A collaborative report by: Stanford Law School Law and Policy Lab and the Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law.

Even before racist political rhetoric around the coronavirus triggered a wave of hate crimes against Asian Americans, white supremacist incidents around the country had fueled a vigorous public debate about the proper responses to hate violence. In March 2020, Stanford Law School and the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School hosted a convening of experts in the fields of criminal law, civil rights, community advocacy, and restorative justice to assess the current hate crime enforcement model and explore alternative approaches that could more effectively redress the harm resulting from hate crimes. The Proteus Fund, the Stanford Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, and the Stanford Clayman Institute for Gender Research provided additional support for the convening.