By  The Harvard Crimson – Kyle Baek and Anna Feng, Contributing Writers

…Another panel, moderated by former HLS Dean Martha L. Minow, centered around domestic violence and gun violence in the context of the upcoming Supreme Court case United States v. Rahimi. In that case, the Supreme Court will decide whether, according to the Second Amendment, the government can deny guns to those under a domestic violence restraining order.

The panel’s speakers included Diane L. Rosenfeld, the founding director of the Law School’s Gender Violence Program; Marianna J. Yang, a clinical instructor at the Family Justice Clinic of the WilmerHale Legal Services Center; and Brown University associate professor Elizabeth Tobin-Tyler.

The panelists acknowledged the complexity of the legal issues involved in Rahimi and shared a bleak outlook on gun regulation and domestic violence prevention policy going forward. The event concluded with a reception and networking event for attendees.

Wency Suo ’27, who attended the conference, described the panels as “very eye-opening.”

“It was really nice to see that there are a community of people who care about LGBTQ+ youth and the rights of young people in general and are willing to do something about that,” Suo said.

 

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