Center for Civil Rights and Critical Justice @ccrcj.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Did you know that Washington's prison riot statute is being weaponized against youth of color at overcrowded, mismanaged juvenile prisons? Last semester and this semester, students in our Civil Rights Clinic have been working to undo this harm, in both the legislature and in the courts. 100
Center for Civil Rights and Critical Justice @ccrcj.bsky.social · 11/04/2025The Center for Civil Rights and Critical Justice at Seattle University School of Law submitted an amicus brief this morning in support of WA Attorney General Nick Brown's challenge to the EO seeking to rewrite the Constitution on Birthright Citizenship. Read the brief here: lnkd.in/gdG9sM2R 110
Center for Civil Rights and Critical Justice @ccrcj.bsky.social · 30/01/2025The Center for Civil Rights and Critical Justice hosted a panel discussion of race and capital punishment, framed by Trump's Executive Order "Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety." We covered racial dynamics of juries and the use of state constitutions to chart a different path. 010
Center for Civil Rights and Critical Justice @ccrcj.bsky.social · 17/01/2025What's going on with public defense caseload standards in Washington? Professor Bob Boruchowitz, who leads The Defender Initiative at the Center for Civil Rights and Critical Justice, urges the Washington Supreme Court to adopt the Revised Standards for Indigent Defense www.kcba.org?pg=News-Bar-...kcba.orgThe Washington Supreme Court Should Adopt Revised Standards to Address the Crisis in Public Defense - BAR BULLETIN 011
Center for Civil Rights and Critical Justice @ccrcj.bsky.social · 03/12/2024The Civil Rights Clinic (a project of the Center for Civil Rights and Critical Justice at Seattle University School of Law) recently secured release for two clients previously serving life without parole sentences! 000