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A More Effective San Francisco Board of Education School Naming Process
Get PDFOn January 26, 2021, San Francisco Board of Education adopted Resolution No. 211-12A1 to sanction the potential renaming of 44 San Francisco Unified School District schools. This decision was immediately met with public opposition and criticism due to concerns that include, but are not limited to, the timing of the renaming effort, the lack of community engagement, the hasty historical research and decision-making, and the lack of financial consideration. The advantages and challenges to conducting community outreach, applying social justice principles, and performing historical due diligence, and their respective impacts to place naming are discussed in this research paper. A mixed-method approach was used to gather public opinion and feedback from key informants through an online survey and interview questionnaire, respectively. Research findings revealed the perspectives of the San Francisco community and consisted of insightful feedback from Christina Bagatavicius, Co-Founder and Principal at Bespoke Collective. The survey results demonstrated public support for community outreach and historical due diligence; however, the determination on applying social justice principles was inconclusive. Based on the collected data and findings, this study recommends actions, policy changes, and areas for further research to increase the effectiveness of the San Francisco Board of Education’s school naming process
7 Steps To Prepare For the Coronavirus Claim Tsunami
No full textEpidemiologists and historians will judge our readiness to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, but there is another onslaught coming, one perhaps more predictable than the virus: a tsunami of coronavirus-related insurance claims. Will we be ready
The Case for Blockchain in the Beauty Industry
Get PDFPart II of this paper addresses the legal issues presented by counterfeit cosmetics and false claims, and also compares the regulatory landscape in the United States versus that of the European Union. Part III analyzes how blockchain can be used to fill in the gaps left by the lack of strong regulations in the United States and provide consumers reliable methods of authenticating the ingredients in their personal care products. Part III also explains how Cult Beauty is implementing blockchain in its business. Part IV discusses the potential hurdles and negatives of using blockchain in the beauty industry. Part V concludes this paper
Law in the Time of COVID-19: Legal Considerations Amidst a Growing Crisis
Get PDFCOVID-19 has resulted in the destabilization of several aspects of human society, which may potentially cause an influx in litigation in certain practice areas such as employment, healthcare, and contract law. Although the legal effects of the pandemic have yet to be seen in their entirety, having knowledge of the potential legal issues better prepares individuals and businesses in dealing with this increased risk of litigation and could possibly help mitigate the circumstances caused by this viral, unprecedented attack on humanity
California Should Lead the Nation in Controlling Agricultural Pollution
Get PDFAgricultural runoff is one of the largest sources of pollution in the nation’s waterways. In recent years, scientific journals and the media have been filled with reports of toxic algae blooms and dead zones near and far: The Everglades, Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico, Chesapeake Bay, and San Francisco Bay-Delta. Agricultural pollution also threatens public health in communities that rely on tainted groundwater. In California alone, more than a quarter million residents in largely agricultural areas are served by water systems with degraded groundwater quality
Forgotten Intellectual Property Lore
No full textAuthor of Ch. 8: R Radical Patent Law Reform in a Common Law Enabling System: A Metahistory.
Book Description:This innovative book explores forgotten disputes over intellectual property and the ways in which creative people and sovereigns have managed these disputes throughout the centuries. With a focus on reform, it raises important questions about the resilience of legal rules and challenges the methodology behind traditional legal analyses. Focusing on lore and traditions, expert contributors incorporate contextual understandings that are rooted in history, sociology, political science, and literary studies into their analyseshttps://digitalcommons.law.ggu.edu/book_chapters/1041/thumbnail.jp
The 2020 Supreme Court Term in the Shadow of BLM, MeToo, and the Notorious RBG
Get PDFThe upcoming Supreme Court term comes in the context of widespread protests about police violence, the criminal (in)justice system, continuing fallout from the #MeToo movement, and the death of iconic Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The court has agreed to hear cases that involve the enduring white supremist legacy of a Louisiana law that allowed for non-unanimous jury criminal convictions, standards for evaluating excessive use of force by police, what is required to sentence a juvenile to life without parole, and military sexual violence.
It is imperative that the Court acknowledge the difficult truths that Black Lives Matter protesters, advocates for children and sexual violence survivors, and plain numbers have been telling us about entrenched problems with our criminal justice system. In addition, these cases elevate issues of humanity and dignity when it comes to how we treat some of the most vulnerable members of society—people of color, children and sexual violence survivors
United States v. DiMartino
Get PDFWhether the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, abused its discretion in denying DiMartino’s request for a competency hearing and giving no weight to Defendant’s psychologist’s report prepared at counsel’s request
