Brown Undergraduate Law Review -- Vol. 2, No. 1 (Fall 2020)

A LETTER FROM
THE EDITORS
We proudly present the second volume of the Brown Undergraduate Law Review. This past semester, a
time of great challenges, we were determined to identify areas of opportunity to further develop our
organization. Adapting to the virtual environment mandated by the Covid-19 pandemic, our staff worked
tirelessly to create new systems of soliciting submissions, working with authors, and reaching out to the greater
Brown community. As a result, our organization experienced an outpouring of student interest, quadrupling the
size and expertise of our team, and allowing us to publish more content on a wider variety of platforms.
Identifying a need for timely discussions of emergent legal issues, we created our ?Blog.? This section of our
organization features shorter articles published on a more regular basis, incorporating not only writings of our
staff, but also those of other students, alumni, and faculty guest authors. We believe this initiative will enhance
the accessibility of our organization, spur legal conversations among diverse participants, and increase our
ability to respectfully amplify voices on campus.
The Covid-19 pandemic, continued violence against People of Color, the 2020 Election, and the recent
insurrection on Capitol Hill have all emphasized novel and pre-existing fractures in the United States legal
system. These critical issues require our deepest attention, and will hopefully allow for positive and meaningful
legal reform. The BULR exists as a bastion dedicated to the civil discussion of the law and all its inherent
successes and failures. We hope that our colleagues can, through engaging with our forum, learn more about
how we can combat flaws in our legal system to ensure a more peaceful future. Winston Churchill once
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