Topic
Equity
122 published works
Law Times News
University of Toronto addresses equity groups’ open letter with anti-racism proposals
Dean explains steps taken, efforts planned to help dismantle systemic racism
The Right Coast
Equity Is a Mandate to Discriminate – WSJ
Those who push for equity have hidden these crucial differences for a reason. They aren t merely unpopular; they challenge America s bedrock principle that people should be treated equally…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
Executive Orders Impact Federal Agencies and Government Contractors
By J. Marshall Horton, Robert T. Dumbacher, Christy E. Kiely
Since taking office, President Biden has issued Executive Orders covering topics from climate change to mask mandates. Some of these new Executive Orders are aimed at eliminating discrimination and promoting…
Simple Justice
Apples and Equity
Listening to Biden’s inaugural address, I was struck by his mentions of racial justice. I’m not a fan of the word “justice,” used too often to promote whatever outcome someone…
3 Geeks and a Law Blog
The Geek in Review Ep. 102 – Nicole Morris on Emory Law Schools TI:GER Innovation Conference
By Greg Lambert, Marlene Gebauer
Nicole Morris is the Director of the TI:GER Program and Professor in Practice for Emory Law School in Atlanta, Georgia. She joins the podcast to discuss the upcoming TI:GER Innovation…
Data Equity
Defining Data and Equity – Part III: A Very Brief History of Equity
A gross oversimplification of the English common law system is that the law aims to punish evil and protect property. More often than not this gets shunted into the categories…
The Right Coast
Expert to NYT: We could “level the playing field” by vaccinating essential workers before seniors since seniors are “whiter”
Percentage-wise, there are more minorities working front-line jobs as essential workers than there are among senior citizens. Which is why, for certain wokesters, the seniors or essential workers? conundrum remains…
The Faculty Lounge
CFP: 2021 Detroit Mercy Law Review Symposium Pandemic: From Disparity to Equity
The Detroit Mercy Law Review at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law has extended the deadline for proposals for its 105th annual symposium, which will be held March…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Chan, Constitutionalizing the Registered Charity Regime
Kathryn Chan (University of Victoria) has posted Constitutionalizing the Registered Charity Regime: Reflections on Canada Without Poverty v. Canada (AG), Canadian Journal of Comparative and Contemporary Law (forthcoming 2020). Here…
Simple Justice
The Other Equity, Defined
Where the liberals once uttered the word “equality,” progressives have since replaced it with another word, “equity.” As with so many words that seem destined to mean whatever Humpty Dumpty…