My article, State Climate Superfunds, has been years in the making, and I'm so thrilled it is now published with Columbia Law Review:
columbialawreview.org/content/stat...
Introduction On a summer day in July 2023, the skies over Vermont turned apocalyptic. A massive thunderstorm dumped two months of rainfall over the state in about twenty four hours, leading to flash f...columbialawreview.org
Hard to put into words (even for me) just how lawless & partisan this is.
It is the Court (effectively) saying that, actually, unconstitutional intentional racial discrimination is A-OK; the equivalent of the Court's slush fund for insurrectionists - but a legal regime for white supremacists.
Rachel Rothschild
Heads up for everyone in Ann Arbor!
@literatibookstore.bsky.social @aadl.org
This summer, while the MDefenders students are away doing internships in public defender offices, we thought we'd introduce you to some of our student members. This week meet recent graduate, Spoorthi Krishnaraj. Spoorthi is heading to New Orleans to work as a public defender.
Leah Litman
"Our four fellows this year demonstrate how important it is to have caring, thoughtful people in government roles."
Read about this year's Fiske Fellows:
michigan.law.umich.edu/news/four-mi...
The #NJSupremeCourt recently recognized the scientific controversy around shaken baby syndrome. Check out this motion to argue your case #junkscience #publicdefendertwitter #D4D datafordefenders.org/wp-content/u...
In a recent article, Gabriel V. Rauterberg and Jeffery Y. Zhang of @umichlaw.bsky.social argue that shadow banks remain under-regulated and call for the SEC to use securities law to mitigate systemic risk. www.theregreview.org/2026/06/04/h...
It’s Wednesday. That means another episode of #SistersSidebar where we answer your questions. You can listen here.
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MDefenders at Michigan Law
MDefenders at Michigan Law
Barb McQuade
“More individuals and families are navigating immigration proceedings these days without professional assistance. Together, the three grants support the lab’s response across multiple fronts.”
—Professor Jessica Lefort
michigan.law.umich.edu/news/immigra...
Michigan Law
Michigan Law
The Regulatory Review
“AI increasingly can mimic human judgment, but that’s all it is doing. Using AI exclusively is to absolutely forgo the human element of it—the sense of judgment—which is so key to what we do in admissions.”
—Dean Z in @insidehighered.com
www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...
Michigan Law
Michigan Law
Video
Video
Book tour heads home to Ann Arbor on Sunday evening, when I will
discuss The Fix with Leigh Greden at 6:30 pm at the main library branch. Please join us!
aadl.org/node/666281
datafordefenders.org
michigan.law.umich.edu
The Immigrant Justice Lab (IJL) at the University of Michigan recently received new grants in support of its ongoing mission to train student advocates and deliver practical legal resources to immigra...
With Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social & Deuel Ross @legaldefensefund.bsky.social on SCOTUS’s brazenly lawlesss decision to let AL use discriminatory maps - and more broadly to invite states to intentionally discriminate on the basis of race m.youtube.com/watch?v=6GM6...
