Jeff Baker
@jrbprof
Lawyer, Teacher, Writer. Associate Dean and Clinical Prof at Alabama Law. Deep Southerner. Occasional Preacher.
Reprint day from the Anglican Theological Review! Always fun to see the words in print!
Sweating, dancing, singing, hollering with all the folks and the Alabama Shakes in Tuscaloosa tonight. Absolute funky joy magic. So much love.
A proper dream come true, Ernest & Hadley Booksellers has my novella, Haven, on the shelves. This mighty, little bookstore has become a holy place for us in Tuscaloosa. I'm grateful for their friendship. Buy all your books from Ernest & Hadley, and buy mine (signed!) here too! #amwriting
Writing outside on campus overlooking Santa Monica Bay is nice and all, but this ain't bad. It is, however, on the grounds of an old asylum, so we're never not Southern Gothic. #rtr
A Very Positive Review of My Novella, Haven. A social media book-influencer reached out to pitch their platform to promote my novella, Haven. It's a pay-for-posts situation, and I'm not inclined to shell out for the payola. The email was a thoughtful and generous review of the book: #amwriting
On the road today with brilliant Alabama Law E-Clinic students for a client doing vital work on some Alabama holy ground.
On the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a very good day in Florence at the first Alabama Legacy Luncheon with the Fred D. Gray Institute for Human and Civil Rights alongside other Fellows, friends and family.
I shared the publication of my recent article yesterday. That article grew out of my chapter in this book, The Business of Incarceration. It's been out for a while, but we only just received the book itself. Holding the physical copy of a real book out in the world is always a mighty thing.
Thank you, @pepperdine.bsky.social Caruso School of Law, for twelve full and abundant years. Love y'all. Go Waves.
"... yelling threateningly..." Read up on Bull Connor and the tactics and justifications for violent police escalation against nonviolent protests, and remember the lessons and outcomes when they inevitably go too far. encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/euge...
The inaugural symposium of the Fred Gray Institute for Human and Civil Rights in Montgomery - dialogue moving to action. Mr. Gray said, "So what are you going to do?" I know the courageous souls in this room today will be at work tomorrow to lift up this nation in love and justice.
I can't begin to describe this night, opening the first Fred Gray Institute symposium - Mr. Fred Gray, Mr. Bryan Stevenson, and more friends and family from all across our lives in one holy room. This was a landmark event and the richest privilege to bear witness to it. Tomorrow the work continues.
@pepperdine's offices of General Counsel and Planned Giving are offering this community education event this Friday with pro bono lawyers from Reed Smith on insurance issues. Please spread the word to folks who have lost their homes or property and are navigating issues with their insurers.
LA folks, see and share this information for a pro bono clinic for FEMA applications this Saturday, Feb 8, in Santa Monica from our friends and colleagues at the UCLA Law clinics.
A good day at All Saints Pasadena for a pro bono clinic with lawyers from across SoCal, faculty & students from Pepperdine Caruso Law and UCI Law, volunteers from Vintage Church Pas, serving people doing the hard work after immense losses, a privilege to walk with them a few steps down a long road.
Pro Bono Disaster Assistance Legal Clinic from Pepperdine Caruso Law. Pasadena, Saturday, Jan. 25, 1:00 - 3:00 All Saints Episcopal Church in partnership with Vintage Church Pasadena Sign up to meet with volunteer lawyers: forms.gle/UiUDhqK3yUSU...