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In the latest #RutgersLaw newsletter: Four clinic clients granted clemency; a trailblazing alum featured for #BlackHistoryMonth; alumni love stories for #ValentinesDay; and new #podcast drops, including RU‑Newark’s chancellor on the #PowerofAttorney podcast: bit.ly/4aMNxdB
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February 12, 2026 at 9:57 PM
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New #RutgersLaw Power of Attorney podcast! Rutgers–Newark Chancellor Tonya Smith-Jackson joins Dean Johanna Bond for a conversation about her education journey and vision for RU-N: https://bit.ly/4t4S4z8 #lawsky
Rutgers-Camden Chancellor Antonio Tillis joins us on the next Power of Attorney podcast!
February 3, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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Yale Law Journal is featuring essays analyzing the last SCOTUS term. #RutgersLaw Prof. Carlos Ball wrote an essay on how officials and anti‑LGBTQ activists have long used false “harmful to children” narratives to justify unequal treatment and restrict LGBTQ expression: https://bit.ly/3LERNlV #lawsky
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January 29, 2026 at 8:55 PM
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📚 The @heinonline.bsky.social Scholarly Impact Rankings tracks citation influence across its entire journal database. #RutgersLaw ranks #22 among the most cited institutions nationwide by author affiliation (as of December 2025): heinonline.org/HOL/scholarl...
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January 29, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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In the latest #RutgersLaw newsletter:
📈 New Rutgers Center for Corporate Law & Governance advisory chair
🎧 New Power of Attorney podcast on law admissions
📕 New faculty book release, "Corporate Power and the Politics of Change"
Plus upcoming events: https://go.rutgers.edu/jan2026news2
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January 28, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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#RutgersLaw Professor @matteog.bsky.social released a new book: "Corporate Power and the Politics of Change." He examines how corporations have moved beyond traditional lobbying and even providing services where government falls short, 'corporate governing': https://bit.ly/4ruXuCf #lawsky
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January 26, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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Bruce Ortwine '81 succeeds Stuart Alderoty as @rutgerscclg.bsky.social Advisory Board Chair. Mr. Ortwine is currently a Senior External Advisor to The Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. and an External Director to its U.S. subsidiary bank: https://bit.ly/4pYjrbz
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January 23, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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In Case You Missed It: Our annual #RutgersLaw Legal Issues to Watch series has wrapped. If you missed any posts, head here to catchup: https://bit.ly/4svGZXC
💬 What cases and laws are you watching closely in 2026?
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January 21, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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Will the Supreme Court Narrow Compassionate Release?

#RutgersLaw Assoc. Prof. Elenore Wade wraps Legal Issues to Watch in 2026 with analysis of two Supreme Court cases deciding whether to sharply limit discretion of federal judges to grant compassionate release to prisoners: https://bit.ly/4svGZXC
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January 20, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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New #RutgersLaw Power of Attorney podcast: Dean Johanna Bond talks with Senior Assoc. Dean of Admissions Matt Saleh on law school application do's and don'ts. Hear from the decision-maker who knows firsthand what education means for underserved communities: https://bit.ly/3Nnv2Dl
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January 20, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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Can AI Prompting Be Trade Secret Theft?

Legal Issues to Watch in 2026 continues w. #RutgersLaw Assoc. Prof. Camilla Hrdy on the OpenEvidence v. Doximity case that will determine if strategic prompting of a generative AI model constitutes trade secret misappropriation: https://bit.ly/4svGZXC #lawsky
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January 19, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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“However these cases are decided, they are likely to have a substantial doctrinal impact, both for LGBTQ+ rights and for broader civil rights law.”

Legal Issues to Watch in 2026 continues with #RutgersLaw Prof. @katieeyer.bsky.social on Supreme Court LGBTQ+ rights cases: https://bit.ly/4svGZXC
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January 16, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Will the Supreme Court Redefine Birthright Citizenship?

Our Legal Issues to Watch in 2026 continues with #RutgersLaw Professor Rose Cuison-Villazor on Trump v. Barbara, in which justices will decide whether the President's executive order violates the Constitution: https://bit.ly/4svGZXC
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January 15, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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#RutgersLaw Asst. Prof. @Greg Baltz says tenant unions are on the rise in the U.S. due to rent hikes and soaring eviction rates. He spoke to WCPO 9 News in a news report on a dozen renters who joined the Cincinnati Tenants Union to successfully negotiate a new lease: https://bit.ly/4sGZfNT
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January 14, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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“If President Trump wins, can the Court craft a rule that does not result in political control over U.S. monetary policy...?”

Legal Issues to Watch in 2026 continues w. #RutgersLaw Asst. Prof. @adamgcrews.bsky.social on a Supreme Court case with major constitutional stakes: https://bit.ly/4svGZXC
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January 14, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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#RutgersLaw Professor @katieeyer.bsky.social wrote an amicus brief for the transgender sports cases argued yesterday at the Supreme Court. One of the plaintiff's advocates mentioned the brief after much discussion over as-applied equal protection claims: https://bit.ly/4qn9xRV
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January 14, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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In the first #RutgersLaw newsletter of 2026:
⚖️ Expert legal analysis on major court cases shaping the year
🏆 Two faculty receive national awards
🌎 Media commentary on global headlines including Venezuela
🔗 And plan your spring with our upcoming events: https://bit.ly/4pApjr6
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January 13, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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🚨Our Legal Issues to Watch in 2026 series begins with Vera Bergelson, #RutgersLaw Distinguished Professor of Law. She takes a look at key criminal law issues to watch this year include the continuing shift in state-level reforms: https://law.rutgers.edu/legal-issues-to-watch-2026
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January 12, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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What legal changes will shape the year ahead? Over the next two weeks, #RutgersLaw professors share insights on major legal cases expected to make headlines in 2026.

📅 New weekday posts start this afternoon
👉 Follow Rutgers Law here on BlueSky for analyses
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January 12, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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#RutgersLaw Prof. Randi Mandelbaum spoke at a congressional briefing on Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) - a bipartisan immigration pathway protecting survivors of abuse, neglect or abandonment. As backlogs grow, the briefing examined Congress’s role in safeguarding immigrant youth. #lawsky
January 9, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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Congratulations to #RutgersLaw faculty honored at today's AALS Award Ceremony:

@professormutch.bsky.social - 2026 Deborah L. Rhode Award

Asst. Prof. @adamgcrews.bsky.social - Section on Administrative Law Emerging Scholars Award for Outstanding Scholarly Publication

🔗 Details: bit.ly/4qfsZjo
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January 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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#RutgersLaw panelists also include Professors Victoria Chase, Laura Cohen and Joanne Gottesman. Join the conversation and visit am.aals.org for times and details. (2/2) #lawsky #AALS
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January 9, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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The Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting wraps up today in New Orleans. #RutgersLaw faculty leading important conversations include Professors @saharazizlaw.bsky.social, Rose Cuison-Villazor, @theabjohnson.bsky.social and Reid Weisbord. (1/2) #lawsky #AALS
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January 9, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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Panelists today also include Professors Earl Maltz, Anibal Rosario Lebron, @slswan.bsky.social and @awidman.bsky.social.
Join the conversation and visit am.aals.org for times and details. (2/2)
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January 8, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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The Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting continues today in New Orleans with #RutgersLaw faculty leading important conversations including Dean Johanna Bond, Professors @leecarpenter.bsky.social, Stacy Hawkins and @theabjohnson.bsky.social. (1/2)
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January 8, 2026 at 1:36 PM