关于厄尔卡尔法律学院 & 社会政策公司.
The Earl Carl Institute for Legal and 社会政策 at the Thurgood Marshall School of Law was stablished in 1992, as an independent 501(c)(3) organization, to serve as a 研究 and writing think tank to assist 瑟古德·马歇尔法学院 students with their 研究 and writing skills. The Institute was named in honor of Professor Earl Carl, a founding faculty member of the law school.
The Institute seeks to empower underserved and disenfranchised populations by addressing systemic social issues through legal representation, 研究, 教育, 和宣传.
The vision of the Institute is to serve as one of the nation’s preeminent think tanks for 研究 和宣传 on legal and social issues affecting underserved communities. We will serve as a leading voice in promoting social justice and be recognized for excellence in our programs and the quality of our community engagement.
目前的法律服务项目:
- The Opal Mitchell Lee Property Preservation Project – maintaining housing stability and growing generational wealth
- 瑟古德·马歇尔法学院 Innocence Project – exonerating the wrongfully convicted
- ECI Juvenile Justice Project – juvenile criminal defense and representation in school disciplinary actions
- ECI Clean Slate Cooperative - creating a pathway to a better life by clearing criminal records
与政策有关的措施 & 研究项目:
- 安全 & Supportive Schools Collaboration– reducing disproportionate discipline and criminalization of Black students
- 黑人女孩倡议-审查, 从种族性别平等的角度来看, a slate of issues that disproportionately impact Black girls, including overrepresentation in adjudication for juvenile status offenses, 排他性纪律处分, 人口贩卖, 参与寄养, 教育 attainment disparities and homelessness
- Race, Gender, and Social Justice Transformation– providing resources and 教育 to support change
- Modal Law Project for non-justice involvement solutions for schools to address drug use or possession sentence cases in K-12.
- ECI Journal – The Bridge: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Legal & 社会政策
- 学生的研究 & Writing Projects which currently includes articles on Mandatory Implicit Bias Training for Law Enforcement, Qualified Immunity and police misconduct, 学校到监狱管道, and topics related to the Black Girls Initiative