Larissa Reid
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🚨OUT NOW🚨 The US Supreme Court hasn’t been working well of late. @jacobjarvis.bsky.social speaks to @leahlitman.bsky.social to find out what has been going wrong for so long 👉 linktr.ee/americanfric...
June 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM
🚨OUT NOW🚨 The US Supreme Court hasn’t been working well of late. @jacobjarvis.bsky.social speaks to @leahlitman.bsky.social to find out what has been going wrong for so long 👉 linktr.ee/americanfric...
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Today's "One First" takes a deeper dive into five sets of stories from a very busy (and glitchy) week at #SCOTUS.
TL;DR: "Although there’s no one theme that ties all five sets of stories together, the volume—and the sense of a Court that is stretched past its capacity—is perhaps the real takeaway."
TL;DR: "Although there’s no one theme that ties all five sets of stories together, the volume—and the sense of a Court that is stretched past its capacity—is perhaps the real takeaway."
157. A Busy (and Glitchy) Week
The Supreme Court capped off a busy week with two major late-Friday-afternoon rulings on emergency applications—and a harmless but nevertheless alarming glitch prematurely releasing today's orders.
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June 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Today's "One First" takes a deeper dive into five sets of stories from a very busy (and glitchy) week at #SCOTUS.
TL;DR: "Although there’s no one theme that ties all five sets of stories together, the volume—and the sense of a Court that is stretched past its capacity—is perhaps the real takeaway."
TL;DR: "Although there’s no one theme that ties all five sets of stories together, the volume—and the sense of a Court that is stretched past its capacity—is perhaps the real takeaway."
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'Free Access to Law and Digital Court Decisions in Australia: Reflections and Future Directions', mainly about AustLII's contributions, is by Andrew Mowbray, Philip Chung and me, at papers.ssrn.com/abstract_id=...
Free Access to Law and Digital Court Decisions in Australia: Reflections and Future Directions
Digital copies of court decisions have become such an essential and assumed part of Australia's legal system that it is worth reflecting on how the present aros
papers.ssrn.com
June 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
'Free Access to Law and Digital Court Decisions in Australia: Reflections and Future Directions', mainly about AustLII's contributions, is by Andrew Mowbray, Philip Chung and me, at papers.ssrn.com/abstract_id=...
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Evolution of Legislative Drafting Style in English by John Mark Keyes :: SSRN
Evolution of Legislative Drafting Style in English by John Mark Keyes :: SSRN
This paper reviews the evolution of legislative drafting style in English beginning in the Middle Ages in England through to modern reforms adopted by the natio
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June 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Evolution of Legislative Drafting Style in English by John Mark Keyes :: SSRN
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You can now watch yesterday's National Press Club address featuring ALRC President the Hon Justice Mordy Bromberg and Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commissioner Micaela Cronin. Thank you to the NPC for hosting an important conversation.
IN FULL: The Hon Justice Mordy Bromberg & Micaela Cronin's Address to the National Press Club
YouTube video by National Press Club of Australia
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June 5, 2025 at 6:09 AM
You can now watch yesterday's National Press Club address featuring ALRC President the Hon Justice Mordy Bromberg and Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commissioner Micaela Cronin. Thank you to the NPC for hosting an important conversation.
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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today’s ep is about a pivotal event in British history: the 1975 referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Community. David talks to historian @robertsaunders.bsky.social about why it was so different from the Brexit referendum in 2016.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Today’s ep is about a pivotal event in British history: the 1975 referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Community. David talks to historian @robertsaunders.bsky.social about why it was so different from the Brexit referendum in 2016.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
June 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today’s ep is about a pivotal event in British history: the 1975 referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Community. David talks to historian @robertsaunders.bsky.social about why it was so different from the Brexit referendum in 2016.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Today’s ep is about a pivotal event in British history: the 1975 referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Community. David talks to historian @robertsaunders.bsky.social about why it was so different from the Brexit referendum in 2016.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
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Under attack from the Trump administration, Harvard is offering free online courses on the US Constitution, US government, democratic institutions, public engagement, etc. 😉
Do browse.
pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
Do browse.
pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
Government | Harvard University
Browse the latest Government courses from Harvard University.
pll.harvard.edu
May 24, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Under attack from the Trump administration, Harvard is offering free online courses on the US Constitution, US government, democratic institutions, public engagement, etc. 😉
Do browse.
pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
Do browse.
pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
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The latest issue (vol 30) of Appeal: Review of Current Law and Law Reform is now available on CanLII! Featuring content by Nicholas Olson, Youbin Seo, Liam Byrne, Megan Walwyn, Olivia Meier, and Emilio Abiusi. #legalcommentary zurl.co/06QPV
May 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The latest issue (vol 30) of Appeal: Review of Current Law and Law Reform is now available on CanLII! Featuring content by Nicholas Olson, Youbin Seo, Liam Byrne, Megan Walwyn, Olivia Meier, and Emilio Abiusi. #legalcommentary zurl.co/06QPV
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The Discussion Paper for the ALRC's Review of the Future Acts Regime has been published. The Discussion Paper sets out a number of questions and proposed reforms for feedback, and the ALRC is inviting submissions until 10 July 2025. www.alrc.gov.au/publication/...
Review of the Future Acts Regime: Discussion Paper (2025)
Submissions in response to the Discussion Paper are now open. The Discussion Paper continues the conversation started earlier in our Inquiry. The Discussion Paper outlines what we have heard so far a...
www.alrc.gov.au
May 22, 2025 at 4:38 AM
The Discussion Paper for the ALRC's Review of the Future Acts Regime has been published. The Discussion Paper sets out a number of questions and proposed reforms for feedback, and the ALRC is inviting submissions until 10 July 2025. www.alrc.gov.au/publication/...
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My book is published! It’s a critical take on how emotions shape conflicts about LGBT rights and repair in equality law, gender recognition, bans on conversion practices, and sex education in schools. You can download it free via @edinburghup.bsky.social: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-emo...
May 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
My book is published! It’s a critical take on how emotions shape conflicts about LGBT rights and repair in equality law, gender recognition, bans on conversion practices, and sex education in schools. You can download it free via @edinburghup.bsky.social: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-emo...
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This is a great anecdote about the perils of “dated” cultural references. A Supreme Court justice uses a phrase so unfamiliar to the U.S. Reporter that they remove it from his opinion as a typo and it needs to be restored years later. balkin.blogspot.com/2025/05/a-ju...
A Justice Souter Anecdote, or “Seeing a World in a Grain of Sand”
Editors of constitutional law casebooks scramble at the end of each Term to edit the Court’s important opinions of the Term into a supplemen...
balkin.blogspot.com
May 13, 2025 at 10:51 AM
This is a great anecdote about the perils of “dated” cultural references. A Supreme Court justice uses a phrase so unfamiliar to the U.S. Reporter that they remove it from his opinion as a typo and it needs to be restored years later. balkin.blogspot.com/2025/05/a-ju...
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It was loads of fun talking space law with @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social and @crisveijk.bsky.social on #CalledToTheBar
#CalledToTheBar is back from our Easter break with me talking to @staceyhenderson.bsky.social and @crisveijk.bsky.social for a primer on space law. Have a listen because it was a lot of fun
And we're back from hiatus! New #CalledToTheBar is out! This week @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social speaks to @staceyhenderson.bsky.social and @crisveijk.bsky.social for a primer on space law! What is it? What activities does it govern? How deadly is space junk? Find out!
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soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...
May 9, 2025 at 9:43 AM
It was loads of fun talking space law with @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social and @crisveijk.bsky.social on #CalledToTheBar
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Clear & helpful @nicolaslamp.bsky.social post on state-of-play re: national #tariffs & international #trade law, at @ejiltalk.bsky.social
What President Trump’s “Reciprocal” Tariffs Mean for International (Trade) Law
When US President Donald Trump announced the imposition of “reciprocal” tariffs on virtually the entire globe on April 2nd, many observers felt that they were witnessing a historic event—the “end of g...
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April 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Clear & helpful @nicolaslamp.bsky.social post on state-of-play re: national #tariffs & international #trade law, at @ejiltalk.bsky.social
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📢 The latest issue of Law Library Journal is here—and it is packed with timely reads on censorship, legal scholarship and generative AI, teaching critical info literacy for the NextGen Bar, and the decline in status of academic law library directors. Read the issue: tinyurl.com/yucstfax
April 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
📢 The latest issue of Law Library Journal is here—and it is packed with timely reads on censorship, legal scholarship and generative AI, teaching critical info literacy for the NextGen Bar, and the decline in status of academic law library directors. Read the issue: tinyurl.com/yucstfax
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Just posted! My new paper with my Director, TJ Striepe, on the effectiveness of making research plans in legal research (and why we should teach them).
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
#empirical #lawlibraries #lawlibrarians #legaleducation
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
#empirical #lawlibraries #lawlibrarians #legaleducation
EFFECTIVENESS OF RESEARCH PLANS: A CASE STUDY
This article presents a case study examining whether the creation and use of research plans enhance the effectiveness of legal research by law students. Despite
papers.ssrn.com
April 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Just posted! My new paper with my Director, TJ Striepe, on the effectiveness of making research plans in legal research (and why we should teach them).
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
#empirical #lawlibraries #lawlibrarians #legaleducation
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
#empirical #lawlibraries #lawlibrarians #legaleducation
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Hear our executive on the Opening Arguments podcast. Topics include PACER, RECAP, the role of CourtListener in these turbulent times, and how a small group can make a big difference. Let us know what you think! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Meet the Absolute Heroes Behind CourtListener.com
Podcast Episode · Opening Arguments · 04/22/2025 · 39m
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April 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Hear our executive on the Opening Arguments podcast. Topics include PACER, RECAP, the role of CourtListener in these turbulent times, and how a small group can make a big difference. Let us know what you think! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
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Today's featured selection from CanLII's theses and dissertation collection: "Current trends in Canadian civil justice system reform : manufactured simplicity or equitable access to justice?" by Kaitlyn Cumming #accesstojustice #a2j #justiceissues #legalcommentary zurl.co/Bx310
April 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Today's featured selection from CanLII's theses and dissertation collection: "Current trends in Canadian civil justice system reform : manufactured simplicity or equitable access to justice?" by Kaitlyn Cumming #accesstojustice #a2j #justiceissues #legalcommentary zurl.co/Bx310
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I was on NPR weekend edition to talk about Justice Barrett (recorded before the Dept of Ed order, but I think held up OK)! www.npr.org/programs/wee...
Weekend Edition Sunday
Hear the Weekend Edition Sunday program for Apr 06, 2025
www.npr.org
April 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I was on NPR weekend edition to talk about Justice Barrett (recorded before the Dept of Ed order, but I think held up OK)! www.npr.org/programs/wee...
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New on CanLII: "Codifying The Law Of Evidence - From Stare Decisis Domination To Codifcation’s Innovation" by Ken Chasse #codification #lawofevidence #legalreform #legalcommentary zurl.co/3nvDP
April 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
New on CanLII: "Codifying The Law Of Evidence - From Stare Decisis Domination To Codifcation’s Innovation" by Ken Chasse #codification #lawofevidence #legalreform #legalcommentary zurl.co/3nvDP
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A marvellously clear explanation of distress and complaint evidence jade.io/article/1126...
The King v Ryan Churchill (a pseudonym) [2025] HCA 11 - BarNet Jade
The smart way to search, annotate and share Australian legal judgments, decisions and statutes!
jade.io
April 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
A marvellously clear explanation of distress and complaint evidence jade.io/article/1126...
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The 2025 CanLII website redesign has just been launched! A blog post detailing all of the changes is forthcoming. In the meantime, explore CanLII.org to familiarize yourself with the new design and send us your thoughts via the Feedback Form: zurl.co/faAgt
March 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The 2025 CanLII website redesign has just been launched! A blog post detailing all of the changes is forthcoming. In the meantime, explore CanLII.org to familiarize yourself with the new design and send us your thoughts via the Feedback Form: zurl.co/faAgt
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I could write up why there’s no constitutional problem with the President using an auto-pen to sign official documents—or I could just post the 30-page 2005 opinion by George W. Bush’s Office of Legal Counsel that explains why in lots of detail.
I choose the latter:
www.justice.gov/file/494411/...
I choose the latter:
www.justice.gov/file/494411/...
March 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I could write up why there’s no constitutional problem with the President using an auto-pen to sign official documents—or I could just post the 30-page 2005 opinion by George W. Bush’s Office of Legal Counsel that explains why in lots of detail.
I choose the latter:
www.justice.gov/file/494411/...
I choose the latter:
www.justice.gov/file/494411/...
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My article, "Judicial Courage, Contrarianism, and Candor," will be published with the Hofstra Law Review! The article digs into the notion of judicial courage, and explores two misguided conceptions of courage espoused by Justice Thomas and Judge James Ho.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
March 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
My article, "Judicial Courage, Contrarianism, and Candor," will be published with the Hofstra Law Review! The article digs into the notion of judicial courage, and explores two misguided conceptions of courage espoused by Justice Thomas and Judge James Ho.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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As global connections grow, so does the demand for foreign and international legal research. Join the AALL Webinar: Helping the General Public with Foreign & International Legal Research on March 20 to explore key challenges in navigating cross-border legal questions. Register: tinyurl.com/4tkatb7w
March 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
As global connections grow, so does the demand for foreign and international legal research. Join the AALL Webinar: Helping the General Public with Foreign & International Legal Research on March 20 to explore key challenges in navigating cross-border legal questions. Register: tinyurl.com/4tkatb7w
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Quite an arresting opening line:
'This is an unusual probate claim in that the deceased says she is very much alive.'
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...
'This is an unusual probate claim in that the deceased says she is very much alive.'
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...
Ashimola & Anor v Samuel & Anor [2025] EWHC 502 (Ch) (10 March 2025)
www.bailii.org
March 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Quite an arresting opening line:
'This is an unusual probate claim in that the deceased says she is very much alive.'
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...
'This is an unusual probate claim in that the deceased says she is very much alive.'
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...