‘You can do justice with law; you can also do injustice’ - Harvard Law School | Harvard Law School

‘You can do justice with law; you can also do injustice’

Harvard Law Professor Alexandra Natapoff urges graduating students to think hard about the choices they make

Apr 14, 2023

 

By Brett Milano

You can do justice with law; you can also do injustice’ - Harvard Law School | Harvard Law School

“Don’t look up, at least not so often,” she said. “Elite institutions, powerful people are always telling us to look up — to the Supreme Court, Congress, the halls of wealth and power and access. But sometimes the real action is down, especially in criminal law. The action is with the millions of people and their experiences going through the system. It’s in these poorly lit, obscure, enormous low status spaces to which we pay insufficient attention. … You may not be able to budge the law one inch in Washington D.C. But at the state and local level, you can make an enormous difference.”