Ilana Friedman
@ifriedman01.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Law @ukcollegeoflaw; criminal law, police misconduct, legal decision-making. Former @BadgerWHockey. Ironman triathlete & marathoner #HookEm ilanafriedman.work
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Thrilled that my latest Article, “The Paradox of Federal Oversight in Police Misconduct Investigations,” has found a home with @denverlawreview.bsky.social
Just as we all predicted 🫠 #OnWisconsin
Wisconsin announces this week that Luke Fickell is returning for 2026.
The Badgers respond with their first win over a Top 25 team in the Fickell era.
The Badgers respond with their first win over a Top 25 team in the Fickell era.
November 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Just as we all predicted 🫠 #OnWisconsin
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Ilana also presented her article in development, called "Institutionalized Challenges for Investigating Police Criminality," at the SEALS conference. And she started new research on federal judicial consent decrees in the police reform and police accountability process. #UKLawProfResearch
September 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Ilana also presented her article in development, called "Institutionalized Challenges for Investigating Police Criminality," at the SEALS conference. And she started new research on federal judicial consent decrees in the police reform and police accountability process. #UKLawProfResearch
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UK Law faculty were busy with research this summer!
@ifriedman01.bsky.social worked on edits to her article, "The Paradox of Federal Oversight in Police Misconduct Investigations," forthcoming in the Denver Law Review. #UKLawProfResearch
@ifriedman01.bsky.social worked on edits to her article, "The Paradox of Federal Oversight in Police Misconduct Investigations," forthcoming in the Denver Law Review. #UKLawProfResearch
September 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
UK Law faculty were busy with research this summer!
@ifriedman01.bsky.social worked on edits to her article, "The Paradox of Federal Oversight in Police Misconduct Investigations," forthcoming in the Denver Law Review. #UKLawProfResearch
@ifriedman01.bsky.social worked on edits to her article, "The Paradox of Federal Oversight in Police Misconduct Investigations," forthcoming in the Denver Law Review. #UKLawProfResearch
There’s a pun waiting to happen with this case vis a vis prosecutors’ [typical] ability to indict a ham sandwich. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent
www.nytimes.com
August 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
There’s a pun waiting to happen with this case vis a vis prosecutors’ [typical] ability to indict a ham sandwich. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
When an on-duty cop kills a civilian, how are they investigated for their use of force, especially when that force is alleged to be a crime? My new article answers this question! We’re in the cycle and up on SSRN - would love to hear your feedback & comments papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
INSTITUTIONALIZED CHALLENGES FOR INVESTIGATING POLICE CRIMINALITY
<p><span>Most of what we know about criminal prosecutions of police misconduct is from anecdote. This Article utilize more rigorous qualitative techniques to te
papers.ssrn.com
August 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
When an on-duty cop kills a civilian, how are they investigated for their use of force, especially when that force is alleged to be a crime? My new article answers this question! We’re in the cycle and up on SSRN - would love to hear your feedback & comments papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Petitioner's merits brief filed in Case v. Montana, the Supreme Court's first real Fourth Amendment case in several years, on the standard for warrantless entry to a home for purposes of rendering emergency aid. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
August 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Petitioner's merits brief filed in Case v. Montana, the Supreme Court's first real Fourth Amendment case in several years, on the standard for warrantless entry to a home for purposes of rendering emergency aid. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
Presenting bright & early tomorrow AM but we can meet later on the beach with a daiquiri 😎
July 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Presenting bright & early tomorrow AM but we can meet later on the beach with a daiquiri 😎
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UK Law Prof @ifriedman01.bsky.social was quoted in the Cincinnati Enquirer about two reporters who were arrested while covering a protest. Her quote brings needed expert views to the issue. Way to go, Ilana! #UKLawProfResearch
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
Experts: Felony rioting charges for journalists covering protests are rare, troubling
CityBeat reporter Madeline Fening and photography intern Lucas Griffith are scheduled to appear July 23 for a preliminary hearing in Kenton County.
www.cincinnati.com
July 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
UK Law Prof @ifriedman01.bsky.social was quoted in the Cincinnati Enquirer about two reporters who were arrested while covering a protest. Her quote brings needed expert views to the issue. Way to go, Ilana! #UKLawProfResearch
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
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The UK College of Law announced the death of Professor Mark Kightlinger, who taught at the university for more than two decades.
‘A brilliant scholar’: Longtime UK College of Law professor dies
The UK College of Law announced the death of Professor Mark Kightlinger, who taught at the university for more than two decades.
bit.ly
July 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The UK College of Law announced the death of Professor Mark Kightlinger, who taught at the university for more than two decades.
Quoted here regarding this emerging situation in Cincinnati www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
Experts: Felony rioting charges for journalists covering protests are rare, troubling
CityBeat reporter Madeline Fening and photography intern Lucas Griffith are scheduled to appear July 23 for a preliminary hearing in Kenton County.
www.cincinnati.com
July 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Quoted here regarding this emerging situation in Cincinnati www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
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Whoa. Spicy footnote from Justice Jackson, dissenting in the ADA case. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
![The majority’s contention that I reject “ ‘pure textualism’ [a]s insuf
ficiently pliable to secure the result [I] seek,” ante, at 10, stems from an
unfortunate misunderstanding of the judicial role. Our interpretative
task is not to seek our own desired results (whatever they may be). And,
indeed, it is precisely because of this solemn duty that, in my view, it is
imperative that we interpret statutes consistent with all relevant indicia
of what Congress wanted, as best we can ascertain its intent. A method
ology that includes consideration of Congress’s aims does exactly that—
and no more. By contrast, pure textualism’s refusal to try to understand
the text of a statute in the larger context of what Congress sought to
achieve turns the interpretive task into a potent weapon for advancing
judicial policy preferences. By “finding” answers in ambiguous text, and
not bothering to consider whether those answers align with other sources
of statutory meaning, pure textualists can easily disguise their own pref
erences as “textual” inevitabilities. So, really, far from being “insuffi
ciently pliable,” I think pure textualism is incessantly malleable—that’s
its primary problem—and, indeed, it is certainly somehow always flexi
ble enough to secure the majority’s desired outcome.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:f4d76fjna5nxqsy2fu6cgmp3/bafkreicg7mx5lddzyvnoguvadwnojtm7xcu2sf34hhizuapfesk46w7kli@jpeg)
June 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Whoa. Spicy footnote from Justice Jackson, dissenting in the ADA case. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
How can you not be romantic about sports? 🥹
The replays, oh, the replays of that putt.
June 16, 2025 at 12:26 AM
How can you not be romantic about sports? 🥹
*Opens bsky to see what’s going on*
a young boy in a red shirt is making a funny face while looking at the camera .
ALT: a young boy in a red shirt is making a funny face while looking at the camera .
media.tenor.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
*Opens bsky to see what’s going on*
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An investigation in Phoenix marked the first time the DOJ had found the rights of homeless people were routinely violated.
Now the department is closing its investigation and retracting findings of constitutional violations.
By @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social
Now the department is closing its investigation and retracting findings of constitutional violations.
By @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social
DOJ Abandons Effort to Address Phoenix’s Treatment of Homeless People
The Justice Department retracted findings of constitutional violations in Phoenix and five other jurisdictions. Advocates say the move could further embolden cities and police departments to…
www.propublica.org
May 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
An investigation in Phoenix marked the first time the DOJ had found the rights of homeless people were routinely violated.
Now the department is closing its investigation and retracting findings of constitutional violations.
By @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social
Now the department is closing its investigation and retracting findings of constitutional violations.
By @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social
This will make us all less safe. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...
Justice Dept. to End Oversight of Local Police Accused of Abuses
www.nytimes.com
May 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This will make us all less safe. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/u...
The last paragraph states, in part, “It was among the arguments that appeared to resonate with jurors, most of whom were white.”
The last paragraph states, in part, “It was among the arguments that appeared to resonate with jurors, most of whom were white.”
Tyre Nichols’s Death: 3 Former Officers Acquitted of All State Charges
The former Memphis officers were acquitted of all charges, including second-degree murder, in the beating death of Mr. Nichols.
www.nytimes.com
May 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/u...
The last paragraph states, in part, “It was among the arguments that appeared to resonate with jurors, most of whom were white.”
The last paragraph states, in part, “It was among the arguments that appeared to resonate with jurors, most of whom were white.”
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Officials investigating the 8 agencies found unjustified killings, excessive force, debtors’ prisons, retaliation against police critics, racial discrimination, unlawful strip searches and undercover officers having sexual contact with sex workers.
By @tophersanders.bsky.social
By @tophersanders.bsky.social
Trump’s DOJ Has Frozen Police Reform Work. Advocates Fear More Abuse in Departments Across the Country.
Federal investigators had identified at least eight police departments with patterns of unlawful behavior. But Trump’s freeze on oversight activities leaves many reform efforts in the hands of local…
www.propublica.org
April 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Officials investigating the 8 agencies found unjustified killings, excessive force, debtors’ prisons, retaliation against police critics, racial discrimination, unlawful strip searches and undercover officers having sexual contact with sex workers.
By @tophersanders.bsky.social
By @tophersanders.bsky.social
Min Woo with a chefs hat on his wheels. Love to see it 👨🍳⛳️ #TheMasters #lethimcook
April 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Min Woo with a chefs hat on his wheels. Love to see it 👨🍳⛳️ #TheMasters #lethimcook
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I still think White Lotus: Wisconsin Dells would slap so hard.
April 7, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I still think White Lotus: Wisconsin Dells would slap so hard.
If anyone wants to talk about how White Lotus season 3 was a total miss I’m here.
April 7, 2025 at 3:03 AM
If anyone wants to talk about how White Lotus season 3 was a total miss I’m here.
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Mayor Brandon Johnson on Thursday named a new interim chief administrator of the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, the city agency tasked with investigating police shootings and allegations of misconduct.
Mayor names COPA veteran as interim chief administrator
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Thursday named a new interim chief administrator of the Civilian Office of Police Accountability.
www.chicagotribune.com
March 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Thursday named a new interim chief administrator of the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, the city agency tasked with investigating police shootings and allegations of misconduct.
ON WISCONSIN! ❤️
March 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
ON WISCONSIN! ❤️
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For anyone in the region who is interested:
March 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
For anyone in the region who is interested: