Policing Cops Lures Law Firms Seeking Social Justice Cred Boost

June 29, 2021, 8:45 AM UTC

Law firms burnishing their social justice bonafides are lining up to watchdog police departments for the Justice Department even though lawyers say it’s a typically thankless job.

Legal watchdogs are expected to be in higher demand with Attorney General Merrick Garland stepping up oversight of police department activities that President Donald Trump let wane.

Garland has already staffed the Justice Department with social justice heavy hitters like Vanita Gupta as the Associate Attorney General and Kristen Clarke as the assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division. He also announced in April his department would investigate policing ...

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