The #RutgersLaw Housing Justice & Tenant Solidarity Clinic, directed by Associate Professor Greg Baltz, helped secure an amicus victory in a constitutional challenge involving a rent control ballot initiative in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Read the full story: https://bit.ly/4xjaGNi #lawsky

Philly's 3rd Circuit sided with the National Park Service in a dispute over displays at the President's House in Independence Hall National Historical Park. #RutgersLaw Professor @adamgcrews.bsky.social comments on the city's effort to revive that case by seeking rehearing: https://bit.ly/3RSKeuT

Philly asks Third Circuit for new President’s House hearing, saying ruling set a dangerous precedent

City attorneys said that the three judges who unanimously allowed President Donald Trump's administration to replace the exhibit at the historic site were wrong on issues of "exceptional importance."

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Do data centers have #FirstAmendment protections? #RutgersLaw Professor Ronald Chen comments on a lawsuit that argues a South Jersey municipality's data center ban unlawfully restricts electronic communications: https://bit.ly/3TzAhTz #lawsky

Advance copy of David Troutt's Reckoning the Racial Reckoning: From Backlash to Accountability after George Floyd just arrived. 250 pages that pack a powerful punch. This piercing account of the 2020 racial reckoning is a must read. @universitypress.cambridge.org @law.rutgers.edu

Can a defendant take back a guilty plea after entering it in court? #RutgersLaw Professor @theabjohnson.bsky.social explains the legal obstacles in an attempt to withdraw a guilty plea in the closely followed trial for the murders of four college students in Idaho: https://bit.ly/3RZMUa5 #lawsky

Bryan Kohberger faces an 'uphill battle' to take back his guilty plea

Legal experts say it won't be easy for Bryan Kohberger to withdraw his guilty plea in the 2022 killings of four University of Idaho students.

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The legal battle over late actor Chadwick Boseman’s estate underscores a question every family should consider: Do you have an estate plan? #RutgersLaw Prof. Reid Weisbord and UVA Law Prof. @naomicahn.bsky.social share three lessons in their latest @theconversation.com essay: https://bit.ly/4w0AXPb

Family feud over Chadwick Boseman’s estate highlights 3 lessons for grieving families

Celebrity probate battles deal with the same legal issues that courts handle every day for many families that are not in the news.

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@jotwell.bsky.social featured a forthcoming law review article by #RutgersLaw Professor Reid Weisbord with David Horton (UC Davis) and @naomicahn.bsky.social (University of Virginia). The article examines laws that automatically seal trust proceedings from public view. (1/2)

#RutgersLaw Professor @jonathangingerich.bsky.social co-authored a letter to The New York Times questioning whether philosophers employed by AI companies can independently address the industry's most significant ethical challenges: https://nyti.ms/4vPDrA4

✈️ Rising 3L Thyquel Halley is taking over our Instagram! He and fellow #RutgersLaw classmates are heading to the University of Oxford for a week of constitutional studies led by Rutgers-Newark SASN Professor / Historian Brian Murphy. Follow along on Rutgers Law's Instagram: https://bit.ly/4fvuaXQ

#RutgersLaw is featured in U.S. News’ list of law schools where graduates are positioned to pay down student debt with strong earning potential. The ranking highlights schools with favorable salary-to-debt outcomes for law graduates entering the private sector: https://bit.ly/4fhvm27 #lawsky

💡 Our alumni are leading, faculty are influencing international conversations, and RLA takes part in an initiative to reach domestic violence survivors. 🔗 See what's been happening at #RutgersLaw in the latest newsletter: https://go.rutgers.edu/july2026news2

👓 Courts are grappling with new questions about privacy, courtroom security, and the integrity of judicial proceedings. #RutgersLaw Professor J.C. Lore shared his thoughts on whether New Jersey courts should restrict the use of AI-enabled glasses in courtrooms: https://bit.ly/3T72Qrm #lawsky

NJ Has Not Followed Other Courts in Banning AI Glasses—but That Could Change | Law.com

New Jersey has no regulations addressing the use of smart glasses in court, but doing so would help ensure fair trials, preserve judicial control over the proceedings and minimize the potential of som...

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As the legal battle between Apple and OpenAI intensifies, questions surrounding trade secrets, employee mobility, and competition in the AI industry take center stage. #RutgersLaw Professor Camilla Hrdy comments in the San Francisco Examiner: https://bit.ly/3T4Wnx5 #lawsky

Apple, OpenAI in ‘battle of the elephants’

Both likely see trade-secret case as crucial battle.

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In a new analysis for @techpolicypress.bsky.social, #RutgersLaw Professor @ellgood.bsky.social examines Senator Mark Warner’s proposed AI AGENT Act—the first federal legislative proposal focused on regulating agentic AI systems that can take actions on behalf of users: https://bit.ly/4vwQd6i #lawsky

Senator Warner Makes a First Foray into Agentic AI Regulation

The AI AGENT Act is the first draft federal law to deal with agentic AI power, writes Rutgers legal scholar Ellen P. Goodman.

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#RutgersLaw Professor Camilla Hrdy was featured in USA TODAY discussing the legal issues at the center of a major lawsuit between Apple and OpenAI involving allegations of trade secret theft and competition in the AI marketplace: https://bit.ly/44vRAam #lawsky

Apple sues OpenAI, two former employees alleging theft of trade secrets

Apple on July 10 sued OpenAI and two former employees alleging a coordinated effort to steal designs and manufacturing processes.

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#RutgersLaw Professor Stacy Hawkins speaks with Bloomberg Law on the changing landscape of diversity leadership in major law firms and what these shifts could mean for the future of Big Law: https://bit.ly/3SJ81xv #lawsky

The Era of the Chief Diversity Executive in Big Law Is Waning

Some of the nation’s biggest law firms are leaving DEI chief posts unfilled as the Trump administration continues to deter diversity and inclusion initiatives.

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In the latest #RutgersLaw newsletter: ⚖️ One clinic secured vacatur/expungement for a human trafficking survivor 💵 The Social Security funding crisis explained 🌎 Faculty scholarship across six continents 👏 MSP Camden celebrates a decade 🔗 Read all about it: https://bit.ly/4wvi9IG

What happens when a student’s arrest is captured on video and shared online? #RutgersLaw Professor Carlos Ball offered legal insight to The New York Times on the questions surrounding privacy, free speech, and the public’s right to access information: https://nyti.ms/4f4sx39 #lawsky

A News Site Published a Video of a School Lockdown. Then The Video Was Gone.

A New Jersey judge ordered New Brunswick Today to remove the video and barred it from writing about the episode, alarming First Amendment advocates.

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Is the U.S. stock market overheated? #RutgersLaw Professor Jootaek Lee says current valuations remain reasonable when viewed alongside corporate earnings growth and long-term market fundamentals: https://bit.ly/4vdzqF9 #stockmarket

Nasdaq Surges 12.8% in First Half, but Wall Street Says U.S. Stocks Aren't Overheated — BigGo Finance

U.S. stocks posted their best first-half performance in six years during the first half of 2026, with the Nasdaq climbing 12.8% and the Russell 2000…

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🌍 #RutgersLaw faculty are making a global impact through legal scholarship and professional contributions that span all but one continent. Discover how our professors engage in international legal work by presenting papers, leading conferences, and training: https://bit.ly/4wjDDYR

In a recent ABA Journal feature, #RutgersLaw Professor J.C. Lore III commented on the challenge litigators face in balancing zealous advocacy with maintaining credibility before the court: https://bit.ly/4vdOgvf (paywall) #lawsky

Courtroom Courage: Judge doesn't like your objections? Here are some tips to keep them coming in meaningful way

The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.

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New projections warn that Social Security’s primary trust fund could be depleted by 2032. To help unpack what this means, we asked 10 questions to #RutgersLaw Professor Jon Dubin to find out what's at stake: https://law.rutgers.edu/news/social-security-funding-crisis #lawsky #socialsecurity

#RutgersLaw Professor David Troutt provides insight into the legal questions raised by the murder case of an NAACP chapter founder in 1951 and its lasting impact on how the U.S. Justice Department approaches civil rights enforcement: https://bit.ly/4vEicln #lawsky

A killing in Opelousas sparked debate at the Justice Department about civil rights laws

OPELOUSAS — In October 1951, John Lester Mitchell, a World War II veteran and a founder of the local NAACP chapter, went with two other men to sign up to vote.

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#RutgersLaw School Professor @katieeyer.bsky.social comments on yesterday's U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on transgender student-athlete participation and its broader implications for LGBTQ+ rights: https://bit.ly/4vMIxho #lawsky

MSP at #RutgersLaw Camden celebrated its 10th Anniversary at a sold-out gala last month highlighting a decade of impact in advancing access to legal education while honoring the 41 MSP graduates of 2026 and the inaugural MSP Emerging Leader Award recipient, Anwar Abdur-Rahman: https://bit.ly/44ugGGu

⚖️ The Supreme Court decided major cases in the last two days regarding birthright citizenship, LGBTQ+ rights, and independent agencies. #ICYMI Take a look at our analyses of these important issues - with links to the rulings - by #RutgersLaw faculty: https://bit.ly/4svGZXC #lawsky #supremecourt

The #RutgersLaw International Human Rights Clinic helped vacate and expunge the criminal conviction of a client who was sex trafficked for 5+ years. Using a law the Clinic helped write, Director Penny Venetis and students showed the client was forced to commit crime: https://bit.ly/4ah2RyB #lawsky

#RutgersLaw is collaborating with @theaals.bsky.social to host the Mid-Atlantic Regional Pathways to Law Teaching Workshop designed to provide information and guidance to aspiring law professors. It takes place Wed., Aug. 12, at our Camden location. 🔗 Click here to register: https://bit.ly/4xMLdwE

As a student in the #RutgersLaw Community and Transactional Lawyering Clinic, Brandon Aufiero ’26 helped entrepreneur Tara Williams secure a commercial lease in downtown Newark. The space will become the flagship Creativity Center for Bricks 4 Kidz Essex County this summer: https://bit.ly/4vvptUC

Congratulations to our #RutgersLaw faculty who are being promoted: Rose Cuison-Villazor ➡️ Distinguished Professor @katieeyer.bsky.social ➡️ Distinguished Professor @professormutch.bsky.social ➡️ University Professor Brandon Paradise ➡️ Professor Andrew Rothman ➡️ Distinguished Professor of Practice