The regalia and the regaled: Celebrating 300 new ‘Emory Lawyers’
More than 300 students donned regalia like this on Mother’s Day as Emory University School of Law held its Diploma Ceremony recognizing the law school’s 108th graduating class.
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Nevitt explains who legally controls the Strait of Hormuz
Das Acevedo on the unwritten rules of tenure
Nevitt on US plans to board Iran-linked ships
Lawrence: Constitution’s forgotten term limit on military power
Nevitt: The Constitution’s forgotten term limit on military power
Nevitt on how US Navy will enforce blockade of Iran’s ports
Nevitt on international law before Iran War
Strong: Trump’s narcissistic tendencies raise alarm about war
Nevitt: Blockade is wartime action, not a law enforcement action
Nevitt: Until Iran removes mines, the Strait of Hormuz is closed
Nevitt: Iran’s unlawful mining and the US port blockade
Blank: Trump rhetoric is alarming from moral, legal perspectives
Nevitt: Continuing crisis in Strait of Hormuz
Barth on evolving workplace accommodations related to AI
Das Acevedo: Academia’s troubling new MO
Zdeb: Anti-stonewalling playbook for congressional investigations
Acevedo provides updates in Trump’s birthright citizenship case
Nash unpacks Court proceedings in birthright citizenship case
Fagundes on creating and updating your estate plan
Nevitt on Trump’s pipeline order in California
Ajunwa on the ethics of AI workplace surveillance
Blank: Hegseth’s ‘No Quarter’ comments against honor, good faith
Ajunwa: Forcing employees to adopt tools usually backfires
Nevitt on US’ wartime rules of engagement
Blank on Iranian school bombing: “clearly a significant failure”
Blank: Geneva Conventions also apply to submarines
Nevitt: US duty to rescue shipwrecked under Geneva Conventions
Acevedo on whether school shooters’ parents should be prosecuted
Sag on how AI may change copyright law
Acevedo explains Colin Gray verdict
Das Acevedo: We haven’t seen the end of “fire first, ask later”
Acevedo discusses Colin Gray verdict
Blank on the president’s power to declare war
Lawrence on how Trump withholds money after 198 lawsuits
Carter: How federal changes impact child welfare funds
Ajunwa on using AI to cut government benefit fraud
Das Acevedo on labor contracts in higher ed
Volokh: President not granted power to tax
Volokh: Supreme Court reining in presidential power
Zdeb: Trump admin. undermined public confidence in judiciary
Das Acevedo on paid protesting
Goldstein on possible impact of environment protections rollbacks
Levine: Apalachee school shooting trial could set new precedent
Carter: Lost motion exposes problems in how GA punishes youths
Das Acevedo on whether academic tenure needs a new defense
Das Acevedo: Fallacy to assume tenure encourages lazy academics
Das Acevedo discusses her book The War on Tenure
Volokh on whether employers applying DEI violate antitrust law
Broyde: Lawyer’s religion rarely interferes with legal obligation
Barth named expert with AI and Faith
Das Acevedo shares authors insights on academic tenure
Levine on whether judge in Baker murder trial should be recused
Nevitt: A court challenge likely if Trump uses Insurrection Act
Nevitt: Immigration assignments taking JAGs from military justice
Blank on how US case against Maduro may take shape
Blank: Trump’s Latin American policies may violate law
Nevitt: US lacks legal authority to board Russian-flagged vessels
Nevitt on the legal basis for blockades and seizures
Blank explains complexity of Trump’s actions in Venezuela
Blank on Trump’s actions in Venezuela
Blank: Trump’s Venezuelan attacks violate UN charter
Nevitt: “No legal basis” to enter Venezuela without treaty
Nash: Supreme Ct playing big role in determining executive power
Acevedo on Meredith Emerson Memorial Privacy Act
Marcovitch: Trump administration can upturn life for US attorneys
Nevitt: Trump trying to assert wartime legal tool with blockade
Acevedo on what’s next after Fulton DA Fani Willis’ testimony
Church on what constitutes emergency in child removal cases
Nevitt on international law and boarding foreign vessels
Nevitt on the law targeting shipwrecked drug traffickers
Blank explains international rules of war in boat strikes
Price on whether stripping dual citizenship is constitutional
Das Acevedo: Is any professor safe from being fired anymore?
Das Acevedo’s book on Forbes’ list of 2025 best higher ed books
Acevedo unpacks latest in Georgia’s election interference case
Jennings explains case involving an indicted tech firm CTO
Levine on whether Comey and James may face new charges
Volokh: Colleges must reject Trump ‘compact’ to protect democracy
Nevitt on how leaf blowers impact climate change and public health
Nevitt: Trump’s use of military lawyers is unprecedented
Sag discusses legal strategy in OpenAI’s copyright suit
Levine explains what new prosector means for GA election case
Sag: Generative AI useful tool for those who know the law
Simon: Purdue Pharma plaintiffs are frustrated, disappointed
Volokh: Forest Park’s noise provisions are free speech violation
Lawrence: SNAP rulings a “game of ping pong” for people watching pantries
Nevitt: Vietnam War isn’t over for my father
Nash: Trump tariffs have other implications for presidential power
Nash discusses whether Trump tariffs are legal
Lawrence on how the White House is undercutting public health
Lawrence discusses how Trump may respond to court decisions on SNAP
Lawrence on how Trump may respond to court rulings on SNAP
Lawrence: ‘Legal questions are unanswered’ in US government shutdown
Satz: When it comes to medical privacy, injured workers have it worse than prisoners
Jacobi: What should publishers do when AI training issues reach the high court?
Lawrence: ‘Congress’s watchdog faces an impossible choice’
Nevitt on presidential authority to federalize National Guard
Nevitt: ‘You can’t just wish climate change away’
Nevitt: Int'l criminal prosecution ‘highly unlikely’ in attacks