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22 Dec 2016, 8:03 am by Ezra Rosser
Symposium: “Policing the Police and the Community,” at Seton Hall University (2015) Christina Swarns, ““I Can’t Breathe”: A Century Old Call for Justice“,” 46 Seton Hall L. [read post]
13 Oct 2016, 10:31 am
Davis argument (by NAACP Legal Defense Fund litigation director Christina Swarns) as a springboard, the article outlines how the SCOTUS bar is "largely white and male," and does some digging to conclude that "the number of African-American female lawyers who've ever made a Supreme Court oral argument is shockingly small--almost small enough to count on two hands. [read post]
6 Oct 2016, 4:37 am by Edith Roberts
” Stephanie Mencimer at Mother Jones reports that Duane Buck’s counsel, NAACP Legal Defense Fund litigation director Christina Swarns, is the one of “fewer than half a dozen black women who’ve argued cases” before the Supreme Court “since 1999. [read post]
5 Oct 2016, 6:50 am
" And Stephanie Mencimer of Mother Jones has an article headlined "A Black Woman Is Arguing a Big Supreme Court Case Today: That Shouldn't Be Unusual; But It Is; Christina Swarns will take on a racially charged death penalty case. [read post]
24 Apr 2012, 1:08 pm by Steve Hall
  It was written with Christina Swarns of NAACP LDF. [read post]
20 Apr 2012, 3:35 pm by jleaming@acslaw.org
In guest post for ACSblog, Christina Swarns and Eva Paterson examine the criminal justice system’s pervasive racial disparities, which were significantly made worse by the infamous Supreme Court opinion in McCleskey v. [read post]
19 Apr 2012, 7:55 am by jleaming@acslaw.org
By Christina Swarns, LDF Director of the Criminal Justice Practice, and Eva Paterson, Equal Justice Society President and Co-Founder. [read post]
21 Mar 2012, 4:16 pm by Eva Arevuo
There’s a reason for that, says Christina Swarns of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund: the troubling legacy of the 1950s and 60s, when many people may have gotten away with murder because local police didn’t do their jobs. [read post]
1 Feb 2012, 9:36 am by Steve Hall
  Here's the beginning: There’s a steadfast cheeriness to Christina Swarns as she talks rapid fire about the contours of her day. [read post]