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Charlie Oldfield @cworeds.bsky.social · Apr 25

Congratulations to @elliemargolis.bsky.social for earning The Linda Berger Award for Excellence in Legal Writing Scholarship. So well deserved! #legalwriting.

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · Apr 26

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Women Also Know Law @womenknowlaw.bsky.social · Apr 18

In her newest op-ed in @postopinions.bsky.social, Yale Law Prof. Natasha Sarin discusses the implications and chaos likely to arise from Trump’s tax plans: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | It’s not just tariffs. Trump is creating chaos with taxes, too.

Gutting the IRS enables more people to cheat the government system.

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Women Also Know Law @womenknowlaw.bsky.social · Apr 18

Yale Law Prof. Cristina Rodríguez boils down the showdown over presidential authority in the case of wrongly deported migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia to two issues in a recent @csmonitor.bsky.social article quoting her. Read it here: www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/...

How a deportation case is turning into a tussle over presidential authority

The leaders of the United States and El Salvador say they can't be forced to return a man deported in error from the U.S., setting up a struggle between the executive branch and the courts.

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Women Also Know Law @womenknowlaw.bsky.social · Apr 18

Please join us in congratulating Cooley Law Prof. and Associate Dean of Academics Tonya Krause-Phelan on being named to the Michigan Lawyers Weekly Hall of Fame Class of 2025! Read more about her inspiring career here:

Cooley Law School Associate Dean, Graduates Named to Michigan Lawyer’s Weekly Hall of Fame 2025 Class | Cooley Law School

Tonya Krause-Phelan, Cooley Law School associate dean of academics and professor, has been named to the Michigan Lawyers Weekly Hall of Fame Class of 2025. In addition to Krause-Phelan, Cooley Law…

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Women Also Know Law @womenknowlaw.bsky.social · Apr 18

Have your eye on abortion law? Check out UWashington Law Prof. Mary Fan’s recent article for the George Washington Law Review, “Abortion Ally or Abettor: Accomplice and Conspiracy Liability After Dobbs.” Read it here:

Abortion Ally or Abettor: Accomplice and Conspiracy Liability After Dobbs

The bristle of state laws criminalizing abortion after Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization raises important questions about accomplice and conspiracy liability for helping people pursue…

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Women Also Know Law @womenknowlaw.bsky.social · Apr 18

Please join us in congratulating UMiami Law Prof. Rebecca Sharpless, whose book “Shackled: 92 Refugees Imprisoned on ICE Air” was recently recognized as a Readers Choice Book Award finalist! Read more about the announcement here:

Professor Rebecca Sharpless’s book, Shackled, named Readers Choice Book Award finalist

Shackled is the harrowing true story of Flight N225AX, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement aircraft that attempted to deport 92 people from the United States to Somalia in 2017.

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Women Also Know Law @womenknowlaw.bsky.social · Apr 18

Check out the revised version of MLaw Prof. @primuseve.bsky.social’s forthcoming paper in the Duke Law Journal. “Burdens of Proof in Criminal Procedure” provides a framework for analyzing burden allocation in criminal procedure under both federal and state law. 🤩⚖️ papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

BURDENS OF PROOF IN CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

The Supreme Court's haphazard approach to allocating burdens of proof in criminal procedure has created a system in which constitutional rights can be rendered

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Women Also Know Law @womenknowlaw.bsky.social · Apr 17

Must read by @umichlaw.bsky.social Professor @mjschlanger.bsky.social, recently published in Democracy:

“What’s Behind DHS’s Abuses”

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What’s Behind DHS's Abuses

DHS was created with a civil rights office to prevent the abuses we’re seeing now. Funny thing—Trump shut it down.

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Women Also Know Law @womenknowlaw.bsky.social · Apr 17

Get your piece ready for @stanlrev.bsky.social’s Special Symposium with the Stanford Neukom Center for the Rule of Law: “100 Days of The Trump Administration: Constitutional Boundaries on Executive Power & the Rule of Law.” Open for submissions from May 12 to May 23!

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Women Also Know Law @womenknowlaw.bsky.social · Apr 17

Check out University of Baltimore School of Law Professor Gilda Daniels’s essay—”Democracy’s Distrust: The Supreme Court’s Anti-Voter Decisions as a Threat to Democracy”—recently published in the Yale Law Journal Forum!

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Women Also Know Law @womenknowlaw.bsky.social · Apr 17

Congratulations to University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law Professor @haksgaard.bsky.social on the publication of her book, “The Rural Lawyer: How To Incentivize Rural Law Practice and Help Small Communities Thrive.”

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Women Also Know Law @womenknowlaw.bsky.social · Apr 17

Congratulations to @ucdavis.bsky.social Law Professor Afra Afsharipour for her article, “Gender and the Social Structure of Exclusion in U.S. Corporate Law,” which was named in the Top 10 Corporate and Securities Articles of 2024. Read about her accomplishment here: bit.ly/42Ces6R

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Women Also Know Law @womenknowlaw.bsky.social · Apr 16

In their article in the @YaleLJournal, Profs. @Ido_Katri (@TelAvivUni ) & @Maayan_Sudai (@UofHaifa) provide a comprehensive legal analysis of gender-affirming-care bans, concluding that their inconsistent treatment renders them unconstitutional. Read it here! buff.ly/LY932Pe

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Women Also Know Law @womenknowlaw.bsky.social · Apr 16

The latest episode of @CalifLRev.bsky.social’s official podcast discusses @georgetownlaw.bsky.social’s Prof. Emily Chertoff article (physical) “Violence in the Administrative State.” Check out the paper and the podcast below!

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Women Also Know Law @womenknowlaw.bsky.social · Apr 16

@stanfordlaw.bsky.social is hosting a Special Symposium: “100 Days of The Trump Administration: Constitutional Boundaries on Executive Power & the Rule of Law.” Instructions to submit a manuscript for publication are here! buff.ly/7RNm4H1

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Women Also Know Law @womenknowlaw.bsky.social · Apr 16

Listen to Professor Naomi Cahn @naomicahn.bsky.social of UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social discuss her book “Hot Flash: How the Law Ignores Menopause and What We Can Do About It” on May 8th, from 1-2pm.

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Women Also Know Law @womenknowlaw.bsky.social · Apr 16

Congratulations to Professor Mary Ziegler @maryrziegler.bsky.social of UC Davis School of Law @ucdavislaw.bsky.social on her forthcoming book, “Personhood: The New Civil War Over Reproduction.”

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Women Also Know Law @womenknowlaw.bsky.social · Apr 16

Congratulations to Professor Corinna Barrett Lain @corinnabarrettlain.bsky.social of University of Richmond School of Law @richmondlaw.bsky.social on her new book, “Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Story of Lethal Injection.”

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Women Also Know Law @womenknowlaw.bsky.social · Apr 16

A new podcast hosted by Yale Law School Professor Cristina Rodriguez and colleagues examines the Trump administration’s immigration policies and what they mean for immigrants, Americans, and the constitutional order. Learn more about it here: buff.ly/ZbMeWz2

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Women Also Know Law @womenknowlaw.bsky.social · Apr 16

Congratulations to @ucdavislaw.bsky.social Professor Afra Afsharipour on her article “Gender and the Social Structure of Exclusion in U.S. Corporate Law” (co-authored with Matthew Jennejohn) being named one of the Top 10 Corporate and Securities Articles of 2024! Read it here: buff.ly/tFkKMGu

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Women Also Know Law @womenknowlaw.bsky.social · Apr 16

Northeastern Law (@nusl.bsky.social) is hosting its Annual Health Law Conference this Friday, April 18! Register now to hear from a variety of speakers, including keynote speaker Professor Khiara Bridges (@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social): buff.ly/RGKv0Ov

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Women Also Know Law @womenknowlaw.bsky.social · Apr 15

Professor @barbmcquade.bsky.social recently discussed on #SistersInLaw current legal events like mistaken deportation, free press, and voting rights. Listen here: buff.ly/dVvATld

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Women Also Know Law @womenknowlaw.bsky.social · Apr 15

Check out Professor @iajunwa.bsky.social article published in Yale Law Journal Forum called “AI and Captured Capital” #WomeninAcademia #WomenAlsoKnowLaw buff.ly/iyis5oC

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Women Also Know Law @womenknowlaw.bsky.social · Apr 15

Congratulations @nyulaw.bsky.social Professor @deborahnarcher.bsky.social, on the publication of your upcoming book, Dividing Lines, exploring how transportation infrastructure reinforces racial inequality https://buff.ly/9jmQ9UC

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