Thanks to @cmulligan.bsky.social (Brooklyn Law School) for a terrific final Ideas Lunch of the semester. We loved hearing about “Data Property, Bailments & Descendibility” and ending the term with such a thoughtful conversation.
Christina Mulligan
@cmulligan.bsky.social
Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School. Previously @YaleISP. Private law & technology, property, copyright, constitutional law.
Please help me get the word out about the new websites for Legal Theory Blog and the Legal Theory Lexicon. Reposting here and on other social media sites is great. It would be especially helpful if law school faculty members could send an email to their colleagues with the new addresses.
Legal Theory Blog
Discover our latest articles and updates. Stay informed with recent posts that cover a variety of topics you care about!
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Great to see “Founding Era Translations of the US Constitution” cited in the New York Times. We're a better, stronger country when people of different perspectives and backgrounds choose to work together to form a "vollkommenere Vereinigung." www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/u...
Trump Made English the Official Language. What Does It Mean for the Country?
President Trump’s executive order puts his “America first” stamp onto the nation’s speech. But the effect might be muted.
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Do I know any law&tech folks going to AALS this year who think about algorithm regulation in some form?
Brooklyn Law School is hiring a tenured chair in Entertainment Law, and I’m heading the search! Drop me a line if you’re interested or have any suggestions!
Something completely different: HLS’s Alex Chen & I just posted "Parafamily," forthcoming BU L Rev, abt how the legal sys can move away from assuming all families are nuclear & embrace varied supportive arrangements, incl. nonsexual & polyamorous ones. ssrn.com/abstract=4782332
Parafamily
The nuclear family ideal is struggling to deliver on its promises. Not only are Americans choosing to delay and avoid marriage, but those who do marry and have
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Tomorrow, our affiliated fellow @cmulligan.bsky.social presents at our Ideas Lunch: "Data Property & Digital Sales". Don't miss it! Thursday, January 25, 2024 at noon ET Email mila.samdub@yale.edu for zoom details
Attn law profs: SEALS has created a portal for those scholars who are interested in visiting at other schools (feels a bit like a match program). Such a great idea and service to the law prof community. You can register here: sealslawschools.org/hiring/visit...
Hot takes on the Rahimi oral argument: Justice Kagan asks SG Prelogar what would be helpful for SCOTUS to clarify in Rahimi after Bruen, and Prelogar essentially gives my wishlist: (1) Clarify the whole original public meaning matters, not just historic regulations;
Just spoke at an insightful symposium about the Supreme Court’s test in NYSRPA v. Bruen, organized by NotreDameLRev & Duke Ctr Firearms Law. With the oral argument in the Rahimi case coming up, I wanted to share some of my thoughts from the conference here.