LGN Law Clerk Dev Mistriotti Featured in University of Minnesota Law School’s Journal of Law and Inequality

Dev Mistriotti

In a guest post for this past Black History Month with a focus on inequality, LGN Law Clerk Dev Mistriotti reflects on his recent decision to shed the name of his ancestors' enslavers as he outlines the current state of Black Name Discrimination in the U.S. 

Dev weaves personal experiences with a comprehensive exploration of the legal history of Black naming systems and name-based discrimination and examines possible steps forward. Read the full post here in the Minnesota Journal of Law and Inequality.