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Timestamp: 2019-04-24 22:46:05+00:00

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In May 2015, the Blue Ribbon Panel on Transparency, Accountability, and Fairness in Law Enforcement was established as an advisory body to San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón. The impetus for the Panel was the discovery of a number of racist and homophobic text messages exchanged between current SFPD officers.
Persyn Law & Policy has filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit case of United States v. Ebrahim Shabudin on behalf of the Center on the Administration of Criminal Law at NYU.
Persyn Law & Policy today submitted a letter of support for Assemblymember Bonta's bill, the HEAL Trauma in Schools Act, as it heads to its next hearing on June 29.
As I've previously written in this space, I'm very proud that Persyn Law & Policy represents the plaintiff students in Arce v. Douglas (District of Arizona). I serve on a team of terrific lawyers gearing up to go to trial in the fall.
Persyn Law & Policy was proud to sign on to a letter that Children Now wrote to Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez in support of Assembly Bill 1644. Sponsored by Assemblymember Rob Bonta, the bill creates the HEAL Trauma in Schools Act "to support schools in their efforts to lessen the impacts of trauma."
On May 19, I talked with the Stanford Law School chapter of the American Constitution Society about starting your own law practice. Thank you Stanford and 1L student Rachel Boochever for this great opportunity to reflect on why I opened my office and the core values that carried me here.
I'll be writing the session up into an article for my blog, so watch that page!
The final hearing will again include comments from the public.
Today the California Court of Appeal found that certain provisions of the Education Code concerning the hiring, promotion, and tenure of teachers are constitutional, reversing the Superior Court's decision in a huge win for California teachers and students.
It's my privilege to represent the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children ("APSAC") as amicus curiae in the U.S. Supreme Court. Yesterday, APSAC filed its brief in Joseph H. v. California, which presents the question whether a ten-year-old child is capable of waiving Miranda rights to silence and counsel without the assistance of a lawyer.
Can a traumatized 10-year-old waive Miranda rights to silence and counsel?
Persyn Law & Policy represents the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children ("APSAC") as amicus curiae in the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Joseph H. v. California. This case, in which a petition for certiorari is pending, presents the question whether a ten-year-old boy has sufficient capacity to waive his Fifth Amendment rights to silence and counsel under the rule of Miranda v. Arizona and related cases. APSAC has a particular interest in this case because of the multiple forms of trauma that Joseph suffered since birth.
Does Arizona's ban of Mexican American Studies violate the constitutional rights of students?
Persyn Law & Policy is proud to serve on the trial team for Arce v. Douglas, a case testing the constitutionality of Arizona Revised Statutes, Sec. 15-112, which bans certain courses of study. When the case was before the Ninth Circuit, I co-authored an amicus brief on behalf of public school teachers with a partner at my former firm; you can read the brief here.

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