Can holistic criminal justice survive algorithmic governance? Another new 📄 of mine, “Anti-Holistic Algorithms,” now out with the @vandylaw.bsky.social Vanderbilt Law Review, grapples with this question (ssrn: shorturl.at/eyZhu) abstract 👇 & short thread 1/6

This is going off into production today @uchicagopress.bsky.social and I can’t wait to share it with the world next spring. A story of land, property, and social policy, told via Chicago’s farms and gardens, past and present.

Can holistic criminal justice survive algorithmic governance? Another new 📄 of mine, “Anti-Holistic Algorithms,” now out with the @vandylaw.bsky.social Vanderbilt Law Review, grapples with this question (ssrn: shorturl.at/eyZhu) abstract 👇 & short thread 1/6

Happy to share that Developmental Evidence Rules is forthcoming in the California Law Review! What would it mean to take childhood seriously in evidence law? This article takes up that question.

Ally beat me to it, but excited to share that "Perinatal Palliative Care & Abortion," co-authored with @amwhelan.bsky.social, is forthcoming in the Virginia Law Review. Abstract below and it will be up on SSRN as soon as SSRN allows...

My latest with the @ucdavislaw.bsky.social Review argues that plaintiffs’ lawyers can refuse harmful NDAs by defining the scope of representation at the outset and reclaiming their role as both advocates and stewards of justice. Check it out: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @templelaw.bsky.social

Thrilled that my article with William ("Chip") Carter, An Originalist Critique of Fetal Personhood, is now forthcoming in the Pennsylvania Law Review!!! It was weirdly fun to spend months buried in 19th century dictionaries & Locke's writings. We are still editing but hope to have it online soon!

My paper, Patronage Pardons, is forthcoming in the Duke Law Journal. This has appeared in popular press, but here is the full dress version. What distinguishes Trumpist clemency corruption is its communicative function - it powers a loyalty for protection racket. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

My latest article with the one and only @spenceroverton.bsky.social called “Digital Ethnonationalism” forthcoming in University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Here is the papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Very excited that @gelbach.bsky.social & I will be publishing "Bruen's Tenth Amendment Problem" in the @uchilrev.bsky.social! Our central arg is that Bruen's erasure of unexercised powers violates the 10th Am's preservation of existing State power. Comments welcome! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

My latest, "Free Exercise and the Redistribution of Liberty," is now posted (and forthcoming in @yalelawjournal.bsky.social). It argues that free exercise doctrine uses selective market logic to redistribute both public resources and liberty itself. Comments welcome: papers.ssrn.com/abstract=618...

My latest article, "In Praise of Generative AI," is forthcoming in the Iowa Law Review! In it, I present accounts from the Worst People You Will Ever Meet In Law in which they praise generative AI and all the extra terrible behavior it enables: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

My paper, Habeas and the 1948 Judicial Code, is forthcoming in the Stanford Law Review (@stanlrev.bsky.social). I argue that the 1948 Judicial Code, not the 1867 Habeas Corpus Act, should be the statutory focus for inquiry into the scope of habeas review. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Thrilled to share that 𝐺𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑡 𝑏𝑦 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑑 has found a home with the Yale Law Journal. This piece examines parental liability regimes and parental rights, and how they are connected by a shared logic that harms children and families. Thank you to all those who read drafts and offered feedback!

Another new article of mine is officially out: “(Re)Individualizing Criminal Law,” (67 B.C L. Rev. 255 (2026): lnkd.in/eR9eF7Fv Abstract 👇 & v. short 🧵 1/6

The Article argues that algorithmic risk assessment tools are reshaping criminal law itself by moving the focus away from the foundational principle of subjective culpability. I explore these shifts & ask: can the system restore its commitment to that principle? Let me know what you think! 2/6

@brettfrischmann.bsky.social, Maša Galič, Katrina Geddes, Eve Hanan, Paul Heaton, Sarah Lageson, @marklemley.bsky.social .bsky.social, Evelyn Malave, Sandy Mayson, Nicola Padfield, @frankpasquale.bsky.social, Teri Ravenell, David Schwartz, David Sklansky, Sarah Swan, Christopher Yoo 4/6

This one has been long in the making and benefited from the wisdom and advice of many (apologies if there is someone I missed): @gilatjbachar.bsky.social, @IsabellaBanks, @nbanteka.bsky.social, Matthew Bruckner, @buchhandler.bsky.social, @erincollins.bsky.social, @m2dempsey.bsky.social, 3/6

@lawandsociety.bsky.social 2024 Ann. Meeting; The Criminal Jurisprudence & Philosophy Seminar U. Cambridge; & the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law & Howard University School of Law Faculty Workshops. The BCLR editors were incredible - thank you! 6/6 END!

the participants at the Stanford-UPenn-Northwestern Junior Faculty Forum on Law & STEM; ABA-AALS Criminal Justice Roundtable on Criminal Law and Technology: @profferguson.bsky.social, @ggkrishnamoomoo.bsky.social & Melanie Reid; CrimFest 2024; Privacy Law Scholars Conference Europe 2024. 5/6

Another new article of mine is officially out: “(Re)Individualizing Criminal Law,” (67 B.C L. Rev. 255 (2026): lnkd.in/eR9eF7Fv Abstract 👇 & v. short 🧵 1/6

Hey GW Law (or other DC folks)! I'll be doing this panel with some really smart people exploring various legal issues about what's happening in Minnesota right now. Come check it out!

Breaking my partial social-media hiatus w/3 new papers: Missing Children Discrimination (Wis. L. Rev 2025(4)) w/ Tanisha Brown— shorturl.at/5rl86 abstract 👇) Anti-Holistic Algorithms (forth. Vanderbilt L. Rev) (Re)Individualizing Criminal Law (forth. B.C. L. Rev) More soon on SSRN—comments welcome!

Breaking my partial social-media hiatus w/3 new papers: Missing Children Discrimination (Wis. L. Rev 2025(4)) w/ Tanisha Brown— shorturl.at/5rl86 abstract 👇) Anti-Holistic Algorithms (forth. Vanderbilt L. Rev) (Re)Individualizing Criminal Law (forth. B.C. L. Rev) More soon on SSRN—comments welcome!

We’re thrilled to invite applications for the Visiting Assistant Professor position at Duke Law! This two- to three-year opportunity is designed to support aspiring legal scholars. (Think of it as the law school equivalent of a post-doc.) Learn more and apply here: tinyurl.com/mrxccxxv

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.

Can civil settlements be coercive? My new piece in the GW Law Review explores how power, pressure & silence deals can undermine true consent. Feedback welcome! Read more here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @templelaw.bsky.social

Thrilled to be on the beautiful @vanderbilt.edu campus to present my newest work, 'Anti-Holistic Algorithms,' as part of the @vandylaw.bsky.social Vanderbilt Law Review’s symposium on "Holistic Criminal Justice". Looking forward to this important conversation! #criminaljustice

Thrilled to be on the beautiful @vanderbilt.edu campus to present my newest work, 'Anti-Holistic Algorithms,' as part of the @vandylaw.bsky.social Vanderbilt Law Review’s symposium on "Holistic Criminal Justice". Looking forward to this important conversation! #criminaljustice

Junior faculty in law and STEM fields -- Call for Papers Eighth Junior Faculty Forum on Law and STEM Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, September 26-27, 2025 Electronic submissions should be made here: web.cvent.com/event/80992b.... The deadline for submissions is June 3, 2025.

Really enjoyed my visit to beautiful Cambridge, UK to present my newest “(Re)Individualizing Criminal Law” at the Criminal Jurisprudence & Philosophy workshop! Thanks Hend Hanafy and Antje du Bois-Pedain @cambridgelaw.bsky.social for the invitation and hospitality! #crimlaw #lawprofessors

Really enjoyed my visit to beautiful Cambridge, UK to present my newest “(Re)Individualizing Criminal Law” at the Criminal Jurisprudence & Philosophy workshop! Thanks Hend Hanafy and Antje du Bois-Pedain @cambridgelaw.bsky.social for the invitation and hospitality! #crimlaw #lawprofessors

Chesa and I appeared on @pdefenselesspod.bsky.social to discuss our new article on pretrial criminal adjudication! SSRN link here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

With only two weeks left in the year, Philly is on track to have its lowest number of homicides in a DECADE, and its third-best year since 2007. Down 37% since last year, down FIFTY PERCENT since 2022. The entire Covid spike, absolutely wiped out. And the coverage? Basically crickets.

Excited to see my new paper, Informed Bystanders’ Duty to Warn, just published with the Minnesota Law Review, on @ssrn.bsky.social’s Top Papers List! The paper considers when bystanders should warn victims about prospective harm. Check it out: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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For aspiring law teachers: Stanford Law Grey Fellows have a near-perfect record of tenure-track placements & record of supporting nontraditional applicants. 2 yrs practice or clerkship experience required. Applications due 10/15: law.stanford.edu/research/sls...