Just wrapped up my first CrimFest! I had a fabulous time and met so many terrific young scholars. Many thanks to @cbhessick.bsky.social and @hashtagblevin.bsky.social for organizing, and Penn Carey Law for hosting!

Although we are a little lower than last year, I’m still proud that Arizona State continues to be recognized for the strength of its criminal law program.

We have a terrific group of dedicated criminal law scholars that reflect a wide variety of practice experiences and scholarly interests.

Thank you so much to the Widener University Commonwealth Law School and the Widener Commonwealth Law Review for inviting me to present my symposium essay “Harm and Wrongdoing in the Law of Rape” today! I had a wonderful time and was so impressed with the engagement of the audience.

On my way to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania for a symposium on gender-based violence at the Widener Commonwealth Law Review. Excited to talk with @buchhandler.bsky.social @m2dempsey.bsky.social @racheljwechsler.bsky.social among others!

What a fun weekend at the Junior Scholar’s Conference! I met some incredible people (too many to name for fear of leaving someone out), learned about cutting-edge research, and got to visit one of my favorite cities. Also, very happy that Crim was so well represented among the participants.

On my way to the Junior Scholars Conference in Boston! Looking forward to presenting “Consent & Causation,” as well as meeting new colleagues.

Thanks to @davidasimon.bsky.social for organizing!

A 1L student who was inspired by our conversation on actus reus just made me this. It’s perfect! I’m so genuinely fortunate to get to do what I do for a living.

I’m genuinely so excited to announce that my new article, Consent & Causation, will be published by the Virginia Law Review!

I’ll get it up on SSRN soon, but here is the (lengthy) abstract. I always welcome feedback, so please DM or email me if you’d like to read an early draft.

Post a movie about politics that you suspect no one remembers.

I’ll admit to having not watched one of their games all season (I’m a Michigan fan), but my school—ASU—has apparently made the Big 12 Championship, despite being predicted to be last in the conference in the preseason. A spot in the playoffs is likely on the line today.

Forks up!

Happy Thanksgiving all! I hope that you have the opportunity to pause for a minute and share in some quality time with loved ones.

My newest Essay on Grants Pass v. Johnson is up on SSRN. I look forward to working with the editors at Wash. U. L. Rev. As always, comments are very welcome! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....