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2014
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December 16, 2014Chico Colvard–documentary filmmaker, film series curator, and lapsed lawyer–explains how he puts skills acquired during his legal training to work in the documentary world. More >
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December 5, 2014Visual legal advocacy and scholarship (PVAS) are being taught and produced in law schools around the country today and the PVAS Working Group intends to support their expansion. More >
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November 10, 2014The late Harry Reicher, Adjunct Professor at Penn Law, made extensive use of visual material in teaching Holocaust Studies in the Law. His talk at the Shoah Foundation explains how and why. More >
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October 21, 2014The PA Department of Corrections’ nearly complete ban on recording in its facilities by lawyers and the media needs to be reexamined in light of advances in the use of digital audiovisual technology and visual legal advocacy. More >
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September 21, 2014Supreme Court precedent required that a juvenile offender serving four consecutive terms of LWOP be resentenced. Learn about the role his defense lawyers played in representing him as the subject of the observational documentary “15 to Life.” More >
2013
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Homepage slide 1July 10, 2013Our primary mission is the promotion of visual legal advocacy. More >Tags: homepage feature
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July 10, 2013Our primary mission is the promotion of visual legal advocacy. More >Tags: homepage feature
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November 16, 2013A closer look reveals that there is more to “The Loving Story” than meets the eye. More >Tags: Documentaries blog, Law-Genre Docs
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October 11, 2013Screened at the 2013 Rough Cut Video, “Food for Thought: The Social Cost of Eating Out” is now available along with other student videos. More >Tags:
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July 17, 2013This 8-episode series looks at economic inequality in Philadelphia and the political activism of engaged Philadelphians who are targeting the social and material disparities burdening the City’s poor and working people. More >
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