Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal formed in 2002 by a small group of committed and enterprising students to address the vacuum in legal scholarship pertaining to issues of race and poverty.  Against many obstacles, it has grown into a coalition of over 100 law students dedicated to progressive lawyering in the interests of the poor and marginalized that is known as one of the most politically active forces on our law school campus.

Mission Statement

The Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal is committed to promoting and inspiring discourse in the legal community regarding issues of race, poverty, social justice, and the law.  This Journal is committed to addressing disparities in the legal system.  We will create an avenue for compelling dialogue on the subject of the growing marginalization of racial minorities and the economically disadvantaged.  It is our hope that the legal theories addressed in this Journal will prove useful in remedying the structural inequalities facing our communities.

Volume 5, Issue 2

We are proud to announce that Volume 5, Issue 2 will be be published this year.  Please note the following contributions:

Articles

Throwing Black Babies out with the Bathwater: Examining the Constitutionality of Same-Sex Adoption Bans  by Tanya M. Washington

Race Disparities in Prisoner Reentry: Obstacles to, and Requirements for, Ex-offender Success by Adrienne Lyles-Chockley

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Life on the Rocks: Putting a Stop to ICE’s Racial Profiling and Striving Toward the Formulation of a Humane Immigration Enforcement Policy by Abby Sullivan

The Challenges of Tough Love: An Examination of San Francisco’s Community Justice Center and Its Prospects for Success in Dealing with Quality-of-Life Crimes by Todd Daloz

Volume 5, Issue 1

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Black, White, Brown, Green, and Fordice: The Flavor of Higher Education in Louisiana and Mississippi by Alfreda A. Sellers Diamond

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Taking it to the Bank: Actualizing Health Care Equality for San Francisco's Transgender City and County Employees by J. Denise Diskin

The Unmet Promises of Care Not Cash by Teddy Miller

Volume 4, Issue 2 

Articles

Unpacking Pandora's Box: Innovative Techniques for Effectively Counseling Asylum Applicants Suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder by Carol M. Suzuki

Come Down and Make Bargains in Good Faith: The Application of 42  U.S.C. § 1981 to Race and National Origin Discrimination in Retail Stores  by Charlotte H. Sanders

"Public Interest Drift" Revisited: Tracing the Sources of Social Change Commitment Among Black Harvard Law Students by Jeneé Desmond-Harris

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Proving Race Discrimination in Criminal Cases Using Statistical Evidence  by Marc Price Wolf

Volume 4, Issue 1

Articles

Medical Civil Rights: The Exclusion of Physicians of Color from Managed care: Business or Bias? by Rene Bowser

Civil Claims for Uncivilized Acts: Filing Suit Against the Government for American Indian Boaring School Abuses by Andrea A. Curcio

Cross-Cultural Lawyering by the Book: The Latest Clinical Texts and a Sketch of a Future Agenda by Ascanio Piomelli

The Color of Sexual Harassment and the Public/Private Divide by Janeille Zorina Matthews

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Race and the Jury: Racial Influences on Jury Decision-Making in Death Penalty Cases by Mustafa El-Farra