Access, Activism, and Advocacy: A Call to Action

Future Colleagues of the Legal Profession:

I do hope that you are coping with the many challenges that you may be facing during this terrible crisis and/or are reaching out for resources that will help you and your families survive and overcome this pandemic.

In this time of hardship, if you are thinking about the law as your future profession, I ask you to renew your commitment to the importance of your role as future lawyers in upholding the rule of law. You are needed now more than ever. COVID-19 has created all kinds of hardships for many, especially those who are poor and marginalized. It has particularly magnified the class and race divide, reflected in the numbers that show disparate rates of sickness in black, brown, and many immigrant communities.  

Of particular concern is the manner in which COVID-19 is reinforcing historic biases, stereotypes, and fears 해외 카지노 추천� as witnessed in the reemergence of anti-Asian biases. In cities like Chicago, New York, and Milwaukee, black residents are dying at six times the rate of whites. As noted by Chicago Mayor , the first black woman elected mayor of Chicago, 해외 카지노 추천�Looking at those with positive test results, people who are quarantined with symptoms, hospitalizations, and deaths of real people 해외 카지노 추천� these numbers are absolutely shocking. 해외 카지노 추천� When I saw them for the first time, it was really hard for me to take them in. 해외 카지노 추천� This is a call to action moment for all of us해외 카지노 추천�해외 카지노 추천� 

In Chicago, black residents represent 29% of the population, but a horrifying 72% of fatalities, according to David Edelberg, MD, of .  

But this is not just an American issue. In some poorer countries, especially the emerging democracies, law schools have been shut down, according to , dean emeritus at Soochow University, Kenneth Wang School of Law, China, and president and chairman of the International Association of Law Schools. Wang says this is because faculty and students do not have the technological resources to sustain their programs. This reinforces the fact that the need to support the rule of law globally has risen dramatically. 

해외 카지노 추천�The COVID-19 crisis has halted many activities, but lawyering does not pause during a pandemic,해외 카지노 추천� says , dean and professor of law at Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law. 해외 카지노 추천�In fact, attorneys play an even more important role in times of crisis. The COVID-19 disaster has increased the need for attorneys representing those most at risk in society.해외 카지노 추천� Diaz states that, as an example, law students at her school해외 카지노 추천�s Juvenile Defense Clinic are busier than ever, with clinic director Professor Kathy Puzone explaining that prisons and juvenile detention centers have become increasingly dangerous for those detained as the virus spreads within those confined spaces. Students in the clinic, under Puzone해외 카지노 추천�s supervision, advocate for the release of eligible teenagers who have been arrested during this crisis. While they are not able to secure the release of every detained youth, the detention center is much safer given their efforts to significantly reduce the number of youths detained. 

해외 카지노 추천�This is but a small example of the continued need for attorneys during this and any type of crisis,해외 카지노 추천� says Diaz. 해외 카지노 추천�Lawyers will always be critical to society at large, even in the best of times. They will find an avenue to advocate for their clients, even in adverse circumstances. 해외 카지노 추천� A plethora of issues will surface as a result of the pandemic and we must ensure that we have the legal workforce to address the needs of our citizens.해외 카지노 추천� 

With the recent passage of the COVID-19 CARES legislation, lawyers will be needed to interpret the coverage provisions to help allocate benefits to members of the community. This will be true for other broad-based federal, state, and municipal grant programs in the days ahead. The magnitude of the economic dislocation generated by this pandemic is still unknown. Lawyers will have an important role to guide us through the uncertainty and to ensure equity and justice in the allocation of these scarce resources. COVID-19 will likely introduce new areas of practice, as legal issues arise regarding broader reliance on videoconferencing, the future of the U.S. food supply, and international business with China, among others. 

Kellye Testy, 카지노 CEO and president, often notes that she loves 해외 카지노 추천�welcoming into legal education students who have been on the tough side of the use of power, because once you have had power used in limiting ways against you, you are inspired to empower rather than limit others.해외 카지노 추천� The New York Bar Association and their counterparts throughout the U.S. have already set up to help those who may require legal assistance at this time. Lawyers are essential to the reconstruction of our societies as we emerge from COVID-19 and its ravages.

We have faced hardship and adversity before with courage, hope, strength, and grace 해외 카지노 추천� as Langston Hughes reminds us from his poem written in 1922. 

Mother to Son
by Langston Hughes

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