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Michal Buchhandler-Raphael @buchhandler.bsky.social · 9d

"Legal Moralism in Disguise in Child Custody Cases" is forthcoming in Family Law Quarterly (FLQ). Morality hasn’t disappeared from family courts but has taken on new rhetorical forms with courts judging parents’ choices on moral grounds w/o evidence of harm to child.
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Legal Moralism in Disguise in Child Custody Cases

Conventional wisdom is that family law has moved away from morality-based decision-making, with moral questions left more to individuals than to the courts.

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Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · 14d

Thrilled to be giving a talk on The Limits of the ADA’s Duty to Accommodate @oneillinstitute.bsky.social (@georgetownlaw.bsky.social) & the Georgetown Program in Disability Studies tomorrow (Sep. 25) at 5 pm. If you’re around, please join us. Details below 👇

A poster for the talk: The Limits of the ADA: Exploring the Duty to Accommodate in Law & Society by Doron Dorfman, Thursday, Sep. 25 at 5 pm at the Riggs Library - Healy Hall. ASL interpreted. A photo of a man with dark hair and glasses smiling alongside a photo of signing the ADA into law.

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Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · 20d

Thrilled to be hosting the 20th Annual Colloquium on Scholarship in Labor & Employment Law (COSELL) at Seton Hall Law tomorrow & on Saturday (Sep. 19-20). Over 70 legal scholars come to discuss cutting edge work on work! Check out the program: law.shu.edu/events/annua...

Annual Colloquium on Scholarship in Employment and Labor Law (COSELL) - Seton Hall Law School

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Gilat Bachar @gilatjbachar.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thank you @lsolum.bsky.social for recommending my new piece, Coercive Settlements, recently published with the George Washington Law Review! @templelaw.bsky.social

Lawrence Solum @lsolum.bsky.social · Sep 8

Bachar on Coercive Settlements, buff.ly/XDJ1lDZ - Gilat Juli Bachar (Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law) has posted Coercive Settlements (93 George Washington Law Review 733 (2025)) on SSRN.

Bachar on Coercive Settlements

Gilat Juli Bachar (Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law) has posted Coercive Settlements (93 George Washington Law Review 733 (2025)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Can civil…

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Michal Buchhandler-Raphael @buchhandler.bsky.social · Sep 5

11 years after the horrific murder of Professor Dan Markel, a brilliant criminal law scholar and a wonderful human being, the woman who orchestrated his killing is finally behind bars. Justice is served. RIP Danny.

CNN @cnn.com · Sep 5

Donna Adelson, the matriarch of a wealthy South Florida family, has been convicted in the murder-for-hire plot to kill her former son-in-law.

Read more: https://cnn.it/48045h9

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Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · Aug 25

Thrilled to have my work on Third-Party Accommodations (forth. @michlawreview.bsky.social) featured on the Chemical Sensitivity Podcast (@podcastingmcs.bsky.social) that amplifies voices of people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) & research about the illness. Take a listen: shorturl.at/RbT4e

An add for the chemical sensitivity podcast: light green background with a photo of a middle aged man with dark hair with glasses. Stating Professor Doron Dorfman MCS and Third-Party Accommodations.

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Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · Aug 18

Thrilled that my book chapter, "Mask Shaming: On Private Enforcement and Disability Politics," in print as part of the important @nyupress.bsky.social book Regulating the Body: Autonomy, Control, and the Broken Promise of Equality in American Law, ed. by the legendary Austin Sarat & Susanna Lee! 1/3

A calico cat next to a book called Regulating the Body
Autonomy, Control, and the Broken Promise of Equality in American Law Edited by Austin Sarat and Susanna Lee .The cover is black with a statue of lady justice with mask and gloves.

The table of content for the book Regulating the Body Autonomy, Control, and the Broken Promise of Equality in American Law Edited by Austin Sarat and Susanna Lee .

Abstract: Wearing face masks has been an important strategy to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Yet this practice has also been highly politicized since the beginning of the pandemic. In this chapter, I explore how shaming tactics—the stigmatization and public disgrace of the norm violator—have been used to regulate masking. This strategy highlights how mask policies in the U.S. have depended on private enforcement throughout all stages of the pandemic; that is, enforcement by laypeople rather than public entities. I trace this phenomenon through early, top-down mask mandates, to the present moment, after universal mask mandates have been lifted, and masking has shifted to become an individualized disability accommodation. While paying close attention to how norms about mask wearing intersect with gender and race, I highlight dichotomous approaches to private, ideologically-driven, enforcement of public health policy: as the Right has doubled down on shaming people for wearing masks, people in the disability community have reacted by enforcing mask wearing in public spaces and holding people who they see as members of the in-group (activists and allies) accountable. This chapter thus contributes to the legal debate on shaming as a law enforcement tactic, as well as to the understanding of how disability law plays out in everyday life.

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🎃😱Slaybell Romero loves Halloween👻👹 @maybell.bsky.social · Aug 16

It’s sooooooo good, y’all! If I were a law review editor I’d really want to snap this up for publication.

Justin Murray @justinnyls.bsky.social · Aug 16

New paper alert!

My latest - "Brady's Shadow" - is now on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Still a work in progress—would love your thoughts.

It's about how one spectacularly failed doctrine somehow cannibalized other, more promising avenues for criminal discovery.🧵

Brady's Shadow

Scholars have spent sixty years documenting Brady v. Maryland’s failures—its materiality standard that licenses suppression of exculpatory evidence

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Michal Buchhandler-Raphael @buchhandler.bsky.social · Jul 20

תודה רבה! אבל אני לא מבזבזת דקה מיותרת מהחופשה שלי בישראל על זה. אני על המטוס ביום שלישי!✈️✈️✈️הזה.

Michal Buchhandler-Raphael @buchhandler.bsky.social · Jul 16

Had a terrific time presenting my new project "A Reasonable Fear Defense in Failure-to-Protect prosecutions" at #CrimFest. I advocate for legislatures to adopt an affirmative defense for defendants charged with homicide-by-omission when they reasonably feared escalation of harm if they intervened.

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Michal Buchhandler-Raphael @buchhandler.bsky.social · Jul 16

It was so great to see you!!!

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Michal Buchhandler-Raphael @buchhandler.bsky.social · Jul 16

Second that!!! It was so great to see you, Ben!

Ben A. McJunkin @benmcjunkin.bsky.social · Jul 15

Just wrapped up my first CrimFest! I had a fabulous time and met so many terrific young scholars. Many thanks to @cbhessick.bsky.social and @hashtagblevin.bsky.social for organizing, and Penn Carey Law for hosting!

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Michal Buchhandler-Raphael @buchhandler.bsky.social · Jul 13

An amazing honor and recognition for a brave survivor. A role model for all rape and sexual assault survivors. Her courageous choice to waive her anonymity has changed the legal landscape for many survivors of gender-based violence. #StopSexualViolence #MeToo
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Gisele Pelicot awarded France's Legion of Honour - BBC News

Pelicot was named knight of the Legion of Honour on a list announced ahead of France's Bastille Day.

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Michal Buchhandler-Raphael @buchhandler.bsky.social · Jun 26

Congratulations, @profnroemer.bsky.social !

Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · Jun 26

So proud of my wonderful Seton Hall Law colleague @profnroemer.bsky.social for her important work Equity for American Indian Families now in the Minnesota Law Review! And her inscription on my reprint is spot on 🤣 Take a read: minnesotalawreview.org/article/equi...

A photo of the reprint for Equity for American Indian Families by Neoshia Roemer in the Minnesota Law Review

The inscription that says:
To Doron: For the next time you wonder why I can’t visit the City, please remember how long this Article is! Thanks for your support!
-Signed Neoshia R. Roemer

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Michal Buchhandler-Raphael @buchhandler.bsky.social · May 20

Thank you, @SSRN for highlighting my work.
Check it out in the link 👇

SSRN @ssrn.bsky.social · May 20

Compassionate Undercharging: this article argues for prosecutorial leniency towards victimized offenders.
http://spkl.io/63320f28OY
@buchhandler.bsky.social #LawSky

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Michal Buchhandler-Raphael @buchhandler.bsky.social · May 16

Thanks so much, Ben!

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Danielle Citron @daniellecitron.bsky.social · May 14

Excited to share our latest article (with the amazing @jonpenny.bsky.social and @shoreingber.bsky.social) “The Chilling Effects of Dobbs” in Florida Law Review. The piece grew out of Jon’s creative study and our broader work together on intimate privacy. Here www.floridalawreview.com/article/1381...

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Michal Buchhandler-Raphael @buchhandler.bsky.social · May 15

My recent article "Compassionate Undercharging" has just been uploaded on @ssrn.bsky.social ! Highlighting the impact of domestic abuse, it advocates for bringing lesser homicide charges against victimized offenders. #MenendezBrothers
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Compassionate Undercharging

Undercharging, a common prosecutorial tactic, refers to the strategic pursuit of lesser charges than the law permits. While undercharging is primarily

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Michal Buchhandler-Raphael @buchhandler.bsky.social · May 13

My Article, "Police Minimalism in Domestic Violence," is now published in the Arizona State Law Journal! @asulaw.bsky.social
It advocates for integrating civilian responders into domestic violence emergency responses.
The full article is available here:
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Police Minimalism in Domestic Violence – Arizona State Law Journal

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Michal Buchhandler-Raphael @buchhandler.bsky.social · Apr 23

Huge congrats on this wonderful accomplishment! I loved reading this terrific paper! 🎉

Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · Apr 23

I’m honored that my article Third-Party Accommodations (forthcoming in the Michigan Law Review) was selected for the 2025 Harvard/Yale/Stanford Junior Faculty Forum! Can’t wait to workshop it with some amazing colleagues at HLS in June 🙏🏻

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Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · Apr 18

SCOTUS to hear oral arguments in the Braidwood v. Becerra case on Monday. Want to know more about Section 1557, the preventive health mandate of the ACA, and how stereotypes re prevention creeped into earlier decisions? Read my article Penalizing Prevention: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Penalizing Prevention: The Paradoxical Legal Treatment of Preventive Medicine

Preventive medicine, which includes interventions intended to preempt illnesses before they surface, has long been a priority for furthering public health goals

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Michal Buchhandler-Raphael @buchhandler.bsky.social · Apr 2

Loved reading this great paper!

Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · Mar 31

Excited to share my new essay Selecting For Disability: How an Anecdote Can Inspire Regulation of Genetic Reproductive Technologies as part of the Harvard Journal of Law & Tech symposium on Polygenic Risk Scores/Law & Genetic Technologies! jolt.law.harvard.edu/assets/artic...

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Michal Buchhandler-Raphael @buchhandler.bsky.social · Mar 29

Please join us on Friday, April 4 for our Law Review Symposium on addressing gender-based violence. I’ll present my recent WIP, Compassionate Undercharging, forthcoming in @ucdavislaw.bsky.social!

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Michal Buchhandler-Raphael @buchhandler.bsky.social · Mar 22

I am so sorry you endured this abuse, and also so glad that you were able to leave SAFELY (and find happiness)! ❤️

Michal Buchhandler-Raphael @buchhandler.bsky.social · Mar 22

I study IPV and this post is an important reminder that guns are not the only tool that is used by abusers to kill their partners. Strangulation only takes the use of one’s bare hands.

🎃😱Slaybell Romero loves Halloween👻👹 @maybell.bsky.social · Mar 22

As some of you know, my first husband was abusive, both physically and mentally. Shortly before I finally left him things had escalated to where he would even strangle me. Those of you who study IPV know what that means—the chances of me getting killed in that relationship skyrocketed. 1/2

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