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Anna E. Carpenter
@annacarpenter.bsky.social
Dean, University of Oklahoma College of Law.
Congratulations to @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor
@noahchauvin.bsky.social for having his article, "The Capture of the Congressional
Intelligence Committees," accepted for publication in the U.C. Irvine Law Review!
Check out the draft here:
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February 18, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Professor Michael Smith @msmith750.bsky.social presented his article “Relativity and Constitutional Time” at the University of Arkansas School of Law (Fayetteville) as part of the junior faculty exchange between @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social ahomalaw.bsky.social and Arkansas Law.
February 13, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Congratulations to @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Prof. Michael Smith @msmith750.bsky.social for having his article, “In Praise of Generative AI,” accepted for publication by the Iowa Law Review!

Check out the draft here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
February 9, 2026 at 5:43 PM
@uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor Megan Shaner participated in BYU’s Winter Deals Conference, presenting her draft paper “Balancing Identity and Public Perception in the Race for Corporate Charters.”
February 8, 2026 at 3:21 PM
This week, @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Prof. Michael Smith @msmith750.bsky.social participated in the St. Mary’s Law Journal Symposium on the Law of the U.S. Territories, discussing constitutional interpretation, history, and the exclusion of territorial law from historical interpretive methods.
February 5, 2026 at 8:17 PM
@uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Associate Dean and Professor Jon Lee @jonleelawprof.bsky.social delivered the opening plenary session for the Philippine Association of Law Schools Annual Convention, sharing his insights on the development of the NextGen Bar exam.
February 4, 2026 at 12:38 AM
This week, @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor Michael Smith
(@msmith750.bsky.social) spoke about his recently published article, “Ethics and Originalism,” at the 25th Annual Symposium for the St. Mary's Journal on Legal Malpractice and Ethics.
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Congratulations to @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor Michael Smith @msmith750.bsky.social, whose article “Editing Legal Scholarship” was just published in the University of Detroit Mercy Law Review!
January 27, 2026 at 12:05 AM
@uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor Tracy Pearl @tpearl.bsky.social has been invited to join Marshall Shapo’s Torts hornbook, Principles of Tort Law, as a co-author! Be on the lookout for the 5th edition, slated to come out later this year.
January 17, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Last week's AALS Annual Meeting featured eleven @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social faculty members who presented their works-in-progress, spoke on panels, served as commentators and moderators, and organized section programming.
January 10, 2026 at 11:20 PM
@uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor Alex Pearl's latest contribution to the Fordham Law Review, “Corporeal Property and the Limits of NAGPRA” is now published. Give it a read! ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcont...
November 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Congratulations to @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor Alex Pearl, whose article “Homelands Not Graveyards” was recently published in the UCLA Law Review! Check it out here: digitalcommons.law.ou.edu/fac_articles...
Homelands Not Graveyards
Within the last five years, the U.S. Supreme Court has taken up several transformative cases affecting Native nations and federal Indian law jurisprudence. The Supreme Court’s decision in Arizona v. N...
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November 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
@uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor Hayley Stillwell and Sean Harrington were featured on the Legal Innovation Spotlight podcast, where they discussed how AI is reshaping legal judgment, legal education, and the “reasonable juror” standard.

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Can AI Understand Justice? Inside the Research Challenging Frontier Models
Podcast Episode · Legal Innovation Spotlight · 11/19/2025 · 50m
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November 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Check out @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor Tracy Pearl's (@tpearl.bsky.social) appearance on WKMS news, Kentucky’s NPR affiliate, discussing e-warrant technologies!

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November 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Last week, @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor Jon Lee @jonleelawprof.bsky.social presented at a faculty workshop at North Carolina Central University School of Law, sharing his expertise on best practices for developing assessments.
November 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
@uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor Noah Chauvin @noahchauvin.bsky.social spoke at a Rutgers Law School symposium, where he presented his work on the constitutional issues raised by state government efforts to regulate ICE and other federal law enforcement agencies.
November 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
On Thursday, @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor @staceytovino.bsky.social gave a one-hour presentation titled "HIPAA Review and Updates for Prosecutors" on behalf of the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys.
November 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
@uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor Tracy Pearl @tpearl.bsky.social served as a panelist on SovereignCast Live, convened by the OU Native Nations Center for Tribal Policy Research, sharing her perspective on AI and tribal policy making.

Check it out: www.ou.edu/nativenation...
November 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
On Friday, @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor Kit Johnson @kitjohnson.bsky.social spoke at the Kentucky Law Journal 2025 Symposium, entitled “Immigration Law in Kentucky and the United States: A Discussion on Current Changes in Immigrants’ Legal Landscape.”
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Congratulations to @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor @tpearl.bsky.social, whose article “Governance in the Absence of Government” was recently published by the Dickinson Law Review!

Check it out here: insight.dickinsonlaw.psu.edu/dlr/vol130/i...
November 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Last week, @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor Hayley Stillwell presented a preview of the 2025-2026 Supreme Court term for the Oklahoma City Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.
November 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Last week, the Oklahoma Law Review held its fall symposium, “Public Responsibilities of Private Law Firms,” bringing together legal ethics scholars and practicing attorneys to discuss this timely topic. Congratulations to Mahak
Merchant (3L) and Skylar Johnson (3L) for putting on a terrific event!
October 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
What a treat to have NYU Law Professor Maggie Blackhawk join
@uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professors Carla Pratt and Alex Pearl to discuss her
article “Legislative Constitutionalism and Federal Indian Law,” part of the Julian J.
Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture series!
October 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Congratulations to @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Prof. Tracy Pearl
(@tpearl.bsky.social) for joining the Faculty Advisory Council for the TEDLaw
initiative! TEDLaw is aimed at teaching law students and attorneys "human skills
needed for modern legal practice."
Learn more here: shorturl.at/0S6am
October 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
@uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor Stacey Tovino
(@staceytovino.bsky.social) was invited to give featured commentary at the
University of Tulsa College of Law as part of its Inaugural Fred Dorwart Endowed
Lecture. The Lecture was given by Professor Janet Levit, the Fred Dorwart Chair.
October 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM