Kaipo Matsumura
@kaipomatsumura.bsky.social
Let's support a wider range of family relationships! Law professor at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Here’s a rare bit of good news these days: a promising development about chosen family
laistofficial on Instagram: "Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that will allow paid family leave for Californians caring for extended or “chosen” family members. …"
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that will allow paid family leave for Californians caring for extended or “chosen” family members. The law goes into effect in 2028.➡️ Swipe for more details.✍️ Elly Yu📷 Anne Wernikoff/ CalMatters
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October 23, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Here’s a rare bit of good news these days: a promising development about chosen family
Came across this gem while researching the incarceration of non-Japanese married to Japanese Americans during WWII. Another example of racism and challenges to birthright citizenship...
August 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Came across this gem while researching the incarceration of non-Japanese married to Japanese Americans during WWII. Another example of racism and challenges to birthright citizenship...
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A letter to Alan Garber & John Manning
I write letters
To Alan Garber & John Manning: As a member of the law faculty (and, not for nothing, a professor of the First Amendment), I am writing you...
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July 31, 2025 at 2:38 PM
A letter to Alan Garber & John Manning
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Contracts and Family Law Profs: A contemporary variation of Marvin v. Marvin: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
David Geffen's Estranged Husband Sues Billionaire Mogul for Breach of Oral Contract
David Geffen's 32-year-old husband is suing the billionaire, 82, with claims Geffen reneged on an oral contract to pay "lifelong" financial support.
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July 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Contracts and Family Law Profs: A contemporary variation of Marvin v. Marvin: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Stability is a value that underlies and unites the various realms of family law. I question family law's veneration of stability in this article, "The Illusion of Stability in Family Law," that just came out in the Vanderbilt Law Review. Check it out here!: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
July 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Stability is a value that underlies and unites the various realms of family law. I question family law's veneration of stability in this article, "The Illusion of Stability in Family Law," that just came out in the Vanderbilt Law Review. Check it out here!: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
This woman is a national treasure...
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Tracee Ellis Ross on the Joy and Loneliness of Solo Travel
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July 27, 2025 at 12:56 AM
This woman is a national treasure...
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It's publication day for "Marital Privilege," by my phenomenal Penn Carey Law colleague @serenamayeri.bsky.social! If you are interested in marriage, non-marital intimate relationships, family law, inequality, 20th c. legal history, law & social movements -- this book is a must-read! #LegalHistory
Legal historian traces history of ‘marital privilege’ in American law | Penn Today
Penn Carey Law’s Serena Mayeri’s new book highlights how legal battles against ‘marital supremacy’ advanced equality and the challenges that remain.
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July 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It's publication day for "Marital Privilege," by my phenomenal Penn Carey Law colleague @serenamayeri.bsky.social! If you are interested in marriage, non-marital intimate relationships, family law, inequality, 20th c. legal history, law & social movements -- this book is a must-read! #LegalHistory
Attended a remarkable conference last week at @uhawaiilaw.bsky.social featuring a beautiful keynote by alum Julian Aguon:
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The Fight for Climate Justice at the World Court
Vanuatu, a South Pacific island nation on the frontlines of the climate crisis, is fighting for climate justice at the world’s highest court.
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July 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Attended a remarkable conference last week at @uhawaiilaw.bsky.social featuring a beautiful keynote by alum Julian Aguon:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Profiles in courage - Gibson Dunn edition
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Some Giant Law Firms Shy Away From Pro Bono Immigration Cases
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May 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Profiles in courage - Gibson Dunn edition
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Not really surprised by Latham & Watkins' capitulation, TBH. Some of these same partners were behind mass layoffs the moment things got rough in 2008. Successive generations might forget, but the firm's underlying identity is clear.
April 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Not really surprised by Latham & Watkins' capitulation, TBH. Some of these same partners were behind mass layoffs the moment things got rough in 2008. Successive generations might forget, but the firm's underlying identity is clear.
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The attacks on law firms and lawyers must stop. Full stop.
On behalf of race and law centers, @seiu.org, @aftunion.bsky.social, @aaup.bsky.social, and several advocacy organizations, we offer our thoughts on why it must stop.
www.law.uci.edu/centers/kore...
On behalf of race and law centers, @seiu.org, @aftunion.bsky.social, @aaup.bsky.social, and several advocacy organizations, we offer our thoughts on why it must stop.
www.law.uci.edu/centers/kore...
April 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The attacks on law firms and lawyers must stop. Full stop.
On behalf of race and law centers, @seiu.org, @aftunion.bsky.social, @aaup.bsky.social, and several advocacy organizations, we offer our thoughts on why it must stop.
www.law.uci.edu/centers/kore...
On behalf of race and law centers, @seiu.org, @aftunion.bsky.social, @aaup.bsky.social, and several advocacy organizations, we offer our thoughts on why it must stop.
www.law.uci.edu/centers/kore...
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Jotwell Family Law:
Kaiponanea Matsumura, Operationalizing Acts of Love, JOTWELL (April 9, 2025) (reviewing James Toomey, Love, Liberalism, Substituted Judgment, 99 Ind. L.J. 1289 (2024)), family.jotwell.com/operationali....
Kaiponanea Matsumura, Operationalizing Acts of Love, JOTWELL (April 9, 2025) (reviewing James Toomey, Love, Liberalism, Substituted Judgment, 99 Ind. L.J. 1289 (2024)), family.jotwell.com/operationali....
April 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Jotwell Family Law:
Kaiponanea Matsumura, Operationalizing Acts of Love, JOTWELL (April 9, 2025) (reviewing James Toomey, Love, Liberalism, Substituted Judgment, 99 Ind. L.J. 1289 (2024)), family.jotwell.com/operationali....
Kaiponanea Matsumura, Operationalizing Acts of Love, JOTWELL (April 9, 2025) (reviewing James Toomey, Love, Liberalism, Substituted Judgment, 99 Ind. L.J. 1289 (2024)), family.jotwell.com/operationali....
Huge thanks to all of the law firms that signed onto a brief defending clients and the legal profession, including a few courageous large law firms like Covington and Arnold & Porter! It's hard not to be disappointed in the many large firms that are not on the list... www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/b...
More Than 500 Law Firms Back Perkins Coie in Fight With Trump
The firms signed a legal brief supporting Perkins Coie, calling the president’s actions a threat “to the rule of law.” The largest firms declined to sign.
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April 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Huge thanks to all of the law firms that signed onto a brief defending clients and the legal profession, including a few courageous large law firms like Covington and Arnold & Porter! It's hard not to be disappointed in the many large firms that are not on the list... www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/b...
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“Too many law firms are silent, and the risks right now to the legal profession and to the country are too great.” - Elliot Peters
As President Donald Trump moves to punish law firms that criticize or oppose him — revoking their security clearances, canceling government contracts, denying their attorneys access to federal buildings — one San Francisco firm is speaking up, regardless of the consequences.
Trump is seeking to punish lawyers. This high-profile S.F. firm has had enough
The San Francisco law firm, which released a statement condemning attacks on lawyers and judges, is one of the first in the nation to issue a response to Trump.
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March 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“Too many law firms are silent, and the risks right now to the legal profession and to the country are too great.” - Elliot Peters
Et tu, Sullivan & Cromwell and Kirkland & Ellis? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/b...
Rivals Pounce on Paul Weiss, a Top Law Firm, After Trump’s Order
Fears that competitors could take its top rainmaking talent added to the law firm’s worries about a Trump executive order that targeted it.
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March 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Et tu, Sullivan & Cromwell and Kirkland & Ellis? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/b...
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More of this.
Our first post is a big one...Statement from Keker, Van Nest & Peters on Trump’s Latest Executive Order “Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court.”
March 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
More of this.
What a fascinating and impactful story... www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | My Father Was a Conservative Evangelical Pastor. Then I Came Out.
How did my dad go from hating homosexuality to imploding his church by embracing me? His journal entries show how he changed his mind.
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February 8, 2025 at 12:21 AM
What a fascinating and impactful story... www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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I'm a board member of the International Singles Studies Association. Membership is free, it's a wonderful community. Please message me for more info.@craigwynne78.bsky.social
@rtraister.bsky.social Kris Marsh, Bella DePaulo - who else is on bluesky? We need a starter pack!
@rtraister.bsky.social Kris Marsh, Bella DePaulo - who else is on bluesky? We need a starter pack!
November 19, 2024 at 2:01 PM
I'm a board member of the International Singles Studies Association. Membership is free, it's a wonderful community. Please message me for more info.@craigwynne78.bsky.social
@rtraister.bsky.social Kris Marsh, Bella DePaulo - who else is on bluesky? We need a starter pack!
@rtraister.bsky.social Kris Marsh, Bella DePaulo - who else is on bluesky? We need a starter pack!