“The Reality Is, It All Comes Back to Catch Us”: Urban Population Increase and Water Conservation In the Arid West March 13, 2026 Issue 2, Volume 97 - Open PDF in Browser: Madison Dobson,* "The Reality Is, It All Came Back to Catch Us"[1]: Urban Population Increase and Water Conservation in the Arid West Aridification, or a long… {read more...}
Unwell Water: Legal Silence, Private Wells, and Public Health in the Rural Americas March 13, 2026 Issue 2, Volume 97 - Open PDF in Browser: Shavonnie R. Carthens,* Unwell Water: Legal Silence, Private Wells, and Public Health in the Rural Americas While the majority of United States residents rely on public… {read more...}
Renegotiating the Energy Transition March 13, 2026 Issue 2, Volume 97 - Open PDF in Browser: Hannah J. Wiseman, Jennifer Baka, & Kaitlyn Spangler,* Renegotiating the Energy Transition Public private bargaining is a central component of the energy transition transforming the U.S.… {read more...}
Clean Energy and Enclosure March 13, 2026 Issue 2, Volume 97 - Open PDF in Browser: Ann M. Eisenberg,* Clean Energy and Enclosure Rural land has become a sought after commodity. Whether used as a financial asset, a megafarm, a target for… {read more...}
Breakthrough Climate Constitutionalism? March 13, 2026 Issue 2, Volume 97 - Open PDF in Browser: Sam Bookman,* Breakthrough Climate Constitutionalism? 2024 was a breakthrough year for U.S. climate litigation. Perhaps surprisingly, much of this success came from state constitutional claims. At… {read more...}
Chaco Roads: Connecting Cultural Heritage and Environmental Justice March 13, 2026 Issue 2, Volume 97 - Open PDF in Browser: Vanessa Ann Racehorse,* Chaco Roads: Connecting Cultural Heritage and Environmental Justice In Northwest New Mexico lies the Greater Chaco landscape, home to historic and sacred sites… {read more...}
Foreword March 13, 2026 Issue 2, Volume 97 - Open PDF in Browser: Rhodes Evans,* Foreword John Muir said it best: “When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the… {read more...}
Silence for the Sake of “Security”: BOP Regulations Stifle Incarcerated Journalism in Federal Prisons January 5, 2026 Issue 1, Volume 97 - Open PDF in Browser: Sydney Poppe,* Silence for the Sake of "Security": BOP Regulations Stifle Incarcerated Journalism in Federal Prisons “While living inside prison walls, a journalist’s voice does not… {read more...}
Clerk Unprotected: The Gendered Pipeline to Supreme Court Clerkships January 5, 2026 Issue 1, Volume 97 - Open PDF in Browser: Julia Gessert,* Clerk: Unprotected: The Gendered Pipeline to Supreme Court Clerkships Judicial clerkships are amongst the most prestigious positions a lawyer can attain following law school.… {read more...}
Aggregation at the Bottom January 5, 2026 Issue 1, Volume 97 - Open PDF in Browser: Seema Tahir Saifee,* Aggregation at the Bottom Scholars and reformers who aim to reduce reliance on incarceration offer different visions for how to achieve that change.… {read more...}
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Artificial Actors: AI’s Erasure of Talent January 2, 2026 Forum - Open PDF in Browser: Johnathan Khoriaty,* Artificial Actors: AI's Erasure of Talent “If they can do this with actors, they can do it with writers, directors, cinematographers — everyone. We’ll… {read more...}
Challenging Anonymity: Protecting the Public’s Right to Know the Identity of Library Book Challengers – Sarah Bartlett September 8, 2025 Forum - Open PDF in Browser: Sarah Bartlett,* Challenging Anonymity: Protecting the Public's Right to Know the Identity of Library Book Challengers In Brookhart v. Reaman, the Colorado Court of Appeals held… {read more...}
Creative Jurisprudence: The Paradox of Free Speech Absolutism May 8, 2024 Forum - Open PDF in Browser: R. George Wright* & Chris Rowley,† Creative Jurisprudence: The Paradox of Free Speech Absolutism Introduction Governments often seek to restrict speech on the basis of its… {read more...}
No Sword, No Shield, No Problem: AI in Pro Se Section 1983 Suits May 8, 2024 Forum - Open PDF in Browser: Michaela Calhoun,* No Sword, No Shield, No Problem: AI in Pro Se Section 1983 Suits Originating during the Reconstruction era, 42 U.S.C. 1983 emerged as a… {read more...}
The Bankruptcy of Purdue Pharma in the Wake of Big Tobacco April 16, 2023 Forum - Open PDF in Browser: Jacob Hedgpeth, The Bankruptcy of Purdue Pharma in the Wake of Big Tobacco Two distinct public health crises shook the United States from 1954 to 2023:… {read more...}
Biden, Bennet, and Bipartisan Federal Judicial Selection April 16, 2023 Forum - Open PDF in Browser: Carl Tobias,* Biden, Bennet, and Bipartisan Federal Judicial Selection Introduction The U.S. Constitution plainly assigns to the Senate the profound duties of rendering critical advice and consent related… {read more...}
Civil Procedure and the New Bar Exam January 12, 2023 Forum - Introduction In 2022 the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) issued its “Content Scope Outlines” for public comment,[1] soliciting input on “significant oversights.”[2] The outlines were designed to inform the… {read more...}
Is Title VII an “Anti-Discrimination” Law? February 17, 2022 Forum - PDF: Anuj C. Desai,[1] Is Title VII an "Anti-Discrimination" Law? Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is commonly referred to as an “anti-discrimination” statute. At its core,… {read more...}
Organizing a Business Law Department Within a Law School May 14, 2021 Forum - This article argues that legal education needs to get its act together by getting organized. Unlike the rest of the university, law schools are over a century behind in recognizing… {read more...}
Bucklew v. Precythe and the Resurgence of the Method of Execution Challenge May 13, 2021 Forum - On October 1, 2019, Missouri began the execution of death row inmate Russell Bucklew.[1] Those present for the execution reported seeing Mr. Bucklew strapped to a gurney, the IV inserted,… {read more...}