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A Nation Within: Navajo Land and Economic Development

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Demand for land and natural resources has fundamentally shaped both the development of the Navajo Nation government and the relationship between the tribe and non-Indian interests. In this post, Ezra Rosser kicks off a symposium on his recent book, A Nation Within, by offering a brief look at this history, and suggesting that Diné have the power to assert. . .
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Corporate Personhood & Corporate Purpose: A Response to Carly Knight

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In a recent post, Carly Knight argues that resuscitating the vision of the corporation as a “creation of the state” is an important part of reclaiming the progressive argument for increased corporate accountability. In this response, Dan Rohde suggests that, rather than subscribe to one unified theory of “the corporation,” progressives would be. . .
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Weekly Roundup: December 2, 2022

By LPE Editors

An LPE-themed Crossword Puzzle, an LPE Academic Fellowship, Seven rapid reactions to the recent FTC policy statement, and a look at the failures of neoliberal electricity. Plus, NYC x LPE and an open letter in support of the railway workers.

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Energy Price Shocks and the Failures of Neoliberalism

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The global energy price shocks of the past two years have made it painfully clear that energy cannot be treated as an ordinary commodity. They also offer an opportunity to rethink the push to liberalize energy markets over the past forty years, and particularly the use of markets for electricity provisioning.

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We’re Hiring an Academic Fellow!

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Do you want to help organize amazing events, shape field-defining conferences, and support the spread of LPE student groups across the globe, all while having the time and space to pursue your own research agenda? Well, you’re in luck: we’re hiring!
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Weekly Roundup: November 18, 2022

By LPE Editors

Helen Hershkoff and Luke Norris on the Oligarchic Courthouse, Missy Risser-Lovings on training students to partner with grassroots organizing groups, and Stephanie Campos-Bui on the use of creative, non-litigation strategies to address systemic racial, economic, and social injustice. Plus, an upcoming event on Jamie Martin’s The Meddlers, two CFPs,. . .
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Designing an Emancipatory Clinic

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By helping students understand the broad extractive forces that shape the lives of precarious communities under racial capitalism, CUNY’s Community & Economic Development Clinic seeks to train not just technicians, but movement lawyers who partner with grassroots organizing groups.
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Weekly Roundup: November 11, 2022

By LPE Editors

Sameer Ashar, Renee Hatcher, and John Whitlow kick off a new series on Law Clinics and Racial Capitalism, Julia Hernandez and Tarek Ismail explain how law clinics can disrupt the family policing system, and Alicia Virani calls for a holistic approach to harm in training future public defenders. Plus, new entries from The Sling, an upcoming conference on. . .
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Reaching Beyond the Binary to Find Humanity

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The criminal legal system functions by separating acts of harm and violence into two opposed sides—“perpetrator” and “victim”—and lining up legal workers to vindicate one side’s rights to the exclusion of the other. This approach puts forth a scarcity model of justice, in which attending to harm is a zero-sum game. But if we wish to train our. . .
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Law Clinics and Racial Capitalism

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Law schools are disorienting spaces, particularly for those who arrive seeking tools for justice and transformation. The basic 1L curriculum is steeped in our country’s history of settler colonialism and slavery, and the law taught in the first year largely constitutes a legal infrastructure that has fostered and protected racial capitalism. This symposium. . .