Rachel E. López
@Rachel_E_Lopez
Law Prof @TempleLaw. Tweets on human rights, community lawyering, and the carceral state.
Seeing how quickly law firms are folding to Trump's will makes me believe even more fervently in my latest now forthcoming @MinnesotaLawRev Headnotes. Critical Curriculum Design explores why law schools are producing lawyers so willing to thwart democracy. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Professor @Rachel_E_Lopez has launched the Participatory Law Fund—supporting co-authorship between legal scholars and experiential experts with lived experience in the legal system law.temple.edu/news/professor…
In a time of research funding scarcity, I’m grateful to have received some funds to translate my research on transitional justice in Guatemala from English to Spanish. I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good translation company for academic and/or legal writing.
El Faro just published a three-part video interview with two former leaders of the 18th Street Revolucionarios gang, shedding new light on Bukele’s years-long relationship to, and negotiations with, Salvadoran gangs. elfaro.net/en/202515/ef_t…
🚨“We have received reliable information that the Salvadoran Attorney General’s Office is preparing arrest warrants for El Faro journalists,” announces El Faro director @CarlosDada. x.com/_elfaro_/statu…
“Hemos recibido información confiable de que la Fiscalía General está preparando órdenes de captura contra periodistas de El Faro”, informó hoy @CarlosDada, director de El Faro. 🧵 Mira esta conversación: youtube.com/watch?v=bQSpOf…
El Salvador's President Bukele is reportedly preparing to arrest the journalists who have reported on the secret deals Bukele struck with Salvadoran gangs that have enabled his consolidation of power.
🚨“We have received reliable information that the Salvadoran Attorney General’s Office is preparing arrest warrants for El Faro journalists,” announces El Faro director @CarlosDada. x.com/_elfaro_/statu…
Feminist Dreams of Justice This essay engages in #feminist dreaming—that is, it seeks to reimagine #accountability as it could be, viewed through a feminist lens. Authors: @Rachel_E_Lopez & Margaret M. deGuzman Read More: spkl.io/6012fIRvs #LawTwitter
"The survival of children depends on it."
Hospitals in Gaza treating newborns and children don’t have enough medical equipment and are operating under extremely challenging circumstances. Humanitarian aid must be allowed to enter Gaza again. A ceasefire must be reinstated. The survival of children depends on it.
We are hiring at RMIT Law! It's a great place to work, in the Melbourne CBD. Hiring at both Senior Lecturer aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%… and Lecturer aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%… Levels. Please get in touch to discuss!
This book is about more than roads. It’s about the choices we’ve made — and the communities we’ve harmed— in the name of progress. It’s about what happens when infrastructure becomes a tool of oppression. And it’s about what we can do to change it. Tuesday, April 15th. @wwnorton
A video found on the mobile phone of a medic—whose body was discovered in a mass grave alongside 15 aid workers killed by Israeli fire in Gaza on March 23—shows that the ambulances and fire trucks they were using were clearly marked and had their emergency lights on when Israeli…
I’m excited to report that Look What You Made Me Do is now forthcoming in @WLULawReview. I’m excited to work with editors from @wlulaw. @UALawSchool