#MichiganLawReview is now accepting article and essay submissions through our Scholastica portal. You can find submission guidelines here: michiganlawreview.org/submissions/. We look forward to reading your work!

New Essay draft on SSRN - The Future of Environmental Law Amid the Destruction of Science, forthcoming in Volume 51 of the Harvard Environmental Law Review: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

No one is immune to bias, not even professional expert witnesses. And in the forensic space, contextual bias can creep into testimony, seriously prejudicing our clients. This motion seeks to preclude one such biased expert. datafordefenders.org/wp-content/u...

New episode of #SistersInLaw breaks down the Blanche confirmation battle and new revelations in the Comey prosecution. It’s even worse than we thought. You can listen here. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

Excited that my latest article Remedial Essentialism is going to appear in the University of Chicago Law Review at the end of 2026 (I think - or maybe it's 2027....)! @uchilrev.bsky.social papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Check out Issue 7 of #MLR's Vol. 124 to read recent pieces by Professor Alison Gocke of @uvalaw.bsky.social, and Professors Elizabeth Sepper (@lsepper.bsky.social), James D. Nelson (@profjdnelson.bsky.social), & Charlotte Garden (@charlottegarden.bsky.social)! #goblue READ: michiganlawreview.org

The folks at @umichlaw.bsky.social asked me to recommend three books to incoming students. Not sure I understood the assignment, but I do like these books! www.instagram.com/reel/Dba3ngz...

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Meet AG McGee. AG is an aspiring public defender @umichlaw.bsky.social who is from Kentucky. AG is spending this summer in Georgia working on post-conviction defense for people on death row. To hear more about AG's journey, check out this video:

In case you missed it (I did!), last week I appeared on Micah Sifry's This Old Democracy podcast to discuss our lawsuit to get the Michigan courts to recognize that the ban on fusion voting violates the state Constitution. open.spotify.com/episode/7faL...

Sam Bagenstos on litigating our way to a multi-party system in Michigan

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Bagenstos on Reconstructing the Civil Rights State Samuel R. Bagenstos (University of Michigan Law School) has posted Reconstructing the Civil Rights State After Democratic Backsliding…...

Bagenstos on Reconstructing the Civil Rights State

Samuel R. Bagenstos (University of Michigan Law School) has posted Reconstructing the Civil Rights State After Democratic Backsliding (forthcoming in The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: American civil rights law has always been tied to the project of building a multiracial democracy that guarantees full and equal membership in the community and an equal opportunity to flourish.

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Jurors aren't used to crime scene photos, and gratuitous, gruesome evidence can lead to worse, more punitive outcomes for our clients. Use this evidentiary motion to argue that inflammatory photographs be suppressed. datafordefenders.org/wp-content/u...

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson filed a dissenting opinion in Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety, citing Professor @sbagen.bsky.social's paper, "Spending Clause Litigation in the Roberts Court." 5Qs with Professor Bagenstos: michigan.law.umich.edu/news/5qs-sam...

5Qs: Samuel Bagenstos on the Spending Clause and Being Cited in SCOTUS Dissent | University of Michigan Law School

The US Supreme Court recently decided Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety et al. 6-3, finding that a Louisiana man can’t sue corrections officers for damages for violating ...

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Sam Bagenstos@sbagen.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm excited at the release of my white paper, "Entrenching Incumbent Power: Medicare Advantage, Part D, and the Politics of Health Reform" www.democracyempowered.org/documents/Ba... -- one of a new set of papers issued by the Empowerig Democracy Initiative: www.democracyempowered.org/reports.html.

I'm excited at the release of my white paper, "Entrenching Incumbent Power: Medicare Advantage, Part D, and the Politics of Health Reform" www.democracyempowered.org/documents/Ba... -- one of a new set of papers issued by the Empowerig Democracy Initiative: www.democracyempowered.org/reports.html.

New paper draft: A New Administrative Law for the Production of Scientific Knowledge. The Trump administration has eviscerated scientific research and advising; my hope is that these proposals can help us imagine ways for federal law to better protect science: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Such a pleasure to join @pdefenselesspod.bsky.social & talk about my article: "Waiting for Justice: Unconstitutional Delays in the Appointment of Criminal Defense Counsel." Defense attorneys in places with appointment delays can read more about what they can do here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Public Defenseless Podcast@pdefenselesspod.bsky.social · 2w ago

Some states pause the case until a public defender is available. Professor Eve Brensike Primus: you cannot pause the one stage that decides the case. Video gets erased. Witnesses vanish. Ep. 499 is live. open.spotify.com/episode/4I3R...

FINALLY up on SSRN - Melissa, Kate, & my paper - UNSETTLING THE PRESIDENCY! @profmmurray.bsky.social @kateshaw.bsky.social Brief excerpt from the abstract: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

5 Questions with Professor @chrisjwalker.bsky.social about his new paper, Preserving Both Agency Expertise and Accountability in the Unitary Executive. 5Qs: michigan.law.umich.edu/news/5qs-wal... The paper on @ssrn.bsky.social: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

5Qs: Walker Makes a Conservative Argument for a Professionalized Civil Service | University of Michigan Law School

The US Supreme Court recently ruled in Trump v. Slaughter that the president has broad latitude to fire commissioners of most federal regulatory agencies. That decision has led to questions about what...

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Meet Ike Start. Ike is an aspiring public defender @umichlaw.bsky.social. Ike spent the summer after his first law school year interning at the Neighborhood Defender Service in Detroit. Hear Ike talk about what motivates him to do this work & what it was like to work in Detroit.

A new study co-authored by Michigan Law Professor Vic Khanna illuminates the reasons individuals decide to invest in cryptocurrency, and it answers related questions that may be useful for policymakers. michigan.law.umich.edu/news/khanna-...

Khanna Leads Study Exploring US Attitudes Toward Cryptocurrency | University of Michigan Law School

A new study co-authored by Michigan Law Professor Vic Khanna illuminates the reasons individuals decide to invest in cryptocurrency, and it answers related questions that may be useful for policymaker...

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In new episode of #SistersInLaw, we break down the week’s legal news. Blanche’s track record makes him unfit for AG, while Trump’s rhetoric is a misleading attack on democracy. You can listen here. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

Myth: The severity of a sentence serves as a deterrent on crime. Fact: “General deterrence is primarily a function of the certainty of punishment, not its severity." It's all in our model motion: datafordefenders.org/wp-content/u...

SJD student Erick Guapizaca Jiménez, LLM ’23, has been chosen for the Judicial Fellowship Programme at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. Read more: michigan.law.umich.edu/news/sjd-stu...

SJD Student Erick Guapizaca Jiménez, LLM ’23, Named Judicial Fellow at International Court of Justice | University of Michigan Law School

Each year, 15 students from around the world are chosen for the Judicial Fellowship Programme at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. This year, one of them is SJD student Erick Guap...

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Meet Alex Jarecki. Alex just graduated from @umichlaw.bsky.social and is heading to Portland, Oregon to work at the Metropolitan Public Defender Office. We'll miss you, Alex, but we know that the people of Portland are in good hands.

Congrats to rising 3Ls Jonah Abraham and Kirby Goodman who were named American Constitution Society Next Generation Leaders! Read more: michigan.law.umich.edu/news/rising-...

Rising 3Ls Jonah Abraham and Kirby Goodman Named American Constitution Society Next Generation Leaders | University of Michigan Law School

Every year since 2007, the American Constitution Society (ACS) has recognized recent and forthcoming law school graduates through its Next Generation Leaders (NGL) program. For the first time in the p...

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Meet Gabriel Jimenez. Gabe just graduated from @umichlaw.bsky.social and is heading back home to Texas to work as a public defender. The MDefenders community here will miss him, but the people of Houston are so lucky to have Gabe in their corner.

CPR Member Scholar Rachel Rothschild of the University of Michigan Law School joins the Summer School panel on toxic chemical regulation. Learn about FIFRA, TSCA, and recent legal developments. Register at the link below! 👇 @profrrothschild.bsky.social @umichlaw.bsky.social

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Join ELI's Summer School to explore the legal tools used to address toxic chemicals, hazardous waste, and contaminated sites. Learn from leading experts as they unpack key statutes like FIFRA, TSCA, CERCLA, and RCRA. ☀️Register now: www.eli.org/events/eli-s...

“It ensures that we don’t end up with a permanent underclass. Instead, we have a rule that, essentially, people who spend their whole lives here are members of our democracy, and they get a say. They get to govern and not just be governed.” —Professor Sam Erman www.wemu.org/wemu-news/20...

Washtenaw County immigrant families may feel safer due to SCOTUS ruling upholding birthright citizenship

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled to uphold birthright citizenship granted through the 14th Amendment in a narrow 6-3 decision. WEMU’s Ana Longoria has the local angle.

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Do you smell something? Police increasingly justify searches based on the smell of weed, yet only 20% of these searches discover contraband. Our model brief argues that discretionary opinions perpetuate implicit bias and result in racially biased outcomes: datafordefenders.org/wp-content/u...

Was the statement your client gave to police contaminated? Take a look that this model motion, which argues statements given after a client was fed non-public information about a crime are involuntary and must be suppressed: datafordefenders.org/wp-content/u...