All Essays

Broken Landscapes, Brown Beauty

Broken Landscapes, Brown Beauty

Law students, lawyers, and academics need to reflect on efforts to make legal academia more inclusive.

The Biden Administration Should Abandon the Case Against Google

The Biden Administration Should Abandon the Case Against Google

Government antitrust actions do not work in a high-technology market in which big businesses prove more efficient.

Diversity and Exclusion Within Legal Education

Diversity and Exclusion Within Legal Education

Empirical data suggest that law schools must do more to promote inclusion, not just diversity.

Unlocking Psychedelics’ Medical Potential

Unlocking Psychedelics’ Medical Potential

Scholars critique the regulation of psychedelic substances and propose reforms for medical research and use.

Week in Review

Week in Review

Four states legalize recreational marijuana, Florida increases minimum wage, and more…

Pennsylvania’s Misguided Sentencing Risk-Assessment Reform

Pennsylvania’s Misguided Sentencing Risk-Assessment Reform

New risk-forecasting tool reinforces racial disparities and emphasizes future risk in criminal sentencing.

Climate Change Is a Systemic Financial Risk

Climate Change Is a Systemic Financial Risk

Corporate counsel should heed regulators’ warnings that climate change is a risk to the financial industry.

A CBO for Racial Inequality?

A CBO for Racial Inequality?

A new oversight agency should monitor the Federal Reserve’s efforts to reduce racial inequality.

The Rise of the Political Text Message

The Rise of the Political Text Message

The FCC gives political campaigns the long-awaited green light on peer-to-peer text messaging.

OIRA’s Impact on Rulemaking

OIRA’s Impact on Rulemaking

Interest groups that lobby OIRA impact public policy, yet OIRA’s role as a regulatory gatekeeper remains understudied.

Tearing at the Mask of the Administrative State

Tearing at the Mask of the Administrative State

How should actors within the administrative state grapple with the questions Black Lives Matter poses?

Deceptive Deregulation

Deceptive Deregulation

The Trump Administration’s claims about its deregulatory accomplishments do not withstand scrutiny.