft and deception endured by my people. Disturbingly, these stories go well beyond the 1920s murders depicted in the film. They are ongoing."
theflaw.org/articles/cor...
theflaw.org/articles/cor...
Corporate Greed in Indian Country
On the Osage reservation, Big Oil’s schemes span the Koch bros.
theflaw.org
March 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"The success of the film 'Killers of the Flower Moon' shows that the time is ripe for other stories of theft and deception endured by my people. Disturbingly, these stories go well beyond the 1920s murders depicted in the film. They are ongoing."
theflaw.org/articles/cor...
theflaw.org/articles/cor...
Let's get busy!
March 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Let's get busy!
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The @systemicjustice.bsky.social at HLS is launching a new initiative to unite law students and lawyers in the fight for justice, civil rights, and democracy. Check it out!
The Systemic Justice Project Rapid Response Group - Harvard Law School | Systemic Justice Project
The Systemic Justice Project is facilitating a new collaboration among lawyers and law students committed to supporting justice efforts through discrete, time-sensitive legal research and analysis in…
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February 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The @systemicjustice.bsky.social at HLS is launching a new initiative to unite law students and lawyers in the fight for justice, civil rights, and democracy. Check it out!
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Latest episode of [F]law School: Police body cameras aren’t about accountability. Footage & the public are being manipulated to legitimize violence, expand surveillance, and boost profits.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts or theflaw.org/articles/fla...
Listen wherever you get your podcasts or theflaw.org/articles/fla...
[F]law School Episode 12: The Body (S)camera
How corporations manipulate public fears and deepen police power all for profit.
theflaw.org
March 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Latest episode of [F]law School: Police body cameras aren’t about accountability. Footage & the public are being manipulated to legitimize violence, expand surveillance, and boost profits.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts or theflaw.org/articles/fla...
Listen wherever you get your podcasts or theflaw.org/articles/fla...
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The good news: Local governments are taking the lead on major political and social issues;
The bad news: corporate interest groups are taking notice.
Lobbyists are probably targeting your hometown now–the problem is a lot bigger (and tougher to detect) than you think.
theflaw.org/articles/sma...
The bad news: corporate interest groups are taking notice.
Lobbyists are probably targeting your hometown now–the problem is a lot bigger (and tougher to detect) than you think.
theflaw.org/articles/sma...
Small Government, Big Business
Corporate interests are invading the American municipality…
theflaw.org
February 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The good news: Local governments are taking the lead on major political and social issues;
The bad news: corporate interest groups are taking notice.
Lobbyists are probably targeting your hometown now–the problem is a lot bigger (and tougher to detect) than you think.
theflaw.org/articles/sma...
The bad news: corporate interest groups are taking notice.
Lobbyists are probably targeting your hometown now–the problem is a lot bigger (and tougher to detect) than you think.
theflaw.org/articles/sma...