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On becoming a civil-rights trial lawyer

On becoming a civil-rights trial lawyer

Lessons from my father, and the path from PI law to criminal law to becoming a civil-rights lawyer

Dale K. Galipo

From Issue: 2021 February

Denial of medical care to those in custody

Denial of medical care to those in custody

Post-arrest and pre-trial claims against individual government officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983

Vicki Sarmiento

From Issue: 2021 February

Get out of my head!

Get out of my head!

Overcoming (implicit) bias

James West

From Issue: 2019 February

The Bane Act and beyond

California’s civil rights statutes, especially The Tom Bane Act, are an untapped resource that extends far beyond the usual police misconduct cases

Matthew S. McNicholas
Holly Boyer

From Issue: 2017 April

Keeping video of police encounters outside the domain of confidentiality

John Taylor
Neil Gehlawat

From Issue: 2021 August

Getting your civil-rights case to trial

A look at the burdens of law and motion practice in civil-rights litigation

DeWitt Lacy

From Issue: 2021 February

Confession of a black judge

Confession of a black judge

I get frustrated too

Rupert A. Byrdsong

From Issue: 2021 February

Interlocutory appeals in police excessive-force cases

Interlocutory appeals in police excessive-force cases

Federal interlocutory appeals of summary judgment brought based upon the qualified-immunity defense

Cynthia Goodman
Joseph Finnerty

From Issue: 2020 March

The problem with policing in the United States

Immunities for police are eating away at our constitutional rights

Julia Yoo

From Issue: 2021 February

Securing the universe of documents in civil-rights actions

You are only as good a civil-rights practitioner as the discovery you compel. Yes, compel.

Denisse O. Gastélum

From Issue: 2021 February

It’s time to bring back the Bane Act

It’s time to bring back the Bane Act

This important California civil-rights law for contesting unlawful arrest or excessive force has been eviscerated by the courts

Michael Haddad

From Issue: 2021 February

Exposing the myth that “federal courts are bad for plaintiffs”

Why I prefer to file my police-misconduct actions in federal court

Brian T. Dunn

From Issue: 2021 February

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