Kevin Cope
@kevinlcope.bsky.social
Law Professor & Political Scientist at @uvalaw.bsky.social; working on legal/political decisionmaking, courts, (im)migration, & international law. 🌍⚖️🛂👩🏻⚖️ Jurist-Derived Judicial Ideology Scores: www.judjis.org
In this op-ed with @cohen489.bsky.social just published on @slate.com, we explain how law students and junior lawyers may have a unique power to fight and end the #BigLaw firm EO crisis. slate.com/news-and-pol... @uvalaw.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
In this op-ed with @cohen489.bsky.social just published on @slate.com, we explain how law students and junior lawyers may have a unique power to fight and end the #BigLaw firm EO crisis. slate.com/news-and-pol... @uvalaw.bsky.social
My amazing wife Mila Versteeg was quoted in the @nytimes.com today on the prospect of a Trump 3rd term: "Mila Versteeg, a law professor at [@uvalaw.bsky.social] and the study’s lead author, said such leaders try to wrap their power grabs in the veneer of legality." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/u...
April 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
My amazing wife Mila Versteeg was quoted in the @nytimes.com today on the prospect of a Trump 3rd term: "Mila Versteeg, a law professor at [@uvalaw.bsky.social] and the study’s lead author, said such leaders try to wrap their power grabs in the veneer of legality." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/u...
I'm proud to be part of this statement released by 68 @uvalaw.bsky.social faculty colleagues, on the recent executive orders and administration actions. tinyurl.com/statementof6...
It's great to see so many law colleagues speaking up for the rule of law & the legal profession.
It's great to see so many law colleagues speaking up for the rule of law & the legal profession.
April 3, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I'm proud to be part of this statement released by 68 @uvalaw.bsky.social faculty colleagues, on the recent executive orders and administration actions. tinyurl.com/statementof6...
It's great to see so many law colleagues speaking up for the rule of law & the legal profession.
It's great to see so many law colleagues speaking up for the rule of law & the legal profession.
... Americans think that gender is determined solely by natal sex at birth (www.pewresearch.org/social-trend...), meaning a natal male can’t be a woman. A slim majority think that changing one’s gender is ...
December 11, 2024 at 2:19 AM
... Americans think that gender is determined solely by natal sex at birth (www.pewresearch.org/social-trend...), meaning a natal male can’t be a woman. A slim majority think that changing one’s gender is ...
You may have misunderstood my point. I have no strong views about the optimal policy re: gender dysphoria care for minors; like >99% of people w/ views on these issues, I’m not an expert on transgender medicine or psychology, and I've never claimed to be. My point is only that...
December 11, 2024 at 2:19 AM
You may have misunderstood my point. I have no strong views about the optimal policy re: gender dysphoria care for minors; like >99% of people w/ views on these issues, I’m not an expert on transgender medicine or psychology, and I've never claimed to be. My point is only that...
This is a mistake: secondary boycotts like @jessothomson.bsky.social’s exacerbate the Bluesky echo chamber and reduce the quality of discourse here. (To be clear, @jessesingal.com’s documented views on transgender issues are moderate, or even center-left.)
December 7, 2024 at 6:29 PM
This is a mistake: secondary boycotts like @jessothomson.bsky.social’s exacerbate the Bluesky echo chamber and reduce the quality of discourse here. (To be clear, @jessesingal.com’s documented views on transgender issues are moderate, or even center-left.)
Some exciting news: today my UVA Law faculty colleagues voted to recommend me for tenure. Hoping to spend many more years in this community of brilliant scholars and students!
November 20, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Some exciting news: today my UVA Law faculty colleagues voted to recommend me for tenure. Hoping to spend many more years in this community of brilliant scholars and students!