
Matthew Part III: We Are Not Innocent
“Your grandmother was not teaching me how to behave in class. She was teaching me how to ruthlessly interrogate the subject that elicited the most sympathy and rationalization—myself. Here was the lesson: I was not an innocent.” –Ta-Nehisi Coates, “Between the World and Me,” 2015 By the time...

Lunch with Looms: Connecting Programs to Create Community
Middle school – what does it bring up in your mind? For me, and most of my friends, those days were a struggle. I felt awkward, insecure, and was bullied throughout my 7th and 8th grade years by both girls and boys, so much so that I often pretended I...

Book Review: Transforming Justice, Lawyers, and the Practice of Law by Marjorie A. Silver
Review by Elaine Quinn This review first appeared in the online magazine, The Conscious Lawyer, vol II, May 2017. Available through Carolina Academic Press If I had an understanding before that law needs to change and that that change is already happening, this book has helped that understanding become a...