I am thrilled that my latest article, The Dirty Work of Executioners is forthcoming in the UC Irvine Law Review! The acknowledgment footnote here is long—so many people encouraged and inspired me, and asked me hard questions that made my work better. Draft coming soon to SSRN…
W&L Law is seeking visiting faculty for the upcoming academic year, primarily for torts & corporate law courses (especially BA), though we may have other needs!
Prof Carla Reyes & I have a new paper on Data Supply Chains!
We explain the ways that companies acquire data: build, buy, scrape, surveil and generate.
And oh - it’s a supply chain, which we can govern, manage and regulate AS a supply chain.
Read it here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Call for Submissions!!
W&L Law’s Blue Mountain Writing Retreat!!
Pls see below
#Voting rights expert Maureen Edobor of
@wlulaw.bsky.social assesses the state of voting rights as “strong but deeply imperiled.”
Hear what’s next for the future of voting rights.🎧
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9nl...
In @theconversation.com today with @ethicselizabeth.bsky.social on how access to the COVID-19 vaxx works now: Off-label use of COVID-19 vaccines was once discouraged but has become common amid new guidelines theconversation.com/off-label-us...
It’s standing room only here at the W&L panel for Locating the Law, an exhibit based on my colleague Russ Miller’s recent book about places significant to German constitutional history. The photos, by Alexander Telesniuk, are spectacular.
In JAMA Pediatrics with @ethicselizabeth.bsky.social on how to think about off-label vaxx for kids in these confusing times
Delighted to have these amazing new colleagues at W&L Law! Welcome Carrie, Lauren, Dennis, and Melinda!
W&L Law is thrilled to welcome several extraordinary members to our full-time faculty, including a corporate law expert and two new clinical directors. columns.wlu.edu/wl-law-welco...
Proud of the 10th Edition and so happy about my new extraordinary coauthor, Alex Klein!
Only 10 days left to submit your abstract!
When is sports gambling "sports investing"?
Melinda Roth, visiting associate professor @wlulaw.bsky.social, joins @busscholarship.bsky.social to discuss her paper "Betting on Event Contracts: The Legal Landscape of Prediction Markets for Politics and Sports." 1/2
Pleased to announce that my new article, “Voting Rights and Private Rights of Action: An Empirical Study of Litigation Under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 1982-2024” is forthcoming in the Florida State University Law Review and available on SSRN here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
If you’re on the market: W&L Law is hiring! Our big needs are Tax, Professional Responsibility & Constitutional Law. We have an amazing cohort of pretenure faculty. Feel free to DM me if you’re on the market & have questions!
W&L Law is hiring! We are searching for up to two tenure-track/tenured positions at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor. Our focus is in tax law, constitutional law, and professional responsibility/legal ethics, but welcome all applicants. Full announcement here: apply.interfolio.com/170564
A belated announcement: my article, The Eighth Amendment’s Paper Tiger: Pain, Executions, and the Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause came out this spring with Northeastern University Law Review.
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Call for Papers in IBT!! May 2026 Roundtable @wlulaw.bsky.social on International Contracting & Theory of the Firm.
Send abstract to me by Aug 29!
Details below ⬇️
School of Law Honors Graduates at 2025 Commencement Ceremony columns.wlu.edu/school-of-la...
Graduation day!
Congratulations to the graduating Class of 2025 at @wlulaw.bsky.social! It’s been a privilege and delight to teach and learn from you over the past 3 years. I wish you all the best as your enter our honorable profession and work to uphold the rule of law.
It’s graduation day for #wlulaw25! Read about the many accomplishments, campus leadership, and future plans of the Law Class of 2025! columns.wlu.edu/tag/law-clas...
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Good luck to my @wlulaw.bsky.social Property students taking their final exam today! You got this!
I am so delighted to share that @wlulaw.bsky.social has named me to the James P. Morefield Professorship!!
columns.wlu.edu/wl-law-annou...
W&L Law prof Kish Parella @catsncakes.bsky.social is co-organizing the Berle XVII Symposium at Seattle University School of Law. The event title is “International Business Transactions in a Fragmented World: National Security, Geopolitics, and Corporate Governance.” columns.wlu.edu/kish-parella...
My Article, Kennedy v. Louisiana and the Future of the Eighth Amendment is out now in the Pepperdine Law Review. This article addresses the new state laws that expand capital punishment to the rape of a child in violation of Kennedy v. Louisiana.
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Delighted that the W&L Law Review has published the student Note of 3L Tucker Oberting, on Generative Artificial Intelligence and Copyright in the Film and Media Industry! Tucker did an outstanding job on it. @wlulaw.bsky.social lawreview.wlulaw.wlu.edu/generative-a...
At #AALS25, Professor Suzette Malveaux will be honored with the Ferguson award, Professors Sarah Haan and Alex Klein present, and Dean Melanie Wilson wraps up her year as AALS president. columns.wlu.edu/wl-law-facul...
