Table of Contents
Introduction: Lawyers as Problem-Solvers in Crisis Ray Brescia Eric K. Stern 1
Part I Beyond the Familiar and the Imperative of Creativity
1 A Client's Crisis Becomes a Legal Crisis: A Domestic Violence Ruling Goes Global Caroline Bettinger-López 13
2 Crisis Lawyering in a Lawless Space: Reflections on Nearly Two Decades of Representing Guantanamo Detainees Baher Azmy 32
3 Responding to the (Dual) Policing Crisis in Ferguson Christy E. Lopez 63
4 When Crisis Comes to the Newsroom: The Media Lawyer in a Time of Global Unrest David E. McCraw 108
5 Crisis in the Courts: The Campaign to Get ICE Out of New York State Courts Lee Wang 127
6 Preparation, Crisis, Struggle, Ideas: The Birth of the Detention Outreach Project Sarah Rogerson 146
Part II Crisis and Systemic Contexts
7 Key Considerations for Lawyers Shepherding Communities through Long-Term Recovery from Major Disasters John Travis Marshall 167
8 Judging and Mediating for the "Long Emergency": Superstorm Sandy, New York State's Regulatory Response to the Climate Change Crisis, and Reforming the Energy Vision Eleanor Stein 189
9 Litigation for the Homeless in the 1980s: A Look Back Richard Pinner 207
10 Scaling Worker Cooperatives as an Economic Justice Tool for Communities in Crises Carmen Huertas-Noble Missy Risser-Lovings Christopher Adams 229
11 The Crisis Comes Once a Year: Lawyering on Election Day David S. Turetsky 249
Part III Beyond Borders and Silos
12 Bordering on Crisis: Overcoming Multiagency Crisis Coordination Challenges Brian Wilson Nora Johnson 269
13 Legal Advice in Crisis Training for Government Lawyers: Perspectives from the United States and Sweden Eric K. Stern Brad Kieserman Torkel Schlegel Per-Åke Mårtensson Ella Carlberg 290
Part IV Educating and Skill-Building
14 Call Air Traffic Control! Confronting Crisis as Lawyers and Teachers Muneer I. Ahmad Michael J. Wishnie 311
15 Leveraging Lawyers' Strengths and Training Them to Support Team Problem-Solving Under Crisis Conditions Scott Westfahl 340
16 Stay Calm and Carry On: How to Stay on Point When in a Crisis Jay Sullivan 356
Conclusion Ray Brescia Eric K. Stern 379
Acknowledgments 395
About the Editors 397
About the Contributors 399
Index 403
