Browsing Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Works by Author "McKanders, Karla Mari"

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    • Anatomy of an Uprising 
      McKanders, Karla Mari (Boston University International Law Journal, 2014)
      During the Arab Spring, Moroccan men and women first took to the streets on February 20, 2011 to demand governmental reforms. Their movement became known as the Mouvement du 20-Février. In a series of protests, Moroccans ...
    • Black and Brown Coalition Building During the "Post-Racial" Obama Era 
      McKanders, Karla Mari (Saint Louis University Public Law Review, 2010)
      This essay explores how the past Civil Rights Movement and discrimination against persons of color, mainly Latinos and African Americans, can help to address current forms of discrimination in our country. In particular, ...
    • Clinical Legal Education at a Generational Crossroads 
      McKanders, Karla Mari (Clinical Law Review, 2010)
      Clinical legal education is at a crossroads. With studies like the Macrate Report, Carnegie Foundation Report “Educating Lawyers,” and Best Practices for Legal Education there is greater focus on experiential learning. ...
    • The Constitutionality of State and Local Laws Targeting Immigrants 
      McKanders, Karla Mari (University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review, 2009)
      Latino immigrants are moving to areas of the country that have not seen a major influx of immigrants. As a result of this influx, citizens of these formerly homogenous communities have become increasingly critical of federal ...
    • Federal Preemption and Immigrants' Rights 
      McKanders, Karla Mari (Wake Forest Journal of Law & Policy, 2013)
      Recently, immigration scholars have focused on the relationship between federal, state, and local governments in regulating immigration to the exclusion of civil rights issues. States and localities assert that they should ...
    • Immigration Enforcement and the Fugitive Slave Acts 
      McKanders, Karla Mari (Catholic University Law Review, 2012)
      Two seemingly different federal enforcement systems that affect the movement of unskilled workers — the 1793 and 1850 Fugitive Slave Acts and current state immigration enforcement policies — have remarkable similarities. ...
    • Raising the Bar 
      McKanders, Karla Mari; Aldana, Raquel; Lyon, Beth (Arizona State Law Journal, 2012)
      This paper explores the adoption of best practices for the admission and graduation of undocumented students as lawyers and promoting their integration into the legal profession. Law schools are already both knowingly and ...
    • Refugee Reception and Perception 
      McKanders, Karla Mari; Gomez, Valeria (Fordham International Law Journal, 2017)
      The reception of refugees and asylum seekers has emerged as one of the most critical contemporary global issues. In 2015, the world experienced the most forced migrants since World War II. This essay compares the treatment ...
    • Sustaining Tiered Personhood 
      McKanders, Karla Mari (Harvard Journal on Racial & Ethnic Justice, 2010)
      Latino immigrants are moving to areas of the country that have not seen a major influx of immigrants. As a result of this influx, citizens of these formerly homogenous communities have become increasingly critical of federal ...
    • Unforgiving of Those Who Trespass against U.S. 
      McKanders, Karla Mari (Loyola Journal of Public Interest Law, 2011)
      Since around 2005, states and localities have been using criminal trespass laws to target undocumented immigrants for unlawful presence. Specifically, in April 2010, Arizona passed SB 1070: Support Our Law Enforcement and ...
    • The Unspoken Voices of Indigenous Women in Immigration Raids 
      McKanders, Karla Mari (Journal of Gender, Race & Justice, 2010)
      The voices of the most vulnerable populations often point towards social constructs in dire need of systemic change. The treatment of immigrant women in workplace raids exemplifies this concept. Over the last couple of ...
    • Welcome to Hazleton! "Illegal" Immigrants Beware 
      McKanders, Karla Mari (Loyola University Chicago Law Journal, 2009)
      On July 13, 2006, the city of Hazleton made national news as the first municipality in the country to pass ordinances against illegal immigrants. The majority of municipal legislation that passed regulated the employment ...