Shawn Fields
@shawnprof.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Law, California Western School of Law. Crim Law, Crim Pro, Police Reform, Civil Procedure
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Shawn Fields
@shawnprof.bsky.social
· Feb 26
I am thrilled to be working with The Georgetown Law Journal on my new article, "Searches and Seizures of the Unhoused." Forthcoming later this year, posted to SSRN shortly. Go Hoyas!
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just saw someone sincerely arguing that they need AI bc they don't have "natural" artistic talent and idk how to make you understand that nobody comes by this shit naturally. it's just...work. it's being bad at it for a really, really, really long time. it's intention, pursued over time! wtf!!!
August 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
just saw someone sincerely arguing that they need AI bc they don't have "natural" artistic talent and idk how to make you understand that nobody comes by this shit naturally. it's just...work. it's being bad at it for a really, really, really long time. it's intention, pursued over time! wtf!!!
My article, "(Non)police Brutality," is now out in print at Cornell Law Review! I had such a wonderful experience working with this excellent team of editors and am so grateful to them for bringing it to print!
publications.lawschool.cornell.edu/lawreview/20...
publications.lawschool.cornell.edu/lawreview/20...
(Non)Police Brutality – Cornell Law Review
publications.lawschool.cornell.edu
August 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
My article, "(Non)police Brutality," is now out in print at Cornell Law Review! I had such a wonderful experience working with this excellent team of editors and am so grateful to them for bringing it to print!
publications.lawschool.cornell.edu/lawreview/20...
publications.lawschool.cornell.edu/lawreview/20...
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As we approach the 20th Anniversary of the Roberts Court, here is my list of the Top Ten Worst Con Law Cases of his Court. Boy was that a hard list to whittle down and no doubt people will disagree with some omissions but the harm to America is truly awful. www.dorfonlaw.org/2025/08/mour...
Mourning Chief Justice Roberts' Twenty-Year Anniversary: The Ten Worst Constitutional Law Cases of the Roberts Court
We are close to the twentieth anniversary of John Roberts taking office as the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (September 2...
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August 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
As we approach the 20th Anniversary of the Roberts Court, here is my list of the Top Ten Worst Con Law Cases of his Court. Boy was that a hard list to whittle down and no doubt people will disagree with some omissions but the harm to America is truly awful. www.dorfonlaw.org/2025/08/mour...
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“States are agents of the federal government”?
*lights syllabus on fire*
*lights syllabus on fire*
August 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
“States are agents of the federal government”?
*lights syllabus on fire*
*lights syllabus on fire*
Three weeks until the Surfers Point marathon in Ventura. I’ve been at it for eight weeks and finally have a little progress to show for it
August 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Three weeks until the Surfers Point marathon in Ventura. I’ve been at it for eight weeks and finally have a little progress to show for it
Cilantro lime chicken burrito night in San Diego #backyardfeast
August 18, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Cilantro lime chicken burrito night in San Diego #backyardfeast
Excited that my article “Police Reform as System Justification” has been accepted for publication with the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology @JCLCnlaw @NorthwesternLaw - I can’t wait to work with the criminology editors on this piece!
May 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Excited that my article “Police Reform as System Justification” has been accepted for publication with the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology @JCLCnlaw @NorthwesternLaw - I can’t wait to work with the criminology editors on this piece!
I’m so honored and beyond humbled to have been voted Professor of the Year and 1L Professor of the Year by our wonderful California Western students. It is such a privilege to teach these amazing future lawyers.
April 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I’m so honored and beyond humbled to have been voted Professor of the Year and 1L Professor of the Year by our wonderful California Western students. It is such a privilege to teach these amazing future lawyers.
The annual salary for the first pick in the WNBA draft is projected to be less than half my salary as a first year law firm associate in 2007
April 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The annual salary for the first pick in the WNBA draft is projected to be less than half my salary as a first year law firm associate in 2007
Happy early birthday to me! Perfect morning for the San Diego Beach and Bay half! 🏃🏅
April 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Happy early birthday to me! Perfect morning for the San Diego Beach and Bay half! 🏃🏅
Who has two thumbs and decided to submit an article on March 6, just as tons of journals were filling up? 🤦♂️
March 13, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Who has two thumbs and decided to submit an article on March 6, just as tons of journals were filling up? 🤦♂️
This summer will be the first sustained period in years that I'm not either teaching or moving across the country. I can't decide whether to prioritize reading all the things on my list or writing all the things on my agenda.
March 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This summer will be the first sustained period in years that I'm not either teaching or moving across the country. I can't decide whether to prioritize reading all the things on my list or writing all the things on my agenda.
Nothing says Monday quite like a pre-Zoom Zoom at 10 before your regularly scheduled Zoom from 10:30-2:30 followed by a post-Zoom Zoom at 4.
March 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Nothing says Monday quite like a pre-Zoom Zoom at 10 before your regularly scheduled Zoom from 10:30-2:30 followed by a post-Zoom Zoom at 4.
I wrote this Op-Ed yesterday for The Hill about Trump's unlawful attempt to weaponize federal spending to intimidate states into compliance with his agenda
thehill.com/opinion/whit...
thehill.com/opinion/whit...
thehill.com
March 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I wrote this Op-Ed yesterday for The Hill about Trump's unlawful attempt to weaponize federal spending to intimidate states into compliance with his agenda
thehill.com/opinion/whit...
thehill.com/opinion/whit...
Book cover alert! The New Public Safety, set for publication on September 2 with the University of California Press.
March 8, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Book cover alert! The New Public Safety, set for publication on September 2 with the University of California Press.
I am thrilled to be working with The Georgetown Law Journal on my new article, "Searches and Seizures of the Unhoused." Forthcoming later this year, posted to SSRN shortly. Go Hoyas!
February 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I am thrilled to be working with The Georgetown Law Journal on my new article, "Searches and Seizures of the Unhoused." Forthcoming later this year, posted to SSRN shortly. Go Hoyas!
I could watch clips of helicopters executing water drops over these fires for hours. Truly remarkable stuff.
January 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I could watch clips of helicopters executing water drops over these fires for hours. Truly remarkable stuff.
All our New Year’s resolution lists are titled Project 2025, right?
December 31, 2024 at 6:26 PM
All our New Year’s resolution lists are titled Project 2025, right?
It’s the most wonderful time of the year
December 15, 2024 at 4:07 AM
It’s the most wonderful time of the year
Christmas party season is upon us
December 15, 2024 at 12:37 AM
Christmas party season is upon us
I cooked a hot dog
December 6, 2024 at 2:32 AM
I cooked a hot dog
