Law in Action: A UW Law School Podcast

S. Lisa Washington Podcast Interview: Episode 22

Law in Action: A UW Law School Podcast

Show Notes

An interview with Prof. S. Lisa Washington, the 2021-22 William H. Hastie Fellow at the University of Wisconsin Law School.


Prof. Washington discusses her forthcoming article on how the family regulation system mirrors the criminal justice system and in practice finds that parents encounter a system as coercive, intrusive, and disempowering, especially for marginalized communities.

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