Mission Statement
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The Rutgers Journal of Law
& Public Policy has become a premier forum for articulating the
vital intersections between the law and public policy. Grounded in the
ever-deepening awareness that interdisciplinary investigation is
crucial to an understanding of both the law and our culture, the
Journal provides a unique intellectual arena for encounters between law
and a variety of disciplines.
The Rutgers Journal of Law & Public Policy has become a premier
forum for articulating the vital intersections between the law and
public policy. Grounded in the ever-deepening awareness that
interdisciplinary investigation is crucial to an understanding of both
the law and our culture, the Journal provides a unique intellectual
arena for encounters between law and a variety of disciplines.
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Professor Philip L. Harvey
Professor Harvey holds a Ph.D. in economics from the New School for
Social Research and a J.D. from Yale Law School. His research focuses
on American social welfare policy, with particular attention to the
problem of joblessness. He is the author of two books and numerous
scholarly articles in his field of expertise, and is also active in
popular advocacy work promoting broader recognition of economic and
social human rights. Professor Harvey teaches Labor and Employment Law,
Law and Economics, and Social Welfare Law and Policy. |
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Professor Sarah E. Ricks
Sarah E. Ricks graduated from Yale Law School, where she co-founded the
Yale Journal of Law & Feminism. She graduated summa cum laude
from Barnard College, Columbia University, where she was elected to Phi
Beta Kappa. After clerking for the Hon. Thomas N. O'Neill, Jr., of the
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, she
joined Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz in Philadelphia as a
litigation associate. From 1995 to 2001, she was an appellate and
legislative attorney for the City of Philadelphia Law Department, where
she successfully litigated dozens of federal and state appeals,
including arguments before the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
and the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court. She represented the City of
Philadelphia at the trial and appeal of its public school desegregation
suit and in all litigation challenging the Pennsylvania system of
funding public education. Her scholarly interests include municipal
liability for civil rights violations, particularly the scope of
substantive due process protections. |
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Professor Damon Y. Smith
Professor Smith teaches local government and property law. His research
focuses on the intersections of urban planning and property law, with
an emphasis on local economic development and land use. Professor Smith
joined the Law School faculty from the Washington, D.C. law firm of
Arnold & Porter LLP in 2005. He received his B.A. in English
and Master of Urban Planning degrees from the University of Illinois in
Urbana-Champaign. He received his J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Professor Smith taught urban ecology and urban planning as a traveling
faculty member for the International Honors Program in 1999 and 2004.
Prior to attending law school, Professor Smith worked as an urban
planner in East St. Louis, Illinois, focusing on community and economic
development programs. The Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs has
named Professor Smith a Rand Faculty Fellow for 2005-2006. |
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