Getting By – LPE Project https://lpeproject.org The Law and Political Economy Project Sat, 26 Nov 2022 07:21:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://lpeproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-LPE_Favicon_512px_BlackBG-450x450.png Getting By – LPE Project https://lpeproject.org 32 32 You Planted a Seed: Legal Problems as Power Building Possibilities https://lpeproject.org/blog/you-planted-a-seed-legal-problems-as-power-building-possibilities/ Wed, 15 Jul 2020 11:00:11 +0000 http://lpeblog.org/?p=3802 This is part of our symposium on the legal representation of poor people. In January 2020, I sat in a courtroom in Atlanta observing as people with various housing problems went before a judge. The case that stood out most that day involved a Black man in his late 30s whom I’ve since given the pseudonym Ray. Ray was being evicted by his landlord, a man I’ll call Mr. Young. All parties agreed that...

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]]> From Altruism to Solidarity: A New (or Perhaps Old) Model for Public Service https://lpeproject.org/blog/from-altruism-to-solidarity-a-new-or-perhaps-old-model-for-public-service/ Tue, 14 Jul 2020 11:00:30 +0000 http://lpeblog.org/?p=3795 This is part of our symposium on the legal representation of poor people. “To put the matter crudely: if one relegates a certain social space simply to the selfish acquisition of material things, it is almost inevitable that soon someone else will come to set aside another domain in which to preach that, from the perspective of ultimate values, material things are unimportant...

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]]> The Clean Sea Breeze of Bad Men https://lpeproject.org/blog/the-clean-sea-breeze-of-bad-men/ Mon, 13 Jul 2020 11:00:18 +0000 http://lpeblog.org/?p=3793 This is part of our symposium on the legal representation of poor people. In Professor Hershkoff and Loffredo’s post contextualizing their comprehensive handbook within the LPE movement, we can detect a certain irony. As they acknowledge, many lawyers, particularly those trained at elite institutions, eschew the representation of low-income communities for a host of reasons amounting to “a bad fit.

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]]> LPE Praxis for Intergenerational Joy https://lpeproject.org/blog/lpe-praxis-for-intergenerational-joy/ Wed, 08 Jul 2020 10:30:47 +0000 http://lpeblog.org/?p=3737 This is part of our symposium on the legal representation of poor people. The question of how to put LPE into practice in legal services work naturally raises questions around methodology: who should elucidate and fulfill an agenda for life-affirming social change, and how should we go about it? More specific to lawyering, who should occupy the role of a lawyer fighting alongside her clients for...

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]]> Politics and Poverty Law https://lpeproject.org/blog/politics-and-poverty-law/ Tue, 07 Jul 2020 11:00:23 +0000 http://lpeblog.org/?p=3734 This is part of our symposium on the legal representation of poor people. This past February, I was asked, along with several of my colleagues at CUNY School of Law, to remark on Helen Hershkoff and Stephen Loffredo’s forthcoming book, Getting By. This was a supreme honor, given my admiration for Helen and Stephen’s work and the fact that Stephen was my professor and continues to be a mentor.

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]]> LPE in Practice: Why We Wrote Getting By https://lpeproject.org/blog/lpe-in-practice-why-we-wrote-getting-by/ Mon, 06 Jul 2020 10:30:54 +0000 http://lpeblog.org/?p=3727 This is part of our symposium on the legal representation of poor people. Students often ask how they can put “LPE into practice.” Earlier this year (before law schools went remote because of COVID), Professor Angela Harris spoke at NYU Law and addressed this question, emphasizing three key features of moving from theory to practice: first, intersectionality; second, a recognition of law’s limits...

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