Rachel Lopez
@rlopez.bsky.social
Law prof writing on intl law, human rights, crim law, & participatory law scholarship.
Things I've written:
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Things I've written:
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Rachel Lopez
@rlopez.bsky.social
· Nov 14
International Law as a Site for Queer Joy?
This essay reviews two recent edited volumes—Queer Engagements with International Law: Times, Spaces, Imaginings and Queer Encounters with International Law: Li
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Published today—at the start of Transgender Awareness Week—in the American Journal of International Law, my new book review, "International Law as a Site for Queer Joy?" arrives at a moment that feels both personal and profound.
Now up at @ssrn.bsky.social : papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Now up at @ssrn.bsky.social : papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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despite The Horrors™ I have a regular ass job to do so on that note are there any kind academics out there that would be willing to share grant applications with me
January 12, 2026 at 12:48 AM
despite The Horrors™ I have a regular ass job to do so on that note are there any kind academics out there that would be willing to share grant applications with me
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It's that time of year!
Tulane Law School invites applications for its Forrester Fellowship position, which is designed for promising scholars who plan to apply for tenure-track law school positions. The Forrester Fellow is full-time faculty in the law school and... 1/4
Tulane Law School invites applications for its Forrester Fellowship position, which is designed for promising scholars who plan to apply for tenure-track law school positions. The Forrester Fellow is full-time faculty in the law school and... 1/4
January 11, 2026 at 9:21 PM
It's that time of year!
Tulane Law School invites applications for its Forrester Fellowship position, which is designed for promising scholars who plan to apply for tenure-track law school positions. The Forrester Fellow is full-time faculty in the law school and... 1/4
Tulane Law School invites applications for its Forrester Fellowship position, which is designed for promising scholars who plan to apply for tenure-track law school positions. The Forrester Fellow is full-time faculty in the law school and... 1/4
Not sure that I have godmother status but I really enjoyed reading and engaging with this really thoughtful and important piece!
Kim Hricko, @kwanetaharris.bsky.social, and I discuss the impact of true crime on criminalized survivors (spoiler: it's devastating) in "The True Harms of True Crime." Find it here: wjlgs.law.wisc.edu/2026/volume-.... Special thanks to @rlopez.bsky.social, who is the godmother of this piece.
Volume XL, No. 1 – Spring 2025
Articles “The True Harms of True Crime” by Leigh Goodmark, Kim Hricko, and Kwaneta Harris “Undocumented Eldercare, LLC” by Kit Johnson “Creatively Concealed but Still Persistently Pervasive: Racial St...
wjlgs.law.wisc.edu
January 9, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Not sure that I have godmother status but I really enjoyed reading and engaging with this really thoughtful and important piece!
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🚨Job alert! 🚨
I'm advertising a PhD position (66%) in Comparative Politics at HU Berlin. Ideal candidates combine a research interest in autocratic politics, conflict, and/or political violence with strong quantitative methods skills.
⏳ 4 (+2) years | 🗓 DL 16.01; Start March/April 26
More info:
I'm advertising a PhD position (66%) in Comparative Politics at HU Berlin. Ideal candidates combine a research interest in autocratic politics, conflict, and/or political violence with strong quantitative methods skills.
⏳ 4 (+2) years | 🗓 DL 16.01; Start March/April 26
More info:
Research fellow (m/f/d) in the field of “contentious politics/political violence/autocratic politics” - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
www.hu-berlin.de
January 6, 2026 at 11:17 AM
🚨Job alert! 🚨
I'm advertising a PhD position (66%) in Comparative Politics at HU Berlin. Ideal candidates combine a research interest in autocratic politics, conflict, and/or political violence with strong quantitative methods skills.
⏳ 4 (+2) years | 🗓 DL 16.01; Start March/April 26
More info:
I'm advertising a PhD position (66%) in Comparative Politics at HU Berlin. Ideal candidates combine a research interest in autocratic politics, conflict, and/or political violence with strong quantitative methods skills.
⏳ 4 (+2) years | 🗓 DL 16.01; Start March/April 26
More info:
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Are you going to be at #AALS2026 this evening? My suggestion…skip the boring evening school sponsored parties at the hotel and go to the Joan of Arc parade, which marks the start of Carnival. It starts at 7:30 and is in walking distance of the conference hotel. joanofarcparade.org
- Krewe de Jeanne d'Arc
NEW ROUTE AND EARLIER 7:30 START TIME!!! Details News from our Facebook feed.... Site editor log-in
joanofarcparade.org
January 6, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Are you going to be at #AALS2026 this evening? My suggestion…skip the boring evening school sponsored parties at the hotel and go to the Joan of Arc parade, which marks the start of Carnival. It starts at 7:30 and is in walking distance of the conference hotel. joanofarcparade.org
I wrote a piece about two years ago that feels scarily relevant to today. Sometimes you just want to be wrong.
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Aggression in Law’s Clothing: Does Might Still Make Right?
According to a well known fable, a wolf cloaked itself in sheep’s clothing to hide amongst a shepherd's flock, so that it could slowly eat the shepherd’s sheep
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January 6, 2026 at 3:25 AM
I wrote a piece about two years ago that feels scarily relevant to today. Sometimes you just want to be wrong.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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I fear we are going to have to say this a lot again:
Int law prohibits bombing countries for the sake of democracy. FOR VERY GOOD REASON. It tends not to work.
Attacking a country because its leader lacks legitimacy - whether as pretext or sincerely held rationale - is still just an aggression.
Int law prohibits bombing countries for the sake of democracy. FOR VERY GOOD REASON. It tends not to work.
Attacking a country because its leader lacks legitimacy - whether as pretext or sincerely held rationale - is still just an aggression.
Remember that there is a legitimately elected president of Venezuela: Edmundo Gonzalez. He won the election in 2024.
January 3, 2026 at 11:55 AM
I fear we are going to have to say this a lot again:
Int law prohibits bombing countries for the sake of democracy. FOR VERY GOOD REASON. It tends not to work.
Attacking a country because its leader lacks legitimacy - whether as pretext or sincerely held rationale - is still just an aggression.
Int law prohibits bombing countries for the sake of democracy. FOR VERY GOOD REASON. It tends not to work.
Attacking a country because its leader lacks legitimacy - whether as pretext or sincerely held rationale - is still just an aggression.
Thought my 40s would look much different than my 20s but here I am again at a Built to Spill show on a Thursday. 🫤
December 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Thought my 40s would look much different than my 20s but here I am again at a Built to Spill show on a Thursday. 🫤
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The Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow to work with an interdisciplinary team (me, @bstewart.bsky.social, and @manoelhortaribeiro.bsky.social).
Link: puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...
Please apply by THIS SUNDAY, Dec. 14!
Link: puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...
Please apply by THIS SUNDAY, Dec. 14!
December 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow to work with an interdisciplinary team (me, @bstewart.bsky.social, and @manoelhortaribeiro.bsky.social).
Link: puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...
Please apply by THIS SUNDAY, Dec. 14!
Link: puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...
Please apply by THIS SUNDAY, Dec. 14!
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Breaking my partial social-media hiatus w/3 new papers:
Missing Children Discrimination (Wis. L. Rev 2025(4)) w/ Tanisha Brown— shorturl.at/5rl86 abstract 👇)
Anti-Holistic Algorithms (forth. Vanderbilt L. Rev)
(Re)Individualizing Criminal Law (forth. B.C. L. Rev)
More soon on SSRN—comments welcome!
Missing Children Discrimination (Wis. L. Rev 2025(4)) w/ Tanisha Brown— shorturl.at/5rl86 abstract 👇)
Anti-Holistic Algorithms (forth. Vanderbilt L. Rev)
(Re)Individualizing Criminal Law (forth. B.C. L. Rev)
More soon on SSRN—comments welcome!
November 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Breaking my partial social-media hiatus w/3 new papers:
Missing Children Discrimination (Wis. L. Rev 2025(4)) w/ Tanisha Brown— shorturl.at/5rl86 abstract 👇)
Anti-Holistic Algorithms (forth. Vanderbilt L. Rev)
(Re)Individualizing Criminal Law (forth. B.C. L. Rev)
More soon on SSRN—comments welcome!
Missing Children Discrimination (Wis. L. Rev 2025(4)) w/ Tanisha Brown— shorturl.at/5rl86 abstract 👇)
Anti-Holistic Algorithms (forth. Vanderbilt L. Rev)
(Re)Individualizing Criminal Law (forth. B.C. L. Rev)
More soon on SSRN—comments welcome!
When academics talk about scholarly impact I don’t think they are thinking about messages like these, but more than anything else they are what keep me writing.
Thank you so much, Cris, for this motivation to keep pushing!
Thank you so much, Cris, for this motivation to keep pushing!
Goddamn, this is a book review. Why am I emotional. This is a *book review* why am I crying-
November 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
When academics talk about scholarly impact I don’t think they are thinking about messages like these, but more than anything else they are what keep me writing.
Thank you so much, Cris, for this motivation to keep pushing!
Thank you so much, Cris, for this motivation to keep pushing!
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By me: Israeli armed forces and settlers used bombs, dogs, poison and machinery to attack Palestinian water sources over 250 times in five years, new data reveals @pacificinstitute.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel attacked Palestinian water sources over 250 times in five years, data reveals
Armed forces and settlers used bombs, dogs, poison and machinery to attack people and infrastructure at key sites
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
By me: Israeli armed forces and settlers used bombs, dogs, poison and machinery to attack Palestinian water sources over 250 times in five years, new data reveals @pacificinstitute.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Published today—at the start of Transgender Awareness Week—in the American Journal of International Law, my new book review, "International Law as a Site for Queer Joy?" arrives at a moment that feels both personal and profound.
Now up at @ssrn.bsky.social : papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Now up at @ssrn.bsky.social : papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
International Law as a Site for Queer Joy?
This essay reviews two recent edited volumes—Queer Engagements with International Law: Times, Spaces, Imaginings and Queer Encounters with International Law: Li
papers.ssrn.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Published today—at the start of Transgender Awareness Week—in the American Journal of International Law, my new book review, "International Law as a Site for Queer Joy?" arrives at a moment that feels both personal and profound.
Now up at @ssrn.bsky.social : papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Now up at @ssrn.bsky.social : papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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I’m presenting my new paper at Sciences Po on Nov 26 - stop by if you are in Paris! And if you are not, invite me to present it at your institution so I can use my travel budget before teaching term starts 😆
November 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I’m presenting my new paper at Sciences Po on Nov 26 - stop by if you are in Paris! And if you are not, invite me to present it at your institution so I can use my travel budget before teaching term starts 😆
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Delighted to see JIEL 28(3) out in the world, which includes my article 'Dollar Dominance, De-Dollarisation, and International Law'.
The rest of the issue is packed with sharp work (inc @jbentonheath.bsky.social, @dcpeat.bsky.social, @elenachachko.bsky.social).
academic.oup.com/jiel/article...
The rest of the issue is packed with sharp work (inc @jbentonheath.bsky.social, @dcpeat.bsky.social, @elenachachko.bsky.social).
academic.oup.com/jiel/article...
November 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Delighted to see JIEL 28(3) out in the world, which includes my article 'Dollar Dominance, De-Dollarisation, and International Law'.
The rest of the issue is packed with sharp work (inc @jbentonheath.bsky.social, @dcpeat.bsky.social, @elenachachko.bsky.social).
academic.oup.com/jiel/article...
The rest of the issue is packed with sharp work (inc @jbentonheath.bsky.social, @dcpeat.bsky.social, @elenachachko.bsky.social).
academic.oup.com/jiel/article...
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Friends, I am ordering (academic) books today. Hit me up with your your favorite ones (it can be old classics and new books on the market) 🙏
November 6, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Friends, I am ordering (academic) books today. Hit me up with your your favorite ones (it can be old classics and new books on the market) 🙏
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Feeling inspired to take action this morning?
Join us in calling our City Council members and demand .5% of the budget be committed to fund our libraries!
Already called? Tell us how it went:
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Join us in calling our City Council members and demand .5% of the budget be committed to fund our libraries!
Already called? Tell us how it went:
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November 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Feeling inspired to take action this morning?
Join us in calling our City Council members and demand .5% of the budget be committed to fund our libraries!
Already called? Tell us how it went:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Join us in calling our City Council members and demand .5% of the budget be committed to fund our libraries!
Already called? Tell us how it went:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Signed #AAUP petition against government violation of First Amendment.
#EducationNotIdeology
You can too!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...
#EducationNotIdeology
You can too!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...
Trump Higher Ed Compact 2025
We stand for education—for science, for students and for freedom—and against this backward, anti-American policy. We call on university leaders, faculty, staff and students to unite in rejecting the T...
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November 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Signed #AAUP petition against government violation of First Amendment.
#EducationNotIdeology
You can too!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...
#EducationNotIdeology
You can too!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...
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Professor @rlopez.bsky.social's work "reinforces Temple's broader mission as a public research university - one that seeks to serve the common good through meaningful, real-world engagement." Read more in this Temple University profile.
https://lnkd.in/ejpa4J34
https://lnkd.in/ejpa4J34
October 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Professor @rlopez.bsky.social's work "reinforces Temple's broader mission as a public research university - one that seeks to serve the common good through meaningful, real-world engagement." Read more in this Temple University profile.
https://lnkd.in/ejpa4J34
https://lnkd.in/ejpa4J34
Temple wrote up this really nice article about my work and new chaired professorship. Changing academic home can be challenging. It feels like starting over again which is why I am grateful to feel so seen and supported by my newish academic home.
news.temple.edu/news/2025-10...
news.temple.edu/news/2025-10...
Temple Law’s Rachel López is reimagining the legal system
Leonard Barrack ’68 Chair in Law Rachel López's Participatory Law Fund and global human rights research is changing who gets a voice in the legal system.
news.temple.edu
October 31, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Temple wrote up this really nice article about my work and new chaired professorship. Changing academic home can be challenging. It feels like starting over again which is why I am grateful to feel so seen and supported by my newish academic home.
news.temple.edu/news/2025-10...
news.temple.edu/news/2025-10...
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Reports of mass killings and targeted attacks against health facilities in El Fasher.
@HRL_YaleSPH
identifies apparent "pools of blood" visible from space. Western governments need to increase pressure on the conflict parties.
files-profile.medicine.yale.edu/documents/b9...
@HRL_YaleSPH
identifies apparent "pools of blood" visible from space. Western governments need to increase pressure on the conflict parties.
files-profile.medicine.yale.edu/documents/b9...
October 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Reports of mass killings and targeted attacks against health facilities in El Fasher.
@HRL_YaleSPH
identifies apparent "pools of blood" visible from space. Western governments need to increase pressure on the conflict parties.
files-profile.medicine.yale.edu/documents/b9...
@HRL_YaleSPH
identifies apparent "pools of blood" visible from space. Western governments need to increase pressure on the conflict parties.
files-profile.medicine.yale.edu/documents/b9...
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There's a longstanding debate over the value of law professor amicus briefs at #SCOTUS.
I'll just note that the additional briefing the Court ordered today in the Illinois National Guard case was in direct response to an amicus brief filed by ... a law professor (@martylederman.bsky.social).
I'll just note that the additional briefing the Court ordered today in the Illinois National Guard case was in direct response to an amicus brief filed by ... a law professor (@martylederman.bsky.social).
October 30, 2025 at 3:32 AM
There's a longstanding debate over the value of law professor amicus briefs at #SCOTUS.
I'll just note that the additional briefing the Court ordered today in the Illinois National Guard case was in direct response to an amicus brief filed by ... a law professor (@martylederman.bsky.social).
I'll just note that the additional briefing the Court ordered today in the Illinois National Guard case was in direct response to an amicus brief filed by ... a law professor (@martylederman.bsky.social).
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I’m excited for this! “Groundbreaking” is overused to describe legal scholarship, but in @rlopez.bsky.social’s case, it is apt.
Join us tomorrow, Oct. 22, as Barrack Chair in Law Professor @rlopez.bsky.social delivers the Friel-Scanlan Lecture, No Justice for Us Without Us: Participatory Law, Lived Realities, and the Making of Transformative Legal Futures.
https://law.temple.edu/events/friel-scanlan-lecture-october-22-2025/
https://law.temple.edu/events/friel-scanlan-lecture-october-22-2025/
October 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I’m excited for this! “Groundbreaking” is overused to describe legal scholarship, but in @rlopez.bsky.social’s case, it is apt.
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Job alert! We have a 5 year fixed term teaching-focussed position in our new Indo-Pacific Studies program. Can highly recommend UNSW Canberra as a place to work.
IPS is an emerging field, so applications welcome from cognate disciplines.
Details: external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...
IPS is an emerging field, so applications welcome from cognate disciplines.
Details: external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...
Lecturer, Indo-Pacific Studies
Share your knowledge and expertise in Indo-Pacific Studies with our cohort at UNSW Canberra.
external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au
October 2, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Job alert! We have a 5 year fixed term teaching-focussed position in our new Indo-Pacific Studies program. Can highly recommend UNSW Canberra as a place to work.
IPS is an emerging field, so applications welcome from cognate disciplines.
Details: external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...
IPS is an emerging field, so applications welcome from cognate disciplines.
Details: external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...