Jan 19, 2022 | Article, Civil Rights and Discrimination, Feature, Lolita Buckner Inniss, Skyler Arbuckle
By Lolita Buckner Inniss & Skyler Arbuckle Abstract People who practiced slavery across the United States, or engaged in slavery-related practices, were often the same civically-minded social, legal, and economic leaders who founded the nation’s first colleges and...
Jan 19, 2022 | Article, Feature, Law and Society, Myrisha S. Lewis
By Myrisha S. Lewis Abstract The Nobel Foundation emphasized the significance of genetic innovation to society, science, and medicine by awarding the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to “the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors.” This Article focuses on “reproductive genetic...
Jan 19, 2022 | Anupam Chander, Article, Dayoung Park, Feature, Isabel Yu, Meaza Abraham, Privacy Law, Sandeep Chandy, Yuan Fang
By Anupam Chander, Meaza Abraham, Sandeep Chandy, Yuan Fang, Dayoung Park & Isabel Yu Abstract Is privacy a luxury for the rich? Remarkably, there is a dearth of literature evaluating whether data privacy is too costly for companies to implement or too expensive...
Oct 5, 2021 | Article, Bridget McCormack, Criminal, Feature, Law and Society
By Bridget McCormack Abstract “[S]ometimes it feels like this. There I am standing by the shore of a swiftly flowing river and I hear the cry of a drowning man. So I jump into the river, put my arms around him, pull him to shore and apply artificial respiration. Just...
Oct 5, 2021 | Article, Criminal, Dayja Tillman, Irene Oritseweyinmi Joe, Law and Society, Shelly Richter
By Irene Oritseweyinmi Joe, Shelly Richter, and Dayja Tillman Abstract The last few years have seen a marked shift in the public’s response to mass incarceration. Some state legislatures have responded by changing criminal statutes and sentencing schemes to reduce the...
Oct 5, 2021 | Article, Criminal, Criminal Procedure, Liz Komar, Miriam Krinsky
By Miriam Krinsky, and Liz Komar Abstract Against the backdrop of the prosecutorial reform movement, this Article explores the origins of the tensions between victims’ rights and criminal justice reform efforts and argues that while victims’ rights may be in tension...
Oct 5, 2021 | Article, Criminal, Kay L. Levine
By Kay L. Levine Abstract In this Article, I explore the practical and theoretical conflicts that might surface when the diversion movement and the Victims’ Rights Movement intersect. I focus on two possible sites of tension: victim input into the diversion offer and...
Oct 5, 2021 | Amanda Woog, Article, Criminal, Nathan Fennell, State and Local Government
By Amanda Woog and Nathan Fennell Abstract As advocates’, lawyers’, and legislators’ bail reform efforts intensify in Texas and throughout the country, we consider the limits of pretrial procedural protections when judges do not follow the law, access to courts is...
Oct 5, 2021 | Article, Criminal, Criminal Procedure, Feature, Lauren Boone, Law and Politics, Nathan Jackson, Shima Baughman
By Shima Baughman, Lauren Boone, and Nathan Jackson Abstract We are waist-deep in the third wave of bail reform. Scholars, policy makers, and the public have realized that the short period of detention before trial creates ripple effects on a defendant’s judicial fate...
Oct 5, 2021 | Article, Feature, Law and Politics, Walter Katz
By Walter Katz Abstract Police unions rose in power partially in response to the civil unrest in urban neighborhoods in the 1960s. As unions gained political power, critics argue that they have frequently stood as obstacles to accountability-related reforms. One...
