banner
alahav.bsky.social
Alexandra Lahav
@alahav.bsky.social
2.7K followers 720 following 2K posts
Law professor at Cornell Subjects: litigation risk, torts, civil procedure https://www.alexandralahav.com/
www.alexandralahav.com
Posts Media Videos Starter Packs
Pinned
alahav.bsky.social
Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · Apr 30
Tricolor cavalier King Charles on grassy background sticking out his tongue
1 11
alahav.bsky.social
Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 1d
kermit the frog is talking about a show that is now out of control
Alt: kermit the frog is talking about a show that is now out of control
media.tenor.com
2
alahav.bsky.social
Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 1d
I'm offended. These days civ pro is definitely wearing a pink vest
1 4
Reposted by Alexandra Lahav
povertyscholar.bsky.social
Jamila Michener @povertyscholar.bsky.social · 16d
My book w/@profsorelle.bsky.social will be out in January! These ideas have brewed since I interned at Queens Legal Services 20 years ago. The book is for anyone who cares about people, justice, power & democracy. Much more to share more in the coming months!

press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Uncivil Democracy
How the civil legal system undermines the political lives of marginalized communities
press.princeton.edu
8 51 160
alahav.bsky.social
Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 1d
Team candy corn! Is it made of wax? That is part of the delightful mystery.
1
alahav.bsky.social
Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 2d
Ah, but we could say the same about positivism!
1 1
alahav.bsky.social
Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 2d
Genius really
1
alahav.bsky.social
Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 2d
Originalism, originalism, originalism.
ryanbeckwith.bsky.social
Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 2d
Editor in chief, city editor, features editor
2 8
alahav.bsky.social
Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 2d
The class action scholar in me feels so proud
2
alahav.bsky.social
Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 2d
Name the 1L subjects:
Contracts, crim, torts
ryanbeckwith.bsky.social
Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 2d
Editor in chief, city editor, features editor
1 4
Reposted by Alexandra Lahav
jotwell.bsky.social
Jotwell @jotwell.bsky.social · 2d
Jotwell Torts:
Kenneth W. Simons, Does the Hand Formula Express Efficiency or Justice? Or Both?, JOTWELL (October 6, 2025) (reviewing Emad H. Atiq, The Disaggregated Hand Formula, 114 Cal. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2026), available at SSRN (Mar. 1, 2025)), torts.jotwell.com/does-the-han....
Kenneth W. Simons
2 2
alahav.bsky.social
Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 3d
I like this response as though this idea actually has legs.
1 3
alahav.bsky.social
Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 3d
You mean a jury empaneled by the Ct or the Ct itself is the jury?
1
alahav.bsky.social
Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 3d
If the Supreme Court is going to be a jury and find facts as well as law, they should be 12, as is traditional.
2 8
alahav.bsky.social
Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 3d
I know you are joking but there was an anti-equity strand of thought in the colonies because the chancellors were appointed by the crown and no juries in equity. But of course Hamilton didn't agree!
4
alahav.bsky.social
Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 3d
I would also like to know, my gut says no and I haven't seen it mentioned in the debate over the cause of action.
1
alahav.bsky.social
Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 3d
Article III says law & equity so feeling pretty confident about the judiciary's power to enjoin unlawful govnt conduct.
1 4
alahav.bsky.social
Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 3d
Public nuisance! (Kidding)
1 5
alahav.bsky.social
Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 3d
At bottom it is a very strange, nihilistic view of what law is, implying judges just rule on whim.
2
alahav.bsky.social
Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 4d
You never know. We had this book about animal buddies and all sorts of strange parings lived in harmony. It was called "Buddy Up"
1
alahav.bsky.social
Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 4d
And of course this bunny:
Judge Learned Hand. He is wearing a three piece suit and what looks like a knit tie. Pince nez glasses. His eyebrows are very substantial. And his nickname was "bunny"
1 2
alahav.bsky.social
Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 4d
My bunny:
Fluffy dog, looking right at you... probably 50% bunny and 25% cat.
1 4
alahav.bsky.social
Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 4d
Did you get a bunny?!
1
Reposted by Alexandra Lahav
seamushughes.bsky.social
Seamus Hughes @seamushughes.bsky.social · 5d
“The PACER system, which charges a fee for each item downloaded, does not exclude the required payment for accessing the clerks’ placeholder documents.”

www.courtwatch.news/p/exclusive-...
Exclusive: Chief Justice “Stonewalls Congress" on PACER Hack, Senator Says
The Courts sidestep a congressional request for independent review. Post-hack procedures have significantly reduced transparency in the judicial system.
www.courtwatch.news
2 22 42
Reposted by Alexandra Lahav
legal.reuters.com
Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 5d
The 9th Circuit is weighing whether law firm size should factor into attorney fee awards, after a judge refused to grant Big Law-caliber rates to lawyers at a small firm for fear of setting a precedent reut.rs/48uSnf5
3 1