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Laila Fahimuddin

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U.C. Davis pepper spray protest
  • Criminal Law Reform

Pepper Spray Protests Lead to Strong Campus Free Speech Policies

We filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of 17 students and two alumni who were brutally pepper-sprayed and arrested at UC Davis. Here's the university's new policy to protect the First Amendment.
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Laila Fahimuddin stands in front of an ACLU poster featuring banned books such as Howl and Native Son

Banned Books Week: Don’t Take Books Away from Students

It’s back to school season, which means children across the country are gearing up for the new school year. While some students are excitedly stocking up on Lisa Frank folders and One Direction backpacks, others are dreading that first day of school, where they will have to suffer the indignity of being one of the only students in the whole class whose family couldn’t afford to buy them new school supplies.