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Desert in the Deluge: Using Data to Drive Racial Equity
Get PDFCorporations, governments, and research institutions have learned to harness the power of data to make strategic and operational decisions that drive profitability, efficiency, and efficacy. Making meaningful use of an unprecedented and expanding volume of high velocity, complex and variable data sets—so called “big data—has also been heralded to help solve social problems like human trafficking, homelessness and climate change. Despite this data deluge, those engaged in the advancement of racial equity in workforce development operate in a data desert. Structural barriers to workplace opportunity and advancement perpetuate racialized gaps in wages and household wealth and result in poorer outcomes for workers of color across all measures of economic, physical, social, and emotional health. In the absence of reliable data and established metrics by which to measure progress toward eradicating those barriers, workplace racial inequity will continue to flourish.
This article proposes a framework for using data to advance racial equity across the workforce development ecosystem, a socio-economic community supported by organizations and individuals who educate, train, prepare, hire, place and support workers on the job. Based on findings from a year-long qualitative research study in Baltimore, few within the workforce ecosystem systematically collect, disaggregate, and analyze data to measure the impact of their policies, practices, and programs. One reason for this data desert is a reported fear of legal liability given Supreme Court jurisprudence restricting the consideration of race in higher educational admissions, hiring, and occupational advancement. This article seeks to clarify the legal legitimacy of a data analytics framework designed to generate meaningful and measurable outcomes for workers of color while holding all stakeholders accountable in the collective mission of dismantling racial inequity
The Cloud—A New Legal Frontier
No full textOn November 24, 2020, Catholic Law and Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland joined together for another event in the Contemporary Challenges in American & Global Law webinar series. The focus of this program was “The Cloud—A New Legal Frontier.” the event was moderated by Professor Emerita Leah Wortham, director of the American Law Program and the LL.M. program in which Catholic University has partnered with Jagiellonian University for many years. The organizers of the event were proud to have two Catholic Law alumni as presenter and commentator for the session. Wojciech Jarosinski (LL.M. 2011), a partner at Maruta Wachta, began the discussion from the Polish perspective, and comments were made by Paul Nagle ’99, Director of International Government Relations for Alibaba
Data Privacy Regulation Today
No full textThe panel focused on the effects of current data privacy legislation. The panel discussed topics such as the history of data privacy regulation, the relationship between privacy and security, and corporate and government compliance with global data privacy regulations
Muddy Waters Clearing Up: The Evolving State and Federal Status of a Best Interest Standard for Broker-Dealer and Investment Advisers
No full textThe Securities Law Program at Catholic Law hosted a discussion on the evolving state and federal status of a best interest standard for broker-dealer and investment advisers entitled, Muddy Waters Clearing Up. The event featured the Honorable Phyllis C. Borzi \u2778, former Assistant Secretary, Department of Labor, and member of the Catholic Law Board of Visitors and Carl Wilkerson \u2778, Vice President and Chief Counsel-Securities, American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI)
War Crimes, Justice, and the National Interest
No full textOn the evening of November 7, Lawrence J. Morris, Chief of Staff and Counselor to the President of The Catholic University of America, delivered the 2019 Mirror of Justice Lecture entitled, “War Crimes, Justice, and the National Interest.”
The audience was welcomed with a prayer and opening remarks from Alexander Hamilton (3L), President of the Saint John Paul II Guild of Catholic Lawyers. Hamilton offered a reflection on the namesake of the award and how Mary came to be a reflection of justice. He shared that each year the Guild, “picks a faculty member who reflects virtue, grace, and mercy in their vocation.” Hamilton then outlined Mr. Morris’ career in the military and at Catholic University and welcomed him to speak
