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I’ve previously talked about Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) day in prior posts (including way back in 2008!). But this year, I was curious — have any race discrimination claims used evidence relating to the day to support a claim? Turns out there have been a few. One of the stranger ones was a claim by a bartender that he wasn’t rehired after being terminated by his employer that was decided by a federal court several years ago. As allegedly “direct” evidence, the bartender pointed to a conversation that occurred on MLK Jr. Day in which he was asked whether he wanted the night off “because it was Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday”. According to the bartender, the request was made so that a supervisor’s son, who also worked as a bartender could work an additional shift. The bartender claimed that the inquiry “demonstrated racial prejudice” because the supervisor “could have asked him to give up his shift to her son without ...

Like a lot of people, I’ve got the summer bug and, given the choice between a walk outside and a blog post — well, you can figure out what has been winning. But I’ve got a few posts lined back up the next few weeks.  In the interim, I want to share with you one of the most meaningful and amazing speeches I’ve ever heard in person. It’s from last week when I attended the American Bar Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, where I serve as the State Delegate for Connecticut (and on the ABA Nominating Committee as well).  At that meeting, the ABA presented it’s ABA Medal (it’s highest honor for exceptionally distinguished service by a lawyer to the cause of American jurisprudence) to Bryan Stevenson. Stevenson is the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative. During a 40 minute speech (which you really must listen to), he called on attendees to do four important tasks: Get close to people who live in the margins of so...