It was a big weekend for me @law.wisc.edu. I had the great pleasure of being in conversation with Prof. Melissa Murray for both the Wisconsin Law Review Symposium on the Shadow Carceral State and my Care and Carcerality conference the next day.
Lisa Washington
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Assistant Professor @University of Wisconsin Law School | Criminal procedure, family law, evidence, feminist legal theory | Former public defender @The Bronx Defenders
Really can't downplay the seriousness of this for all of higher ed. But at the same time you wonder how putting powerful enemies into an unmistakably existential crisis will pay off for a regime still consolidating power
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · last yr.Breaking news: The Trump administration revoked Harvard’s ability to enroll foreign students, saying it allowed anti-American agitators. Existing foreign students must transfer or risk losing their legal status, DHS said.
So happy that I was voted classroom teacher of the year. Thank you!
University of Wisconsin Law School@law.wisc.edu · last yr.Each spring, UW Law School celebrates excellence in teaching through its Teacher of the Year awards. Congratulations to this year's honorees: @slwashington.bsky.social, Emily Buchholz and Brady Williamson. bit.ly/4iAuKUm.
LPE friends, big announcement! 🔥🔥 This Sept, the first annual LPE conference, launching a new LPE Association! Been working hard on this, with an amazing crowd of LPE fac and groups - more here: law.richmond.edu/faculty/Inau....
Inaugural Law and Political Economy Association Conference - School of Law - University of Richmond
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Join the Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society for "The Policy and Politics of Caregiving" Symposium -- Feb. 21, in person or virtually! Presenters include our own @slwashington.bsky.social. And @francescahong.bsky.social. apps.law.wisc.edu/calendar/?tr...
Forthcoming piece from Britney Wilson looks terrific. Predisposed: Race, Disability, and Death Investigations 72 UCLA L. Rev. _ (2025) (forthcoming) papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Predisposed: Race, Disability, and Death Investigations
<div> <div> <div> <p><span>Disability, preexisting conditions, or underlying conditions might seem like uncontroversial factors to cite when determining a
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Pretty great to see this in print. It was a joy to work with the editors at the Yale Law Journal. Now what to do with all of these copies?
Grateful to receive the #AALS2025 Section on Family and Juvenile Law Emerging Scholars Award. The picture feels right since I wrote Time and Punishment while pregnant and submitted it during the early postpartum period.
Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Sociologist: how we understand the cup is actually the result of socially constructed interpretations of the world
Charlotte Garden@charlottegarden.bsky.social · 2y agoOptimist: The cup is half full. Pessimist: The cup is half empty. Law professor: I have more of a comment than a cup...