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Kat Macfarlane @katmacfarlane.bsky.social · 11h

Can’t wait to have @dorfmandoron.bsky.social here @syracuselaw.bsky.social next Monday! My Civil Rights Lit students just read (and loved) Fear of the Disability Con.

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 6h

I'm team "books Covid vaccine the minute they're available" due to facts like this.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 9h

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · 9h

So excited to visit @syracuselaw.bsky.social next week! Thanks for having me, @katmacfarlane.bsky.social 🙏🏻❤️

Kat Macfarlane @katmacfarlane.bsky.social · 11h

Can’t wait to have @dorfmandoron.bsky.social here @syracuselaw.bsky.social next Monday! My Civil Rights Lit students just read (and loved) Fear of the Disability Con.

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Michael R. Ulrich @michaelrulrich.bsky.social · 1d

Oral argument for Chiles v. Salazar, challenging Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors is set to begin

Me & @turban.bsky.social talked about the implications of the case in @jamapediatrics.com

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 8d

For our latest #CRNSpotlight, we spoke with @dorfmandoron.bsky.social (Seton Hall Law School), who co-chairs CRN 40: Disability Legal Studies alongside @odeliabay.bsky.social (York University, Osgoode Hall Law School).

Read here! bit.ly/CRN40Spotlight

#DisabilityRights #LawAndSociety

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Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you @lawandsociety.bsky.social for highlighting my work and the incredible CRN 40: Disability Legal Studies! 🙏🏻

Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 8d

For our latest #CRNSpotlight, we spoke with @dorfmandoron.bsky.social (Seton Hall Law School), who co-chairs CRN 40: Disability Legal Studies alongside @odeliabay.bsky.social (York University, Osgoode Hall Law School).

Read here! bit.ly/CRN40Spotlight

#DisabilityRights #LawAndSociety

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Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · 5d

Stay tuned—we’re working on what will hopefully be an important contribution!

Case Western Reserve Law-Medicine Center @lawmedicinecwru.bsky.social · 5d

On September 19, Prof. Yaron Covo presented a co-authored work in progress, tentatively titled “Accommodation-Accommodation Tradeoffs,” with @dorfmandoron.bsky.social at the 20th Colloquium on Scholarship in Employment and Labor Law (COSELL). law.shu.edu/news/over-se...

Prof. Yaron Covo and Prof. Doron Dorfman smiling while giving a presentation at a conference, standing side by side

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Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · 5d

Stay tuned—we’re working on what will hopefully be an important contribution!

Case Western Reserve Law-Medicine Center @lawmedicinecwru.bsky.social · 5d

On September 19, Prof. Yaron Covo presented a co-authored work in progress, tentatively titled “Accommodation-Accommodation Tradeoffs,” with @dorfmandoron.bsky.social at the 20th Colloquium on Scholarship in Employment and Labor Law (COSELL). law.shu.edu/news/over-se...

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Maya Manian @mayamanian.bsky.social · 15d

Thrilled that HLPP is hosting Risk and Resistance on Oct 3! Honored to celebrate @azizaahmed.bsky.social’s groundbreaking book and so grateful to our amazing co-sponsors, speakers, and panelists who will make this such an inspiring event.
#RiskandResistance
#healthlaw

AUWCL Health Law and Policy Program @auwclhealthlaw.bsky.social · 15d

Join us Oct. 3 (12–5 PM ET | hybrid) for Risk and Resistance: Feminist Interventions in Health Law, Science & Policy. Featuring Prof. @azizaahmed.bsky.social keynote on her new book followed by panels on feminist activism, law & public health.

Details & Registration: tinyurl.com/yt2zex6u

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Seton Hall Law Center for Health & Pharmaceutical Law @setonhallhealthlaw.bsky.social · 8d

Prof. @dorfmandoron.bsky.social was invited to give a talk on the Limits of the ADA’s Duty to Accommodate @oneillinstitute.bsky.social (@georgetownlaw.bsky.social ) & the Georgetown Program in Disability Studies on Sep. 25.

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Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you @lawandsociety.bsky.social for highlighting my work and the incredible CRN 40: Disability Legal Studies! 🙏🏻

Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 8d

For our latest #CRNSpotlight, we spoke with @dorfmandoron.bsky.social (Seton Hall Law School), who co-chairs CRN 40: Disability Legal Studies alongside @odeliabay.bsky.social (York University, Osgoode Hall Law School).

Read here! bit.ly/CRN40Spotlight

#DisabilityRights #LawAndSociety

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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.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Legal Moralism in Disguise in Child Custody Cases

<p>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.

papers.ssrn.com

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Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · 12d

Had a fantastic time discussing my work on disability accommodations @oneillinstitute.bsky.social & Georgetown Program in Disability Studies! It was a treat to give the talk at the beautiful Riggs Library. Grateful to Joel Raynolds, Michele Goodwin, Libbie Rifkin & others for the warm hospitality!

A man on a podium amid speech before an audience and a PowerPoint slide stating Access in a big library room. An ASL interpreter stands on the right side of the speaker.

Two people hugging and smiling at the camera. One is wearing a suit and glasses, and the other a button-down blue shirt and shades.

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Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · 12d

Had a fantastic time discussing my work on disability accommodations @oneillinstitute.bsky.social & Georgetown Program in Disability Studies! It was a treat to give the talk at the beautiful Riggs Library. Grateful to Joel Raynolds, Michele Goodwin, Libbie Rifkin & others for the warm hospitality!

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 13d

You've heard me talk about it.
You've seen me write about it.
And now it's your chance to pre-order my forthcoming book Coverage Denied!

Combining survey & administrative data with extensive interviews, my book highlights the harms caused by coverage barriers. Hope you'll read it!
cup.org/4nfM2IM

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 13d

Coming 2026!

@mirandayaver.bsky.social's Coverage Denied: How Health Insurers Drive Inequality in the United States is a sobering account of the ways in which coverage denials damage patient health and exacerbate inequalities.

Pre-order now! 🗺️ 🩺📊

https://cup.org/4nfM2IM

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 12d

Medicaid work requirements are just bad. But, as I wrote for @motherjones.com, there’s an extra level of vileness going on with them being implemented as more work-from-home jobs disappear.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The biggest hurdle to Trump's Medicaid work requirements: the war on disabled workers

The White House is telling Medicaid users to get jobs—while attacking everything that makes that possible.

www.motherjones.com

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Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · 13d

I don’t think so, unfortunately. Next time!

Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · 14d

But you need to think of it as NW version of open enrollment (as opposed to the ACA marketplace version that’s longer than two weeks). What I’m trying to say is that NW might have an interest of less people changing their plans than the ACA architects who wanted to improve healthcare quality.

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Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · 14d

Open enrollment is aimed at fighting adverse selection. Because insurers are barred from turning people away for pre-existing conditions, the drafters of the ACA were concerned with the "enrolling in the ambulance on the way to the hospital" scenario. Come take my healthcare access/finance class :)

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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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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 16d

Despite federal guarantees, loopholes and refusal laws keep reproductive care uncertain nationwide.

The ACA Promised Access to Birth Control. The System Still Says No.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) or Obamacare Promised Access to Birth Control and Insurance Coverage. The System Still Says No.

msmagazine.com

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Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · 18d

It’s a wrap on COSELL 2025 (Colloquium on Scholarship on Employment & Labor Law) hosted by Seton Hall Law. Photos are from the panels on work in digital spaces & work law under the Trump admin. Thank you to 70+ scholars from around the country for sharing your work! See you next year in Berkeley!

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Kat Macfarlane @katmacfarlane.bsky.social · 18d

Had a little bit of FOMO re: Cosell! Looks like an amazing conference was had.

Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · 18d

My wonderful colleague Tim Glynn and I were thrilled to present the Miller Award for a senior work law scholar to Catherine Fisk (@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social) & the Zimmer Award for a junior work law scholar to @nelsonryanh.bsky.social (South Texas Law) at the 2025 COSELL at Seton Hall Law🏅🏆

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Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · 18d

My wonderful colleague Tim Glynn and I were thrilled to present the Miller Award for a senior work law scholar to Catherine Fisk (@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social) & the Zimmer Award for a junior work law scholar to @nelsonryanh.bsky.social (South Texas Law) at the 2025 COSELL at Seton Hall Law🏅🏆

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Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · 19d

@deborahwidiss.bsky.social presents a new book project on the history of parental leave in the US and why it is such a different policy compared to the rest of the Western world. As part of the Colloquium on Scholarship on Employment & Labor Law (COSELL) at Seton Hall Law.

A woman on a podium smiling in front of a PowerPoint

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