Bernstein Institute
@NYUBernstein
Followers
1K
Following
1K
Media
554
Statuses
2K
Bernstein Institute for Human Rights, NYU School of Law. Advancing Legal Empowerment. Defending Dissent. Faculty Dir. @SatterthwaiteML, Exec. Dir. @SuktiDhital
New York, NY
Joined March 2016
THRILLED to announce $811k in grant support from @MellonFdn for Jailhouse Lawyers Initiative to support development of Flashlights, first of its kind digital archive to illuminate justice in and out of prison across the U.S. #imaginingFreedom @nyulaw
https://t.co/J6hhRJCkGI
1
1
10
Now Hiring: Clinical Fellow/Junior Legal Advisor! Fellow will support the work of @SRjudgeslawyers to advance the rule of law, access to justice, and legal empowerment. Learn more about the role: https://t.co/fbO4W0h2XH Apply by September 15th.
law.nyu.edu
1
1
1
I'm hiring a Clinical Legal Fellow/Junior Legal Advisor! Join the amazing @NYUBernstein team and support my work on the independence of judges and lawyers, rule of law, and access to justice. Qualifications, details on app, and info on salary at link.
5
41
61
Mutual aid is a radical act of care, love, and resistance that has long been present within movement spaces. Check out this writing by @FelipeMesel, @MChiponda, @EmeseIlyes and Antonio Gutierrez on the use of mutual aid by communities across the world in the face of COVID-19.
Mutual aid movements swelled to meet the challenges created by COVID-19. But, like fungal networks sustaining a forest, these movements pre-date and will outlast the pandemic.
0
1
2
Flashlights is a project that aims to raise the visibility of jailhouse lawyers by spotlighting their art, poetry, and letters. We are grateful to the Mellon Foundation for giving us a platform to do just that. https://t.co/18pAadukzf
#ImaginingFreedom
Introducing the new https://t.co/jNXmkzvOFE! 🎉 Come by to explore our work, meet some of our grantees, and get inspired by stories about the world-changing power of the arts and humanities. Visit us: https://t.co/bEKaN4cW5u
0
1
1
Thank you to everyone who came out today. Together, we fulfilled dozens of requests for our JLI membership! Stay tuned for details on our next day of action.
1
0
2
HAPPENING NOW: Jailhouse Lawyers Initiative Day-of-Action! Join us from 11am-2pm ET in Vanderbilt room 210 to respond to requests from our jailhouse lawyer membership! See you there!
1
0
5
Applications for the first-ever US Legal Empowerment Leadership Course close in just ONE WEEK. Join us from October 22-27, 2023 at Mount Madonna Center in Santa Cruz County, CA. Apply by April 3rd!
docs.google.com
HI! It is so good to meet you. Thank you for investing time and labor in this conversation with us. As you begin the application for the inaugural US Legal Empowerment Leadership Course, we wanted to...
0
3
4
Lauren May ’24 (she/her/hers) discusses her experience in the Racial Justice Clinic, role as director of the Ending the Prison Industrial Complex (EPIC) Teaching Project, and what inspired her to pursue a career in law in a new student spotlight: https://t.co/1rN0brpumu
0
2
8
We are honored and grateful to be in company with such visionary organizations and activists #ImaginingFreedom @MellonFdn
Why the Mellon Foundation is spending $125 million to fight the criminal legal system
0
1
1
#ImaginingFreedom is a commitment to supporting thinkers, humanists, and those working to bridge carceral & non-carceral spaces. With the support of this grant we hope to shift public gaze toward the brilliance & imagination of jailhouse lawyers. https://t.co/CVfHRtiOOB
0
0
1
“Reinvesting that money [spent on incarceration] into the Rahsaan Thomases, Jesse Krimeses, Rikers Public Memory Projects, and Jailhouse Lawyers Initiatives prioritizes equity and healing over oppression and punishment” #ImaginingFreedom
https://t.co/gMcWMfyJ3n
fastcompany.com
The Mellon Foundation's Imagining Freedom program is funding work from incarcerated and formerly incarcerated creators.
0
1
3
We are excited to partner with Zealous on the development of Flashlights. Together, we will raise the visibility of jailhouse lawyers as essential members of the legal ecosystem and authors of their own liberation. #ImaginingFreedom @ScottHech
zealo.us
Zealous
0
0
3
“For too long, the loudest voices against mass incarceration have come from outside prison walls. Flashlights calls on the public to shift their gaze & listen directly to those living through & fighting against injustice on the inside." -@SuktiDhital
1
0
3
Through a digital archive of letters, poems & artwork, Flashlights will showcase the knowledge, humanity and resilience of jailhouse lawyers, while also illuminating the extreme violence they endure for engaging in legal work.
1
0
2
The JLI was founded by former jailhouse lawyer @jhody_polk who has built a national network of 500+ current & former incarcerated advocates in 48 states & P.R. Together this movement is working to ensure everyone in prison can understand, use, & shape the laws that impact them.
1
1
2
5 days until applications close. Apply today! Tuttleman Legal Empowerment Fellow: https://t.co/32yjF9jOoA JLI Community Justice Fellow: https://t.co/GR0dx3a0Pu
0
0
2
Our first story features Tim Kakuru & Barefoot Law in Uganda @barefootlawUG transforms communities and helps build power among the most underserved people in Uganda by using legal empowerment as a tool to expand access to justice https://t.co/oS5zBSacOS
0
4
7
We are excited to share our new Lab Stories series, spotlighting communities that are a part of our Lab! This series illuminates how communities from around the world are using legal empowerment & participatory action research as tools of resistance and collective power
1
1
4
With our sisters in Zimbabwe, we are writing together, making drawings together, and weaving worlds in collaboration with one another. In the near future, we will be sharing articles and other offerings that have been made possible by this experience. Stay tuned!
0
0
1