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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 1d

2 components of the DoJ investigation into UVA have been closed “the university’s response to allegations of antisemitic discrimination” and “admissions at the Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and the McIntire School of Commerce”

Two parts of DOJ investigation closed, Mahoney says

At the Board of Visitors meeting in September, interim UVA President Paul Mahoney revealed that two components of the Department of Justice investigation into UVA have been closed.

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Lawrence Solum @lsolum.bsky.social · 8d

The Roberts Court at 20, panel discussion, Featuring Xiao Wang, Stephanie Barclay, Kannon Shanmugam, Jonathan Adler, Benjamin Mizer, and moderated by Chief Legal Correspondent of CBS News, Jan Crawford!, buff.ly/ICVzziy

The Roberts Court at 20: Looking Back and Looking Forward

The Roberts Court at 20: Looking Back and Looking ForwardFeaturing Xiao Wang, Stephanie Barclay, Kannon Shanmugam, Jonathan Adler, Benjamin Mizer, and modera...

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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 1d

"Within the academic world, it doesn’t change things all that much. I still write my papers, I submit my papers, I get them rejected." 🤣

Al Roth @alroth.bsky.social · 2d

More to come this week
#econsky #academicsky #nobel
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/10/guid...

Guido Imbens reflects on "What’s it like to win a Nobel Prize?

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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 3d

Co-signing

Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 3d

True. But it’s our fault, or at we least we create the conditions that maintain the norm. A story: In my seminar, I assign Fred Rodell’s 1936 essay “Goodbye to Law Reviews.” The students love it. “So true! All the same problems still exist today! Too long! Too many footnotes!”

Corinne Blalock @corinneblalock.bsky.social · 3d

it may be hacky to comment on, but seriously, law review articles are too damn long. trying to read two articles today and they are 71 and 89 pages 😭

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 3d

The expected duration of this shutdown keeps rising.

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Amy Kristin Sanders @amykristinsanders.bsky.social · 4d

Know a law student interested in Communication/Media Law?

Applications are open for the Forum on Communications Law's Annual Conference and Media Advocacy Workshop scholarships to attend the February 2026 conference in Phoenix.

Application information available on the Forum's website.

Media Advocacy Workshop 2025-2026 Law Student Scholarship Program

Now in its 31st year, the American Bar Association’s Forum on Communications Law is pleased to invite law students to apply for financial support to attend its Media Advocacy Workshop and Annual Confe...

www.americanbar.org

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Al Roth @alroth.bsky.social · 5d

Designers of overlapping markets can create paradoxical situations.
#econsky
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/10/race...

Race to the bottom: NLDAC and NY State both aim to be payers of last resort for reimbursing kidney donors

marketdesigner.blogspot.com

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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 6d

“If you want to stay out of jail, sign here.”
Sadie Blanchard calls this “Orwellian”—contracts that force defendants to swear they weren’t coerced.
Catch her conversation with @KimKrawiec on Taboo Trades:
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...

Contract or Prison with Sadie Blanchard - Taboo Trades

My guest today is Sadie Blanchard, a Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame. She teaches and writes about contracts, corporations, and international business law. Her research examines how…

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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 6d

Attention! We are hiring in sociology/criminology. I would appreciate your help in spreading the word. I'm on the search committee and will do my best to answer any questions. Thanks! ulsltu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LATECH...

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Thank you for your interest in employment with Louisiana Tech University. Assistant Professor of Sociology. Tenure track, nine-month position. Review of applications begins immediately and will contin...

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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 6d

While state officials, including Rep gov Ron DeSantis, have celebrated the death of what they have described as “woke indoctrination” at the small liberal arts college, student outcomes are trending downward across the board: Both graduation & retention rates have fallen since the takeover in 2023.

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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 6d

"More than two years into a conservative takeover of New College of Florida, spending has soared and rankings have plummeted, raising questions about the efficacy of the overhaul."

Spending Soars, Rankings Fall at New College of Florida

Student outcomes and rankings are slipping at the liberal arts college while spending is up. Critics believe the college is at risk of implosion, and some are calling for privatization.

www.insidehighered.com

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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 6d

If 90 percent of the field adores you and 10 percent will describe you as “difficult,” you’re likely screwed, career-wise.”

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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 6d

“The point is not just that it’s good to be liked. I’m sure that helps, but I’ve seen people secure great jobs due to their accomplishments as scholars and scientists, even if they weren’t especially popular. Instead, the point is that it’s bad to be disliked — even by a small proportion of people.

Why Aren’t Professors Braver?

Fear and self-censorship in academe.

www.chronicle.com

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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 7d

Poland’s largest privately owned hotel group is offering couples a novel incentive to conceive during a stay, as part of an effort to help reverse the country’s plunging birth rate.”

€2,000 bonuses and free parties: hotels enter Poland’s fertility fight

Perks for couples trying to conceive reflect concerns over one of lowest birth rates in EU

www.ft.com

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DuffyWrites @bethduffbrown.bsky.social · 7d

RIP to one of the best. Jane Goodall, conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died

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Jane Goodall, conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died

Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91.

apnews.com

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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 8d

“Without real external adjustment it will soon become clear, to paraphrase one of the Argentine president’s idols, that the problem with Mileism is you eventually run out of other people’s money.”

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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 8d

As the saying goes, there are no atheists in foxholes. And there aren’t many libertarians in a financial crisis.”

Other people’s money, and the problem with Mileism

The US Treasury needs to get Argentina on a better policy path before it blows through the Exchange Stabilization Fund

www.ft.com

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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 8d

“Scientists have adapted cloning technology to create human eggs from skin cells and a donor egg, potentially opening a new route to motherhood for women who are infertile.”

Scientists use cloning technology to swap DNA in human eggs

Early-stage US research could lead to infertility treatment for women who cannot produce viable eggs

www.ft.com

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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 8d

“While Trump's Supreme Court nominees behave like other Republican nominees on the Court, Trump's lower court nominees are twice as likely to vote in favor of the government as nominees of other Republican presidents”

Are Trump Judges Different? Evidence from Immigration Cases

Judges appointed by President Trump are more likely to vote in favor of the government in cases challenging the second Trump administration's immigration polici

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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 8d

Is an agreement still a contract if it’s signed under threat of jail?
In Contract or Prison, Sadie Blanchard argues incarceration-alternative contracts fail under classical contract theory.
Full discussion on Taboo Trades: [link]
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Contract or Prison with Sadie Blanchard - Taboo Trades

My guest today is Sadie Blanchard, a Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame. She teaches and writes about contracts, corporations, and international business law. Her research examines how...

www.buzzsprout.com

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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 9d

Cannabis stocks surge after Donald Trump highlights senior healthcare benefits

US president shares video advocating medical use of hemp-derived cannabidiol

www.ft.com

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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 9d

“Forcing somebody to attest that you weren’t coerced doesn’t make what’s happening any less coercive.”
— Sadie Blanchard (@NotreDameLaw) on the Taboo Trades Podcast.
(As you’ll hear, Sadie & I disagree on the coercion point but agree on other issues)

Contract or Prison with Sadie Blanchard - Taboo Trades

My guest today is Sadie Blanchard, a Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame. She teaches and writes about contracts, corporations, and international business law. Her research examines how…

www.buzzsprout.com

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Marin K. Levy @marinklevy.bsky.social · 9d

Just posted a new essay with @williambaude.bsky.social and Sam Bray -

"Remedies for a Constitutional Crisis" (forthcoming in the Harvard Law Review).

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

Remedies for a Constitutional Crisis

<p><span>In a crisis of authority, where it is unclear whether executive officials will comply with judicial decisions, the courts may seem to have limited reme

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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 9d

Congrats Marin!

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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 10d

Markets In Organs: Controversy and Contention

The volume, Markets in Human Organs for Transplantation: Controversy and Contention, edited By James Stacey Taylor and Mark J. Cherry, is now available for pre-order from Routledge. From the publisher...

www.thefacultylounge.org

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