As we are on the cusp of celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the remarkable fact that our nation has survived so long, it seems a good time to share a speech given by Lee West
I know, I know. That “no vehicles in the park” hypo is so tired. Clearly no such thing is possible in the modern age.Here’s a sign I came upon on my bicycle ride around Lake Hefner in Oklahoma City, home…
Each year, the Clinical Legal Education Association invites law schools to nominate students as their Outstanding Clinic Student or Team and Outstanding Externship student. This series includes submissions from law schools celebrating their outstanding students. From Oklahoma City University School of…
Wrong house raids are nothing new, though they remain as inexcusable now as ever, so when ICE, together with whatever spare letters the government cobbled together, obtained a warrant to raid a house in Oklahoma City, it never dawned on…
The last time we mentioned the Divided Argument podcast, we were congratulating them on their funniest bit yet. After that, I chided co-host Will Baude on social media for throwing shade on my adopted home town, Oklahoma City.To his…
Main Tuesday, July 16, 2024On-point precedent (Updated)The latest target of Libs of Tik Tok has on-point precedent on her side. Maybe there is a difference between a special-ed teacher and a clerical police employee, although I doubt it. The…
Le’Shawn Turner, is a reference librarian at Oklahoma City University Law Library in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma She was also the former Secretary of BLL-SIS and is now one of its Members’-at-Large. She will also be the first black female…
Lisa Avalos, The Under-Enforcement of Crimes Against Black Women, Case Western Reserve Law Review (forthcoming 2023) It is well known that over-policing has a severe adverse impact on communities of color. What is less well known is that over-policing is accompanied…
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