Vol. 46, No. 1: RBG's Impact on Civil Rights

Legal Education

Law Schools Push to Require Anti-Racism Training and Courses

by Keeshea Turner Roberts

Law schools nationwide have begun to look inward to determine how they can address systemic racism in their institutions as well as in the legal profession.

Civil Rights & Constitution

Schoolhouse to Courthouse: Leaving Teaching to Hone Advocacy

by Jacob Wohl

Wohl discusses his career move from elementary school teacher to civil rights attorney, both of which offer the potential for service to others and compassion-centered advocacy.

Courts & Judiciary

Rest in Power, Notorious RBG

by Daniel Cotter

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a pioneer at every step of her education and legal career, fighting for equality and recognition of individual rights, and may be best remembered for her legendary dissents.

Taxation

#BlackTaxpayersMatter: Anti-Racist Restructuring of U.S. Tax Systems

by Francine J. Lipman, Nicholas A. Mirkay, and Palma Joy Strand

Lipman, Mirkay, and Strand discuss the racist history of U.S. tax systems and propose anti-racist solutions, noting that true remedies to the systemic harms caused by federal, state, and local institutions which have been in place over the last 400 years will require all hands on deck.

Civil Rights & Constitution

Roundtable Discussion on RBG Remembrances from October 29, 2020

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a member of the ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice Council from 1975 until her appointment to the federal bench in 1980. Here, four past Section chairs who served with Justice Ginsburg discuss their involvement with her and the issues they tackled together.

Women in the Law

How RBG Paved the Way for Women Lawyers

by Mimi Rocah

Ruth Bader Ginsburg paved the way for women lawyers who followed her. With her passing, we should take stock of what women have accomplished in the legal field and also recognize how far there still is to go.

Public Health

Food, Fitness, and Fatalities

by Etienne C. Toussaint and Sabine O'Hara

As has been proven time and again, attempting to exercise can be a death sentence for Blacks. Limitations in access to exercise and healthy food have resulted in an exponentially high Black fatality rate from COVID-19.

Death Penalty

The Fight for Black Lives in North Carolina State Courts

by Jin Hee Lee and Sherrilyn Ifill

A former Confederate state, North Carolina has been the setting for racial injustice for decades. However, the passage of the Racial Justice Act and subsequent encouraging case rulings could allow North Carolina to emerge as a leader in creating a more equitable criminal justice system.

Courts & Judiciary

On the Basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's LGBTQ Legacy

by Bobbi M. Bittker

Justice Ginsburg’s ideology of equality extended to the rights of same-sex couples, as she argued against discrimination on the basis of sex and successfully applied the Fourteenth Amendment in numerous cases.

Civil Rights & Constitution

Human Rights Heroes: John Lewis, C. T. Vivian, James Charles Evers, and Mimi Jones

by Rebecca M. Collins

In the summer of 2020, as the nation’s attention was focused on racial inequality, we also experienced an enormous loss of civil rights leaders. Here, we honor those heroes whose bravery and fierce belief in equality altered history.