Extending Labor Protections to Domestic Workers

Lyndsey Marcelino explores the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, legislation recently vetoed by Governor Jerry Brown in California that would have provided labor protections to domestic workers.

Eyewitness Testimony Part III: Reducing the Rate of Wrongful Conviction

In Part III of his series of related posts, JLPP’s Greg Renick analyzes empirical research that tends to call for a reform of the Biggers five-factor approach to weighing the credibility of eyewitnesses.

Reinsurance: The Key to Disaster Insurance

Zach Zemlin explains what reinsurance is and how it will help with the rebuild after Hurricane Sandy.

34 Years Later, Pregnant Women Continue to Face Discrimination at Work

Margaret Schmidt explores the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act currently on the Senate Floor and its implications on existing discrimination against pregnant women in the workplace.

10b or not 10b?

JLPP’s Alex Poe describes why the SEC is investigating Citigroup after Citigroup’s former CEO resigned.

STEM Teachers are Inadequate, and Students are the Ones Getting Hurt

Margaret Schmidt looks at the current deficiency of good STEM education teachers and its impact on the future of our nation’s youth.

A Chance to be FREED from Eating Disorders

Lyndsey Marcelino explores the FREED Act and discusses how such legislation could affect the eating disorder community.

Eyewitness Testimony Part II: Reducing the Rate of Wrongful Convictions

In Part II of a series of related posts, Greg Renick analyzes empirical research that supports a reform of the Biggers five-factor approach to weighing the credibility of eyewitnesses.

Perspectives on Sexual Violence from Cornell’s Recent Gender & Justice Conference

JLPP’s Rashell Khan shares enlightening perspectives on sexual violence from her interview with three Zambian participants at Cornell’s Third Annual Gender & Justice Conference.

The “America Invents Act”: Changing Pretty Much Nothing in 2013

After years of boldly being the only developed nation with a first-to-invent patent system, America is finally going first-to-file . . . and Nathan Hoeschen explains why it probably doesn’t matter.

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