PEOPLES COLLEGE OF LAW COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY CLASS OF 2018
Showing posts with label law school. Show all posts
Showing posts with label law school. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Brief musing on Scalia
In February, my Civil Procedure Professor sent our class a short exchange between him and another lawyer regarding the death of Antonin Scalia. They were both refreshing critical of the arch-reactionary Supreme Court Justice. I weighed in with my thoughts as well. They are reproduced here.
I'm not one to mince words when it comes to our reactionary ruling class, and tweeted this on Saturday after a friend texted me the good news.
I've read some of Antonin Scalia's racist opinions in our casebooks. That reactionary bigot is going straight to hell. #goodriddance
— Robert D. Skeels (@rdsathene) February 13, 2016
But discussions of individual members of the court, and their possible replacements, only consign us to what Professor Noam Chomsky refers to as "narrow confines of discourse." A more Freireian approach would be to ask why the Supreme Court exists and why do we allow this small group of individuals make decisions that effect each and every one of us so profoundly? Dr. Rob Hunter does precisely this in an amazing Jacobin essay The Supreme Court After Scalia, where he posits that collective struggle is far more important.
I strongly recommend the essay, and want to leave you with the following excerpt, that which I believe sums the entire issue.
“The Supreme Court is a bulwark of reaction. Its brief is to maintain the institutional boundaries drawn by the Constitution, a document conceived out of fear of majoritarian democracy and written by members of a ruling class acting in brazen self-interest.”
Friday, September 04, 2015
How do I feel even after UCLA '14, Peoples College of Law, and passing the CalBar June '15 FYLSX?
How do I feel even after @UCLA '14, @peoplescollolaw, & passing the @StateBarCA June '15 #FYLSX? [img: Wakaba*Girl] pic.twitter.com/T4U8FI1027
— Robert D. Skeels (@rdsathene) August 17, 2015Los Angeles corporate education reform be worried...
Los Angeles corporate #edreform be worried. After I start evidence this Winter, I get to to this http://t.co/hg7n631qIC @iambenaustin #LAUSD
— RD Skeels LAUSD 2013 (@RDSkeels4LAUSD) August 24, 2015Monday, June 15, 2015
Is Social Justice Law School for you?
Is Social Justice Law School for you?
Ever consider wielding our oppressors’ weapons against them?
If you’re a social justice minded person in Los Angeles, with at least two years of college credit, consider Peoples College of Law (PCL). PCL offers a four-year evening Juris Doctor program to accommodate working students. Successful completion of the Juris Doctor (J.D.) program provides qualification to sit for the California State Bar exam. From their site:
Our recruitment and admissions policies are strongly directed toward socio-politically conscious Native American, Asian Pacific Islander, African-American/Black and Latina/o students. Our goal is to have a student body that is at least half women and two/thirds Third World People. Peoples College of Law affirmatively recruits LGBT applicants.
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