{"id":133,"date":"2020-10-20T14:24:52","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T14:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/?p=133"},"modified":"2020-11-05T04:04:55","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T04:04:55","slug":"movement-lawyering-is-focus-of-non-credit-reading-series-for-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/movement-lawyering-is-focus-of-non-credit-reading-series-for-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Movement Lawyering Is Focus of Non-Credit Reading Series for Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"133\" class=\"elementor elementor-133\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-27b283d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"27b283d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-97b7681\" data-id=\"97b7681\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a24ed3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2a24ed3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"874\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1270\/2020\/10\/Veryl-Pow-820x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Veryl Pow, Community Development Clinic teaching fellow<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d1ff3cd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d1ff3cd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2508c2c\" data-id=\"2508c2c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-747c950 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"747c950\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>In the wake of the May 25, 2020 killing of George Floyd, and the sustained, massive social movement for racial justice that followed it, UB Law this fall launched a reading series for students on movement lawyering and organizing for social change.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Led by <b>Prof. <a href=\"http:\/\/law.ubalt.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/keyes.cfm\">Elizabeth Keyes<\/a>,<\/b> director of the <a href=\"http:\/\/law.ubalt.edu\/clinics\/immigrantrights.cfm\">Immigrant Rights Clinic<\/a>, and <b><a href=\"http:\/\/law.ubalt.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/pow.cfm\">Veryl Pow<\/a>,<\/b>&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">clinical teaching fellow in the <a href=\"http:\/\/law.ubalt.edu\/clinics\/community.cfm\">Community Development Clinic<\/a>, the weekly lunchtime series&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">features selected readings and virtual visits from leaders in the movement for social change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlready, in its short time, the movement has resulted in tangible policy changes across jurisdictions nationwide,\u201d says Pow. \u201cThese events confirm that structural social change in this country follows waves of protest, movement activity and grassroots organizing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For lawyers, says Keyes, this surge of organizing and movement activity on the streets has brought to the surface the question of how we should relate to and enhance the platform of organizers and protesters. And the non-credit series was designed to help answer that question.<\/p>\n<p>The reading group is part of several efforts to enhance diversity, equity and inclusion at the law school. It will feature discussions with organizers and community lawyers from Baltimore and beyond, organizing on critical issues such as anti-racism, urban equity, education, sexual violence, domestic worker rights, international labor solidarity, and more.<\/p>\n<p>The reading group will cover nine themes designed to introduce students to various models and philosophies of law and organizing \u2014 ranging from \u201cmovement lawyering\u201d to \u201crebellious lawyering\u201d \u2014 and then address more nuanced issues in today\u2019s organizing environment.<\/p>\n<p>These themes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Models of Social Justice Lawyering<\/li>\n<li>Critique of Law\/Rights: Role of Law in&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Creating and Reproducing Subordination<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Critique of Traditional Public Interest&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Lawyering Models<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Movement Lawyering in Praxis<\/li>\n<li>BLM and Law 4 Black Lives<\/li>\n<li>Intersectional Resistance<\/li>\n<li>Rebellious Lawyering: Direct Collaboration&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">in Organizing<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Popular Resistance and Mass Movements: 2020 George Floyd Rebellion, and<\/li>\n<li>To Work Within or Without: Reform v. Abolition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>&#8220;As future lawyers, students need to have the skills and analysis to work alongside organizers to be effective advocates for change, and through these weekly sessions, they will begin learning from the rich scholarship and experiences of people who do this work, day in and day out,\u201d&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">says Keyes.<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fbf69c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2fbf69c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veryl Pow, Community Development Clinic teaching fellow In the wake of the May 25, 2020 killing of George Floyd, and the sustained, massive social movement for racial justice that followed it, UB Law this fall launched a reading series for students on movement lawyering and organizing for social change. 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