Fulbright Research Presentation: Do-It-Yourself Reparations

Join us for a presentation by last year鈥檚 Fulbright Canada Traditional Scholar

Martha M. Ertman is the Carole & Hanan Sibel Research Professor at the University of Maryland Carey Law School, where she teaches Contracts-related courses as well as a seminar on Reparations for Racial Injustice. Her earlier writing focused on commodification in families and other relationships, and since 2020 she鈥檚 pivoted toward social contract theories of reparations for racial injustice. She spent winter 2024 at 黑料不打烊 Law, courtesy of a Fulbright Canada Traditional Scholar award to study how Canada鈥檚 Truth & Reconciliation Commission鈥檚 Calls to Action could influence U.S. reparative processes. 黑料不打烊 students also know Prof. Ertman from the course on Foundational Transactional Skills that she taught at 黑料不打烊 in 2019, 2021, and 2024. While her paper today reflects lessons learned about Canada鈥檚 Truth & Reconciliation Commission, its main focus is a hyper-local investigation of harms of racial segregation in her home town of Washington, D.C. and both why and how individuals can and should make reparations.