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September 2015
“A Conversation with Jules Lobel: Public Service Litigation & Solitary Confinement.”
We invite you to join us on Friday, September 4 from 12-1pm in WCC 3018 for “A Conversation with Jules Lobel: Public Service Litigation & Solitary Confinement.” Jules Lobel, President of the Center for Constitutional Rights and Professor at University of Pittsburgh Law School, will discuss his current case, Ashker v. Brown, challenging solitary confinement practices at Pelican Bay prison. He will also speak more broadly about prison litigation, public interest lawyering, and his career path. As of this week,…
Find out more »PLAP returning students training (option 1)
Mandatory training for returning PLAP students. Please attend either this training or the training on 9/19. You are not required to attend both. This event will be on Saturday September 12th from 2-4pm in WCC 1010
Find out more »PLAP returning students training (option 2)
Mandatory training for returning PLAP students. Please attend either this training or the training on 9/12. You are not required to attend both. This event will be on Saturday September 19th from 2-4pm in WCC 1010
Find out more »Alec Karakatsanis Talk
September 23 @ 12-1pm in WCC Room 3018. Pizza provided. Alec Karakatsanis will discuss the criminal injustice system and the role of lawyers and law students in an era of mass human caging.
Find out more »New PLAPper training
This is a mandatory training for any student who wants to participate in the Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project for the first time during the 2015-2016 academic year. Please attend this training if: You definitely plan to participate in PLAP this year You are not yet sure whether or not you will participate in PLAP this year You want to PLAP in the spring You want to PLAP in the fall You want to learn about using PLAP as a…
Find out more »Make-up training for new PLAPpers
This is a make-up session for the mandatory training for any student who wants to participate in the Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project during the 2015-2016 academic year. Please attend this training if you cannot make the training on 9/26 and: You definitely plan to participate in PLAP this year You are not yet sure whether or not you will participate in PLAP this year You want to PLAP in the spring You want to PLAP in the fall You…
Find out more »October 2015
Arresting Violence- Re conceptualizing Justice
PLAP is cosponsoring the WGS/ Mahindra Humanities Center seminar series "Arresting Violence: Reconceptualizing Justice." Thursday, October 1, 2015 Policing Race, Policing Sex, Policing Gender Andrea Ritchie | Soros Justice Fellow, co-author of Queer (In)Justice 6-8 pm, Barker Center 133, 12 Quincy St. Thursday, October 15, 2015 Why Edward Snowden is not Assata Shakur Joy James | Williams College 5-7 pm, Barker Center 133, 12 Quincy St. Thursday, November 19, 2015 Tinkering with Violence: Effects of Carceral Reforms on LGBT Prisoners…
Find out more »Cross-examination Training
Mandatory training for all new PLAPers!
Find out more »September 2018
New Member Training
If you're a new student interesting in joining PLAP or a returning student new to PLAP, join us at one of our two new member trainings this fall! Our mission is to empower people incarcerated in Massachusetts prisons; to train law students in client-based advocacy and instill in them a commitment to public interest and social justice; and to participate in conversations about incarceration and engage in efforts to promote the rights of incarcerated people. Wednesday, 9/19, 5:00 to 7:30…
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