Meera Deo
@meeradeo.bsky.social
author | law prof | LSSSE Director | empirical scholar | DEI expert | plant-based foodie | mama | BA UCBerkeley | JD UMich | PhD (Soc) UCLA
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📢 The 2025 LSSSE Annual Report is here!
This year, we focus on the experiences of law students with disabilities—their strengths, challenges, and the ways they enrich legal education.
👉 Read the full report now: lssse.indiana.edu/what-we-do/r...
#LSSSE #LegalEducation #DisabilityInLawSchool
This year, we focus on the experiences of law students with disabilities—their strengths, challenges, and the ways they enrich legal education.
👉 Read the full report now: lssse.indiana.edu/what-we-do/r...
#LSSSE #LegalEducation #DisabilityInLawSchool
Fam, I’m so proud of this one: the first comprehensive empirical study of disability in law school. Did you know 20% of law students have disabilities? And while they outperform their peers on engagement, they need more institutional support. Learn about their backgrounds, behaviors & experiences👇
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The fact that @harvard.edu's Larry Summers is teaching three courses this semester while Texas A&M Professor Melissa McCoul was fired tells you all you need to know about what "gender ideology" is allowed and which is not. @aaup.org
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: Jeffrey E. Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender…
www.thecrimson.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The fact that @harvard.edu's Larry Summers is teaching three courses this semester while Texas A&M Professor Melissa McCoul was fired tells you all you need to know about what "gender ideology" is allowed and which is not. @aaup.org
Like, every Pres gets a Hollywood Handshake on their signature bake?
November 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Like, every Pres gets a Hollywood Handshake on their signature bake?
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Extremely messed up, racist, and will destroy science as we know it. This would literally destroy the careers of most US-born researchers I know, in addition to all the foreign-born scientists. Every paper Ive been on has had coauthors from prohibited countries and I have learned so much from them.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Extremely messed up, racist, and will destroy science as we know it. This would literally destroy the careers of most US-born researchers I know, in addition to all the foreign-born scientists. Every paper Ive been on has had coauthors from prohibited countries and I have learned so much from them.
Excited for this new role!!
Congrats LSA Class of 2028 Board of Trustees!
@monicacbell.bsky.social, @yale.edu
@meeradeo.bsky.social, Southwestern
Howard Erlanger, @law.wisc.edu
Jonathan Liljeblad, ANU
@qianliuedu.bsky.social, @ucalgary.bsky.social
OTA Shozo, Meiji Uni
Mary Rose, UTAustin
@mwyarbrough.bsky.social, CUNY
@monicacbell.bsky.social, @yale.edu
@meeradeo.bsky.social, Southwestern
Howard Erlanger, @law.wisc.edu
Jonathan Liljeblad, ANU
@qianliuedu.bsky.social, @ucalgary.bsky.social
OTA Shozo, Meiji Uni
Mary Rose, UTAustin
@mwyarbrough.bsky.social, CUNY
November 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Excited for this new role!!
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“Lawyering Without Law” — @knightcolumbia.org call for proposals. knightcolumbia.org/blog/call-fo...
November 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
“Lawyering Without Law” — @knightcolumbia.org call for proposals. knightcolumbia.org/blog/call-fo...
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A majority of the days the government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was president. www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...
November 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A majority of the days the government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was president. www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...
This is not weird, just basic Gen X.
Yes, I’ve done them all. And nobody was watching.
Yes, I’ve done them all. And nobody was watching.
I have never done (9) (it's anti-social), (13) (Blockbuster never operated in my country), or (20) (those things were *expensive*).
I am teh oldz.
I am teh oldz.
November 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This is not weird, just basic Gen X.
Yes, I’ve done them all. And nobody was watching.
Yes, I’ve done them all. And nobody was watching.
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"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”
November 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”
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Hey fellow alums: if you'd like to voice your displeasure, here is the contact info for Cornell President, Michael Kotlikoff.
(607) 255-5201
president@cornell.edu
(607) 255-5201
president@cornell.edu
BREAKING: Cornell caved.
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
November 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Hey fellow alums: if you'd like to voice your displeasure, here is the contact info for Cornell President, Michael Kotlikoff.
(607) 255-5201
president@cornell.edu
(607) 255-5201
president@cornell.edu
Fam, I’m so proud of this one: the first comprehensive empirical study of disability in law school. Did you know 20% of law students have disabilities? And while they outperform their peers on engagement, they need more institutional support. Learn about their backgrounds, behaviors & experiences👇
📢 The 2025 LSSSE Annual Report is here!
This year, we focus on the experiences of law students with disabilities—their strengths, challenges, and the ways they enrich legal education.
👉 Read the full report now: lssse.indiana.edu/what-we-do/r...
#LSSSE #LegalEducation #DisabilityInLawSchool
This year, we focus on the experiences of law students with disabilities—their strengths, challenges, and the ways they enrich legal education.
👉 Read the full report now: lssse.indiana.edu/what-we-do/r...
#LSSSE #LegalEducation #DisabilityInLawSchool
November 7, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Fam, I’m so proud of this one: the first comprehensive empirical study of disability in law school. Did you know 20% of law students have disabilities? And while they outperform their peers on engagement, they need more institutional support. Learn about their backgrounds, behaviors & experiences👇
Reposted by Meera Deo
The Law School Survey of Student Engagement released its 2025 report, Disability in Law School. Among many helpful findings: 1/5 students report having a disability. This serves as an important counter to what NALP has found (1-2% in offices/firms). Well done, @meeradeo.bsky.social!
lssse.indiana.edu
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The Law School Survey of Student Engagement released its 2025 report, Disability in Law School. Among many helpful findings: 1/5 students report having a disability. This serves as an important counter to what NALP has found (1-2% in offices/firms). Well done, @meeradeo.bsky.social!
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Virginia Gov, Lt Gov, AG
Virginia HOD ~supermajority
NJ Gov
Mandamj in NYC
Two Georgia PSC seats
Prop 50 in CA
PA Supreme Court— 3 seats
It does not appear that blue and purple parts of the country are enthusiastic about the direction of the country under Trump at the moment; Dems are motivated.
Virginia HOD ~supermajority
NJ Gov
Mandamj in NYC
Two Georgia PSC seats
Prop 50 in CA
PA Supreme Court— 3 seats
It does not appear that blue and purple parts of the country are enthusiastic about the direction of the country under Trump at the moment; Dems are motivated.
November 5, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Virginia Gov, Lt Gov, AG
Virginia HOD ~supermajority
NJ Gov
Mandamj in NYC
Two Georgia PSC seats
Prop 50 in CA
PA Supreme Court— 3 seats
It does not appear that blue and purple parts of the country are enthusiastic about the direction of the country under Trump at the moment; Dems are motivated.
Virginia HOD ~supermajority
NJ Gov
Mandamj in NYC
Two Georgia PSC seats
Prop 50 in CA
PA Supreme Court— 3 seats
It does not appear that blue and purple parts of the country are enthusiastic about the direction of the country under Trump at the moment; Dems are motivated.
Woohoooo!
California voters approve a measure to allow Democrats to redraw the state's congressional maps and potentially flip as many as five GOP-held House seats, CNN projects. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/47pe13f
November 5, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Woohoooo!
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“More than 100 federal judges have now ruled at least 200 times that the Trump administration’s effort to systematically detain immigrants facing possible deportation appeared to violate their rights or was just flatly illegal …”
Straightforward even for Politico.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Straightforward even for Politico.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
October 31, 2025 at 11:24 PM
“More than 100 federal judges have now ruled at least 200 times that the Trump administration’s effort to systematically detain immigrants facing possible deportation appeared to violate their rights or was just flatly illegal …”
Straightforward even for Politico.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Straightforward even for Politico.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
It’s giving Four Seasons Total Landscaping
October 30, 2025 at 4:34 AM
It’s giving Four Seasons Total Landscaping
Basically all brown women—even strangers—are “aunty” to my kiddos.
i cannot believe that “mamdani calls a close adult relative an ‘aunt’ even if they are not literally their parent’s sister” is what counts as a “scandal” these days
October 29, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Basically all brown women—even strangers—are “aunty” to my kiddos.
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I am going to go on a limb here and suggest this was not where Dominguez wanted this pitch against Ohtani
October 28, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I am going to go on a limb here and suggest this was not where Dominguez wanted this pitch against Ohtani
14th inning stretch!!!
October 28, 2025 at 5:22 AM
14th inning stretch!!!
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Just some of what the administration did this week while many Americans struggle to afford basic necessities:
October 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Just some of what the administration did this week while many Americans struggle to afford basic necessities:
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Love this!
🇨🇦 Canada is sending out agents into the streets of Toronto to deal with foreigners
October 23, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Love this!
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Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
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Reposted by Meera Deo
I have an opinion piece in @insidehighered.com arguing:
“No university leader or trustee can truthfully say that it fulfills their fiduciary responsibility to sign their school up for this.”
Whereas rejecting the compact—even simply by doing nothing—is an opportunity for all of higher ed.
“No university leader or trustee can truthfully say that it fulfills their fiduciary responsibility to sign their school up for this.”
Whereas rejecting the compact—even simply by doing nothing—is an opportunity for all of higher ed.
Rejecting the Compact Is an Opportunity (opinion)
The only action needed now is no action at all, Joseph Fishkin writes.
www.insidehighered.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I have an opinion piece in @insidehighered.com arguing:
“No university leader or trustee can truthfully say that it fulfills their fiduciary responsibility to sign their school up for this.”
Whereas rejecting the compact—even simply by doing nothing—is an opportunity for all of higher ed.
“No university leader or trustee can truthfully say that it fulfills their fiduciary responsibility to sign their school up for this.”
Whereas rejecting the compact—even simply by doing nothing—is an opportunity for all of higher ed.
A desi in AZ on Diwali 🪔
University of Arizona President Garimella says NO to Trump's coercive compact since "principles like academic freedom, merit-based research funding, and institutional independence are foundational and must be preserved." www.reuters.com/world/us/uni... via @reuters.com #BearDown
October 21, 2025 at 3:06 AM
A desi in AZ on Diwali 🪔