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Some Notes on Courts and Courtesy
This Essay is a short reflection on misgendering by judges, told through a critical assessment of three cases from the Fifth and Eighth Circuits: Gibson v. Collier, United States v. Varner, and United States v. Thomason. In the trio, judges refused …
Universal Injunctions: Why Not Follow the Rule?
Over the last several years, a debate has flared up over universal injunctions, court orders that purport to benefit individuals across the nation, including vast numbers of people not party to the litigation from which the injunction issues. …
Black Women’s Hair and Natural Hairstyles in the Workplace: Expanding the Definition of Race Under Title VII
interpretation of Title VII as including cultural characteristics often associated with race or ethnicity, Black women have not successfully litigated the freedom to wear their hair in natural hairstyles in the workplace. Courts have held that …
ANNOUNCEMENTS
January 2022 Notes Pool
Accepted Note from the October 2021 Notes Pool
October 2021 Notes Pool
Best of 2021: Tiffany Mickel ’22 became the new editor-in-chief of @VirginiaLawRev in January. She is the first Black person to hold the position. https://bit.ly/3s46Vgh
Super-proud of my former student and research assistant, Doriane Nguenang Tchenga, on this fabulous essay.
Congrats, Doriane! https://twitter.com/VirginiaLawRev/status/1465742080454578176
🔥Online essay alert🔥 Doriane S. Nguenang Tchenga ’21 applies the reasoning of the Supreme Court's Title VII gender jurisprudence to the well-documented workplace discrimination against Black women for natural hairstyles. https://www.virginialawreview.org/articles/black-womens-hair/
🔥Online essay alert🔥 Doriane S. Nguenang Tchenga ’21 applies the reasoning of the Supreme Court's Title VII gender jurisprudence to the well-documented workplace discrimination against Black women for natural hairstyles. https://www.virginialawreview.org/articles/black-womens-hair/
It was a real pleasure to work with the splendid @VirginiaLawRev team on this piece. I'm thankful to have the opportunity to work with such talented & dedicated folks. https://twitter.com/VirginiaLawRev/status/1465380167430426626
Can a capacious understanding of "nature's rights" save us? Professors @mxguim and @m_livermore articulate their skepticism of "nature's rights" and explore other ways constitutional reform can advance environmentalist goals. https://www.virginialawreview.org/articles/where-natures-rights-go-wrong/
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