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Daunting Work and Small Victories: Jonathan Cohen and Natalia Friedlander in Conversation

The Liman Center spoke with Jonathan Cohen ’20, Resnik-Curtis Liman Fellow, and Natalia Friedlander ’18, staff attorney, about their work at the Rhode Island Center for Justice.
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Liman Fellow Holly Thomas Confirmed to Ninth Circuit

The U.S. Senate confirmed Judge Holly Thomas ’04 to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. As a 2005 Liman Fellow, Thomas did innovative work to identify people sentenced as juveniles to life without parole.
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Q&A: Liman Fellow Sophie Angelis on Making Prison More Dignified, Less Painful

Sophie Angelis ’21, a Liman Fellow at Rights Behind Bars, spoke to the Liman Center about her work to improve conditions for older prisoners while securing their release.
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Liman Summer Fellow Encounters a Familiar Housing Injustice

Hannah Ponce, a 2021 Liman Summer Fellow, wrote a reflection about helping a client who faced the same kind of housing issue that Ponce herself experienced during childhood.
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In the News

How Sedition Charges Against the Oath Keepers Will Shape the Capitol Investigation
WBUR
Jenny Carroll, Liman Center director, discussed the sedition charge filed in relation to the January 6 attack on the capitol. Read more of her commentary in the Washington Post.

27 Years in Solitary Confinement, Then Another Plea for Help in Texas
New York Times
The Liman Center report Time-in-Cell 2019: A Snapshot of Restrictive Housing is cited in an article about Dennis Hope, who has spent more than half his life in solitary confinement.

Who Steps in if Cops Become Robbers?
Reuters
A column on predatory law enforcement in Brookside, Alabama, cites the 2020 Liman Center report Fees, Fines, and the Funding of Public Services.

Addressing Racism in Hawaii: Looking Back, During the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Moving Forward
Hawaii Civil Rights Commission
Catherine Chen '18, 2019 Liman Fellow and immigration attorney at the Medical-Legal Partnership for Children in Hawaii, was the primary researcher and author of a report submitted to the Hawaii State Legislature. Read another article by Chen and her team published in the Clinical Law Review.

New York’s Gerrymander Is an Affront to Democratic Principles
Wall Street Journal
Duncan Hosie '21, Liman Fellow at the American Civil Liberties Union's Ruth Bader Ginsburg Liberty Center, writes about the "cartographic dark arts" of gerrymandering. Read another recent article by Hosie about the importance of state courts and constitutions in protecting rights in the Washington Post.
 
Attorney General Raoul Announces Settlements with Construction Subcontractors at Rivian Automotive Over Unpaid Overtime Wages
Office of the Illinois Attorney General
Henry Weaver '18, 2018 Liman Fellow and assistant attorney general at the Workplace Rights Bureau of the Office of the Illinois Attorney General, worked on a case that secured backpay and penalties for dozens of workers who had been denied overtime at an electric car factory in Normal, Illinois.
 
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