Popular Media

Yearning for an Independent Federal Judiciary, A. Benjamin Spencer

(Newsweek (September 30, 2020))

As She Lies in State, a Tribute to Justice Ginsburg, Katherine Mims Crocker

(Richmond Times-Dispatch (September 24, 2020))

Slavery and the Constitution, Allison Orr Larsen, Deirdre Jones, Katrinah Carol Lewis, Hope Wright, and Willie Wright

The Meaning of McDonald's [(R)], Laura A. Heymann

(JOTWELL (September 17, 2020))

Revisiting Individual Rights and Personal Responsibilities Amid COVID-19, Christie Warren

(Diplomatic Courier (August 27, 2020))

Marginal Benefits of the Core Securities Laws, Kevin S. Haeberle

(The CLS Blue Sky Blog (August 10, 2020))

Constitutional Law, Protests, and Dissent with Timothy Zick, Jamie Miller and Timothy Zick

(Northwestern Undergraduate Law Journal Speaker Series (July 10, 2020))

United States Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com B.V.: How Do We Know When Something Is a Name?, Laura A. Heymann

(The George Washington Law Review's On the Docket Forum (July 2, 2020))

Improving Community Safety Means Addressing Police Violence as a Public Health Problem, Kami Chavis and Josh Horwitz

(Jurist (June 13, 2020))

A Fair Process Matters in Alleged Sexual Assault Cases, Cynthia V. Ward

(The Hill (May 19, 2020))

Priests of the Law, Al Zambone and Thomas J. McSweeney

(Historically Thinking (May 13, 2020))

Symposium: Liquidating Elector Discretion, Rebecca Green

(SCOTUSblog (April 24, 2020))

Were Justices Lawyers?, Thomas J. McSweeney

(Legal History Blog (March 27, 2020))

Legal Genres, Thomas J. McSweeney

(Legal History Blog (March 24, 2020))

Who Are the "We"?, Thomas J. McSweeney

(Legal History Blog (March 16, 2020))

Thomas McSweeney on the Professionalization of the Common Law, Brian L. Frye and Thomas J. McSweeney

(Ipse Dixit (March 10, 2020))

Putting the People into Legal History, Thomas J. McSweeney

(Legal History Blog (March 9, 2020))

Abortion Case May Not Overturn Roe, But Could Effectively Nullify It, A. Benjamin Spencer

(The Hill (March 5, 2020))

The Overly Familiar Treatise, Thomas J. McSweeney

(Legal History Blog (March 3, 2020))

Justices Make the Tough-- But Right-- Call in Cross-Border Shooting Case, A. Benjamin Spencer

(The Hill (February 28, 2020))

First, We'll Neuter All the Judges, A. Benjamin Spencer

(The Hill (February 14, 2020))

The Redistricting Amendment Will Strengthen Democracy in Virginia, Alex Keena, Michael D. Gilbert, and Rebecca Green

(Richmond Times-Dispatch (January 29, 2020))

Trump and the First Amendment: A Conversation with Timothy Zick, Aaron Freiwald and Timothy Zick

(Good Law | Bad Law (January 17, 2020))

Redistricting Amendment Is Progress for Virginia, Rebecca Green

(Virginian-Pilot (January 15, 2020))

Here There Be Dragons: The Likely Interaction of Judges with the Artificial Intelligence Ecosystem, Fredric I. Lederer

(59 The Judges' Journal 12-15 (Winter 2020))

Submissions from 2019 2019

Law Professor Discusses the History of LDS Church Finances, David Noyce, Peggy Fletcher Stack, and Nathan Oman

(Mormon Land (The Salt Lake Tribune) (December 26, 2019))

Is the International System in a Moment of Crisis?, Evan J. Criddle

(Cambridge University Press - Academic (December 23, 2019))

The Cost of Secrecy Isn't Worth It for the LDS Church, Nathan B. Oman

(Salt Lake Tribune (December 20, 2019))

Justices Will Decide Trump Bid to Keep Taxes Secret, June Grasso and Neal Devins

(Bloomberg Law (December 17, 2019))

The Constitutional Case for "Red Flag" Laws, Timothy Zick

(Jurist (December 6, 2019))

What We've Got Here Is a Failure to Indicate, Laura A. Heymann

(JOTWELL (Decembe 4, 2019))

Court Record in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Fredric I. Lederer

(Speech to Text Institute Newsletter (October 23, 2019))

Special Podcast Series: Wright & Miller’s Federal Practice & Procedure Marks 50 Years of Publication – episode 3: The Evolution & Future of Personal Jurisdiction & Pleadings, A. Benjamin Spencer, Adam Steinman, and Arthur Miller

(Thomson Reuters, Legal Current (September 12, 2019))

Rationing the Constitution: Beyond and Below, Aaron-Andrew P. Bruhl

(Balkinization (September 10, 2019))

Firearms Law Workshop Mini-Symposium, Part III: Framing the Second Amendment: Gun Rights, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, Timothy Zick

(Second Thoughts (2019))

Ex Cathedra 4: Jeffrey Bellin on Legal Scholarship and Teaching, David A. Simon and Jeffrey Bellin

(Ipse Dixit (August 7, 2019))

TRUST and Retaliation: The First Amendment and Trump’s Taxes, Timothy Zick

(American Constitution Society Blog (July 31, 2019))

The President’s Utterly Un-American Response to Dissent, Timothy Zick

(American Constitution Society Blog (July 22, 2019))

Jeffrey Bellin on Fourth Amendment Textualism, Luce Nguyen and Jeffrey Bellin

(Ipse Dixit (June 26, 2019))

Eric Kades on Inequality & the Rule Against Perpetuities, Luce Nguyen and Eric Kades

(Ipse Dixit (June 21, 2019))

The Semantics and Pragmatics of Legal Statements, Michael S. Green

(JOTWELL (June 18, 2019))

Sarah Wasserman Rajec on the Property Law Misfit in Patent Law, Saurabh Vishnubhakat and Sarah R. Wasserman Rajec

(Ipse Dixit (May 21, 2019))

Recent Case Shows Flaws in VA Benefits, David E. Boelzner

(Virginian-Pilot (April 28, 2019))

How Do We Know If Prosecutors Are Doing a Good Job?, Jeffrey Bellin

(Law360 (March 31, 2019))

James Stern on the Myth of Nonrivalry, Brian L. Frye and James Y. Stern

(Ipse Dixit (March 21, 2019))

Dynasty, Christian Turner, Joe Miller, and Eric Kades

(Oral Argument (February 24, 2019))

International Criminal Court Comes of Age, Nancy Amoury Combs

(The Hill (January 30, 2019))

What Trump Must Learn From Truman: Without Public Support, Extraordinary Application of Executive Authority is Bound to Fail, Neal Devins

(New York Daily News (January 9, 2019))

Judicial Independence and the Federal Courts: A Historical Perspective, Jeffrey Rosen, Tara Leigh Grove, and Stephen B. Burbank

(Live at America's Town Hall (January 1, 2019))

Podcast Episode 24 – Professor James Stern discusses Knick v. Township of Scott, Clint Schumacher and James Y. Stern

(The Eminent Domain Podcast (January 2019))

Submissions from 2018 2018

Is Judicial Independence Under Attack?, Jesse Rutledge and Neal Devins

(Court Talk (December 17, 2018))

A Chance to End Gerrymandering in Virginia, A. E. Dick Howard and Rebecca Green

(Virginian-Pilot (December 9, 2018))

(JOTWELL (November 28, 2018))

Partisan Divisions on the Supreme Court, June Grasso and Neal Devins

(Bloomberg Law (November 26, 2018))

Children’s Welfare and the State’s Fiduciary Responsibility, James G. Dwyer

(Cato Unbound (November 20, 2018))

Which Side Are You On?, James G. Dwyer

(Cato Unbound (November 13, 2018))

Public or Private Venture Capital?, Darian M. Ibrahim

(Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation October 29, 2018))

Counterfeit Campaign Speech, Rebecca Green

(Harvard Law Review Blog (October 16, 2018))

Alea Iacta Est, Ian Samuel, James Y. Stern, and Shannon McHugh Samuel

(First Mondays Podcast (October 8, 2018))

The Hidden Silver Lining if Kavanaugh is Confirmed, Lawrence Baum and Neal Devins

(Washington Post (October 5, 2018))

Looks A Lot Like Grift, Ian Samuel and James Y. Stern

(First Mondays Podcast (September 24, 2018))

A First Step Towards Sentencing Reform, Jeffrey Bellin

(The Hill (August 22, 2018))

President Trump: Challenging Core First Amendment Principles, Timothy Zick

(American Constitution Society Blog (August 20, 2018))

The First Amendment, the Second Amendment, and 3D Firearms, Timothy Zick

(American Constitution Society Blog (August 8, 2018))

Judge Kavanaugh and Freedom of Expression, Timothy Zick

(SCOTUSblog (August 7, 2018))

The Federalist Society Majority, Lawrence Baum and Neal Devins

(Slate (July 6, 2018))

Justice Kennedy’s Controversial Judicial Philosophy, Described by a Former Clerk, Nancy Amoury Combs

(Vox (July 2, 2018))

Hohfeld and Property, Michael S. Green

(JOTWELL (June 27, 2018))

Strike Down ObamaCare, Says Justice Department, Saikrishna B. Prakash and Neal Devins

(Wall Street Journal, A21 (6/14/2018))

Improving Access to Justice via Technology, Fredric I. Lederer

(ABA Journal: Defending Justice Series (online) (May 17, 2018))

A Decade of Leadership: Reflections on W&M's 27th President, Patricia E. Roberts

(The Gale (March 29, 2018))

Waiting for Justice, Jeffrey Bellin

(Slate (February 7, 2018))

Submissions from 2017 2017

It's Still Too Easy to Push Blacks, Minorities Off of Juries, Jeffrey Bellin

(USA Today (December 14, 2017))

Crowdfunding Signals, Darian M. Ibrahim

(Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation (November 22, 2017))

The Satellite Has No Conscience: §230 in a World of ‘Alternative Facts’, Laura A. Heymann

(The Recorder (November 10, 2017))

Creative Communities and Intellectual Property Law, Laura A. Heymann

(Intellectual Property JOTWELL (November 1, 2017))

Appellate Advocacy Blog, Jennifer R. Franklin

Reflecting on the Past, Preparing for the Future: A Q&A with AALS President Paul Marcus, Jim Greif and Paul Marcus

(2017-4 AALS News 1-2, 14-16)

A Father's Lament: UVA Law Professor A. Benjamin Spencer on Charlottesville, A. Benjamin Spencer

(National Law Journal (Online) (September 29, 2017))

What Trump Misses About Free Speech, Timothy Zick

(U.S. News & World Report Weekly (September 26, 2017))

Think You Know a Lot About Our Constitution?, Jesse Rutledge and Allison Orr Larsen

(Court Talk, Episode 210 (September 15, 2017))

The Silence Penalty, Edward K. Cheng and Jeffrey Bellin

(Excited Utterance (September 4, 2017))

John Marshall, the Great Chief Justice, William & Mary Law School

(Our History, William & Mary Law School website (August 7, 2017))

Borrowing from Bob Dylan, "The Times They Are a-Changin' ", Paul Marcus

(2017-3 AALS News 1-2, 5-9)

A Progressive Federal Tax Credit for State Tax Payments, Eric Kades

(Inequality.org (June 21, 2017))

Impression Products, Inc. v. Lexmark Inc.: Will International Patent Exhaustion Bring Free Trade in Patented Goods?, Sarah R. Wasserman Rajec

(PantentlyO (June 1, 2017))

The Limits of Prosecutorial Power, Jeffrey Bellin

(The Marshall Project (May 2, 2017))

Interauthority Relationships, Michael S. Green

(JOTWELL (April 28, 2017))

The Method in Fiduciary Law's Mixed Messages, Evan J. Criddle

(Oxford Business Law Blog (April 13, 2017))

Law Schools and the Public Good, Judith Areen and Paul Marcus

(Virginia Pilot Online (April 9, 2017))

Access to Justice: Our Faculty Colleagues and Students Stepping Up in a Big Way, Paul Marcus

(2017-2 AALS News 1, 3)

Book Review of My Own Words, Leslie A. Street

(109 Law Library Journal 332-333 (2017))

State of the European Union, Christie S. Warren

(Fulbright Schuman Program Blog (May 2017))

Why You Should Doubt Reports that the First Amendment Would Protect Gen. Flynn from Prosecution under the Logan Act, Timothy Zick

(Just Security (February 28, 2017))

The Future of Police Reform Under the Trump Administration, Kami N. Chavis

(The Regulatory Review (February 13, 2017))

Note to Trump: Know What You Call Muslims Who Reject Radical Islam? Refugees, Angela M. Banks and Nathan B. Oman

(Richmond Times Dispatch (February 2, 2017))

Why Law (School) Matters, Jesse Rutledge and Paul Marcus

(Court Talk (February 2017))

Federalist Court: How the Federalist Society Became the De Facto Selector of Republican Supreme Court Justices, Lawrence Baum and Neal Devins

(Slate (January 31, 2017))

The Erosion of Congressional Checks on Presidential Power, Neal Devins

(The Cipher Brief (January 20, 2017))