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‘A natural fit’ in the Criminal Justice Appellate Clinic

Seven Harvard Law School students describe their experience working at the MacArthur Justice Center's D.C. office during their Criminal Justice Appellate Clinic.

Harvard Law Today

Pro Bono Innovators 2022 Honoree: MacArthur Justice Center

In its inaugural issue of Pro Bono Innovators, Bloomberg Law honors the Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center for its work successfully clarifying the issue of qualified immunity in cases before the US Supreme Court and the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

Bloomberg Law

Justice Jackson Can Shift High Court’s Crime Docket Post Breyer

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson will face an early test of whether she can form a new majority in some criminal cases along with Republican-appointed colleagues on issues that cross ideological lines.

Bloomberg Law

MacArthur Supreme Court Win Highlights Broader Strategy Success

A sweeping U.S. Supreme Court ruling for a civil-rights plaintiff marked the latest win for the MacArthur Justice Center, which has found success bringing cases in courts across the country.

Bloomberg Law

Appeals court says protesters can sue over Vegas arrests

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that a Las Vegas police detective can be sued for arresting protesters who chalked anti-police slogans on the sidewalk in front of the police station.

Las Vegas Sun

Police can be sued for arresting people who wrote anti-police messages, court rules

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that a Las Vegas police detective can be sued for arresting protesters who chalked anti-police slogans on the sidewalk in front of the police station.

San Francisco Chronicle

Justices Side With Defense in Gun-Sentencing Law Dispute

The Supreme Court curbed mandatory-minimum sentences in federal gun cases, siding with the defense in a dispute over what it means to commit crimes on different “occasions.”

Bloomberg Law

‘Night Of Crime’ Burglar Is No Career Criminal, Justices Say

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled unanimously that a man who burglarized 10 storage units in the same facility did not commit crimes on separate "occasions" and cannot be considered a career criminal subject to a mandatory minimum sentence.

Law 360

Breyer Doesn’t Leave Clear ‘Liberal’ Criminal Law Legacy

Justice Stephen Breyer will be remembered for speaking out against the death penalty, but when it comes to criminal law across the board, don’t call him a liberal.

Bloomberg Law

Rare Supreme Court Diversity Shown on MacArthur Justice Team

The lack of racial and gender diversity at U.S. Supreme Court arguments is well known to practitioners and court-watchers alike.

Bloomberg Law