Does the Attack on Critical Race Theory Reflect a Two-Tiered right to Free Speech

March 14th from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Speaker Bio:

Michelle Jacobs is an Emeritus professor, having just retired from twenty – eight years as a professor of law at the University of Florida College of Law, and the Racial Justice Term Professor for the 2020-2021 academic year. She taught Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, White Collar Crime, International Criminal Law and Critical Race Theory. Prof. Jacobs’ scholarship focuses on access to justice for communities marginalized in and by the law. In particular, she concentrates on Black women’s experience with violence perpetrated by the state, whether it is when they are accused of crime, as victims of crime, or at the hands of violent police. She tries to highlight the plight of Black women criminalized by the state for daring to protect their own lives against intimate partner violence, as well as the invisibility of Black women’s struggle against all forms of police violence. She is a frequent media commentator on racial bias in the criminal justice system, and on police violence, particularly as it relates to police murders and sexual assaults of Black women and girls. In addition, she gives frequent interviews to the press and lectures on the subject of Critical Race Theory.

Format

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