By: Danielle Ser This past summer, a global audience watched as their nation’s teams competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A media frenzy surrounded these Olympic Games with topics ranging from the Zika virus and its possible effect on athletes and onlookers to Brazil’s poverty-stricken areas to Ryan Lochte’s mishap … Continue reading The Refugee Olympic Team
Ending Arizona’s Rape Kit Backlog Problem
By: Rebecca Reiben Every one hundred and nine seconds a person experiences sexual assault.[1] When a victim reports the assault, the victim can elect to have a physician perform an invasive examination, which involves the victim explaining intimate details of the assault, taking photographs of the victim’s body, taking DNA swabs for evidence left by … Continue reading Ending Arizona’s Rape Kit Backlog Problem
Emancipatory Education
Emancipatory Education by Rashaad Thomas - Arizona State University Amendment XIII Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. During Arizona State University’s (“ASU”) Fall Semester 2014, I … Continue reading Emancipatory Education
Intimate Partner Violence
Intimate Partner Violence Erin Iungerich With the recent review by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights review of Castle Rock v. Gonzales, and public debate regarding intimate partner violence (IPV) as it relates to the National Football League (not to mention review of disciplinary procedures), the issue of IPV has been particularly salient as of … Continue reading Intimate Partner Violence
The Final Chapter in Affirmative Action within College Admissions?
The final chapter in affirmative action within college admissions? by Nicole Fries (Nicole is an alumni of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a devoted Tarheel basketball fan. Currently she is in her second year at ASU’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.) Although the Supreme Court has not yet fully decided … Continue reading The Final Chapter in Affirmative Action within College Admissions?
Law Journal for Social Justice 