Project Narrative is hosting an event with Professor Anne Ralph.
Narratives construct legal rights. That is, rights depend on narratives to be articulated, understood, and made real. Because rights depend on narratives, it is important for scholars of both narrative and law to pay attention to the way the procedures in civil rights litigation enable and constrain narratives. On close reading, the narratives of civil rights cases demonstrate that the early stages of a case are essential to communicating and meaningfully protecting rights. For this reason, the right to develop one’s own narrative—to “tell one’s story”—should be recognized as a critical component of access to justice. This talk will focus on the narratives that emerge in civil rights cases—both inside and outside of courts—and the ways they fuel narrative development of rights.
This will be a hybrid event with the following Zoom information:
https://osu.zoom.us/j/94459245997?pwd=3lGpsQhKIfyw04tcfajMQ9bQcD4q3F.1
Meeting ID: 944 5924 5997
Password: 984798
