Reference StaffinwalawlibraryMan of Treacherous Charm: Territorial Justice Edmund C. Fitzhugh — A Book ReviewWith Historical Perspective from Lawrence M. Friedman’s “A History of American Law”Mar 6Mar 6
Reference StaffinwalawlibraryMad River, Marjorie Rowland, and the Quest for LGBTQ Teachers’ Rights — A Book ReviewLGBTQ people have made great gains toward social, political, and legal equality in recent years, and these gains are to be celebrated. But…Dec 7, 2023Dec 7, 2023
Reference StaffinwalawlibraryMore Than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech — A Book ReviewThis book is about the many ways that technochauvinism has an adverse effect on the creation of technology, and it offers ways to…Aug 3, 2023Aug 3, 2023
Reference StaffinwalawlibraryFamily Law Practice Gets a Refresh With New Edition of Washington Family Law DeskbookAround here we get pretty excited about Washington State Bar Association deskbooks. And we get REALLY excited when a new edition comes out…Jan 20, 2023Jan 20, 2023
Reference StaffinwalawlibraryDigitize and Punish: Racial Criminalization in the Digital Age — A Book ReviewThere is no shortage of stories in the news these days about the dangers of technology and data in policing and the justice system…Feb 15, 2022Feb 15, 2022
Reference StaffinwalawlibraryA Court of Refuge: Stories from the Bench of America’s First Mental Health Court — A Book Review“A remarkable one-of-a-kind book: part breezily-written history of the creation and development of the first mental health court; part…Dec 29, 2021Dec 29, 2021
Reference StaffinwalawlibraryMurder at the Mission: A Frontier Killing, Its Legacy of Lies, and the Taking of the American West…Nearly 174 years ago, on November 29, 1847, Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and eleven others were killed at their Waiilatpu Mission…Oct 18, 2021Oct 18, 2021
Reference StaffinwalawlibraryUnintentionally Complicit — Viewing Incarceration Through the Lens of “Caste”A Look at Three Books in the Washington State Law Library CollectionJun 9, 2021Jun 9, 2021
Reference StaffinwalawlibraryThis is My America — A Book Review“They look at my father and think, murderer. They look at my brother and think, thug. They look at me and think I’ll be quiet. They are…Apr 21, 2021Apr 21, 2021
Reference StaffinwalawlibraryPushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools — A Book ReviewBlack girls notice the verbal and nonverbal cues that signal what they are supposed to do and be in life, and they are astute enough to…Apr 6, 2021Apr 6, 2021
Reference StaffinwalawlibraryFirst: Sandra Day O’Connor — A Book Review“O’Connor was the most powerful Supreme Court justice of her time. For most of her twenty-four-plus years on the Court, from October 1981…Oct 9, 2020Oct 9, 2020
Reference StaffinwalawlibraryJust Mercy — A Book Review and Reading List**In light of recent events and protests sweeping the country that have shed light on inequities in the United States justice system, we…Jun 11, 2020Jun 11, 2020
Reference StaffinwalawlibraryThe Boat People: A Book ReviewSharon Bala, a Canadian author whose website notes that she is currently “trapped on a rock in the cold North Atlantic” (Newfoundland) and…May 14, 2020May 14, 2020
Reference StaffinwalawlibraryPunishment Without Crime: A Book Review“Like education, housing, and welfare policy, the petty-offense process is one of those central collective institutions through which we…Feb 6, 2020Feb 6, 2020
Reference StaffinwalawlibraryExamining Tribal Disenrollment: A Book ReviewDisenrollment of Native American tribal members is causing substantial harm to the tribes that engage in the practice as well as the…Dec 18, 2019Dec 18, 2019
Reference StaffinwalawlibraryInvisible Women: A Book ReviewDespite representing roughly half of the human experience, women are often overlooked, discounted, and forgotten in our world. This…Oct 9, 2019Oct 9, 2019
Reference StaffinwalawlibraryLove Unites Us: A Book ReviewHistoric moments may only last a day, but rarely, if ever do they happen without a journey to them. For same-sex couples wishing to…Feb 26, 2019Feb 26, 2019
Reference StaffinwalawlibraryThey Can’t Kill Us All: A Book ReviewMore than 150 people were arrested in Ferguson, Missouri, in the week and a half after Mike Brown’s death on August 9, 2014. Wesley Lowery…Jan 31, 2019Jan 31, 2019
Reference StaffinwalawlibraryNo Matter How Loud I Shout: A Book ReviewThough this book was originally published over two decades ago, the stories in author Edward Humes’ No Matter How Loud I Shout (Simon &…Jan 22, 2019Jan 22, 2019
Reference StaffinwalawlibraryThe Color of Law: A Book ReviewIs racial segregation today the result of private choices or a lasting legacy of government-sponsored discriminatory policy? This is the…Dec 11, 2018Dec 11, 2018
