CLE Welcomes Jessica Pishko, Author of "The Highest Law in the Land: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy""

Jessica Pishko is a journalist and lawyer with a JD from Harvard Law School and an MFA from Columbia University. She has been reporting on the criminal legal system for a decade, with a focus on the political power of sheriffs since 2016. In addition to her newsletter Posse Comitatus, her writings have been featured in The New York Times, Politico, Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, The Appeal, Slate, and Democracy Docket.

CLE Workshop: "Status-Enforcing Criminal Laws"

The Murphy Institute's Center on Law and the Economy hosts workshops each semester featuring both Tulane and guest faculty in law, economics, and political science who present their latest research in regulation, civil rights, the criminal legal system, and other key issues in law and the economy. Hosted by Adam Feibelman, Director of the Center on Law and the Economy and Sumter D. Marks Professor of Law at Tulane Law School, CLE workshops are open to faculty, students, and the Tulane community. 

CLE Workshop: "Empowering the Public in Algorithm Governance"

The Murphy Institute's Center on Law and the Economy hosts workshops each semester featuring both Tulane and guest faculty in law, economics, and political science who present their latest research in regulation, civil rights, the criminal legal system, and other key issues in law and the economy. Hosted by Adam Feibelman, Director of the Center on Law and the Economy and Sumter D.

CLE Workshop: "Facile Racial Justice"

The Murphy Institute's Center on Law and the Economy hosts workshops each semester featuring both Tulane and guest faculty in law, economics, and political science who present their latest research in regulation, civil rights, the criminal legal system, and other key issues in law and the economy. Hosted by Adam Feibelman, Director of the Center on Law and the Economy and Sumter D.

"Race, Civilian Complaint, and Police Retaliation" with Benjamin J. Newman

Center for Public Policy Research Political Science Seminar Series 

Each semester, the Center for Public Policy Research and the Tulane Political Science Department invite leading political scientists to campus to share cutting-edge research while engaging with faculty and graduate students. Research presented covers all aspects of contemporary politics science, including comparative politics, international relations, American politics, and normative theory. 

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