Federal reports on Native American youth found challenges—such as poverty and exposure to violence—that can make them susceptible to being arrested, charged, or sentenced in the justice system.
Lauren Klosinski Posts
Decarceration Strategies: How 5 States Achieved Substantial Prison Population Reductions
by Lauren Klosinski | Sep 20, 2018 | Sentencing
This report examines the experience of five states – Connecticut, Michigan, Mississippi, Rhode Island, and South Carolina – that have achieved prison population reductions of 14-25%. This produced a cumulative total of 23,646 fewer people in prison with no adverse effects on public safety.
Arizona Supreme Court Hears Hopi Tribe Case Against Snowmaking
by Lauren Klosinski | Sep 14, 2018 | American Indian Law
On September 4, the Arizona Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Hopi Tribe v. Arizona Snowbowl Resort, et al., the Hopi Tribe’s public nuisance claim against Arizona Snowbowl’s snow making practices.
Justin Driver Discusses Public Education
by Lauren Klosinski | Sep 13, 2018 | Children and the Law
Justin Driver of the University of Chicago Law School recently visited the National Constitution Center for a stimulating discussion on the role the U.S. Supreme Court has played in defining the rights of students in America’s public schools, from race and drugs to religion and free speech.
New Rules Would Boost Rights of Those Accused of Campus Sexual Assaults
by Lauren Klosinski | Aug 31, 2018 | Sexual Assault
A piece for the Washington Post explores the new rules being prepared by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos that the Education Department plans to formally propose in September. These new rules will include procedural changes that will strengthen protections for students accused of sexual assault and subsequently lighten the burden placed on schools and universities.
First Circuit: Uber Users Did Not Give Unambiguous Assent to Terms of Service
by Lauren Klosinski | Aug 17, 2018 | Consumer Contracts
In the defining decision, Cullilane v. Uber Technologies, the First Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s grant of Uber Technologies’s motion to compel arbitration and dismiss the complaint of a putative class action brought by users of Uber’s ride-sharing service in the Boston area. At issue in the case was the enforceability of an online contract’s arbitration clause. This decision strongly reinforces the notion that online contract processes should be designed, and the information arranged, for consumers and with extreme attention to detail and a focus on clarity of meaning.
Land-trust case raises red flags across Indian Country
by Lauren Klosinski | Jul 11, 2018 | American Indian Law
A modest courthouse and a fledgling police force, a housing development for American Indian families and a school where students are taught exclusively in the tribe’s ancestral language.
A New Film Examines Sexual Violence as a Feature of the Bakken Oil Boom
by Lauren Klosinski | Jul 5, 2018 | American Indian Law, Sexual Assault
In the mid-2000s, the area surrounding the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota began to undergo a massive transformation after corporations figured out they could access vast wells of oil from the Bakken shale formation using fracking technology.
OGE: Federal employees must disclose cryptocurrency
by Lauren Klosinski | Jun 19, 2018 | Government Ethics
In a new legal advisory issued by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) on June 18th, federal employees are now required to report their holdings of virtual currency.