The purpose of this framework is to provide guidance to SLA Community leadership and members as SLA moves towards dissolution and merger with ASIS&T (Association for Information Science and Technology)* INTRODUCTION: On August 21, 2025 SLA and ASIS&T announced the approval of the merger by both association memberships. Uniting SLA…
In their provocative and urgent reflection, Austin Sarat and Steve Kramer confront what they view as one of the most dire questions for America today: what happens the spectacle of a public assassination becomes another battleground for opinion and outrage? In “After the Death of Charlie Kirk, America Needs to…
INTRODUCTION: The legal tech landscape is accelerating, with major announcements spanning AI, blockchain, and automation. Highlights include the American Arbitration Association’s partnership with Integra Ledger on blockchain document authentication, Thomson Reuters expanding CoCounsel and Westlaw Deep Research into law schools, law firms, law libraries and new product launches from Exterro,…
During the week ending September 26, 2025 we have received listings of 14 Government and Administrative Law Summaries, 19 Constitutional Law summaries, 37 Criminal Law Summaries, 1 White Collar Law Summary, 3 Intellectual Property Summaries, and 1 Medical Malpractice Summary. We plan is to continue posting opinion summaries, under corresponding…
Introduction Stanford Law School has recently announced the launch of the Legal Innovation through Frontier Technology Lab (Liftlab),led by Stanford CodeX research fellow Megan Ma, who will serve as liftlab’s executive director, alongside professor of law Julian Nyarko. Liftlab ia a bold new initiative designed to explore how artificial intelligence…
September 11-18, 2025 Over the past week, Philip Swagel participated in several events where he highlighted Congressional Budget Office’s* role, discussed recent analyses, and engaged with audiences on topics ranging from tax policy to long-term fiscal challenges. On September 11, he joined a breakfast discussion on tax policy hosted by…
During the week ending September 19, 2025 we have received listings of 18 Government and Administrative Law Summaries, 32 Constitutional Law summaries, 53 Criminal Law Summaries, 1 White Collar Law Summary, 2 Intellectual Property Summaries, 1 Copyright Law Summary, and 2 Medical Malpractice Summary. We plan is to continue posting…
Introduction In a recent analysis published in Justia’s Verdict, Cornell Law professor Michael Dorf critiques two high-profile television interviews in which Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Sonia Sotomayor promoted their new books, Barrett’s constitutional memoir Listening to the Law and Sotomayor’s children’s book Just Shine. Dorf suggests that,…
During the week ending September 12, 2025 we have received listings of 15 Government and Administrative Law Summaries, 32 Constitutional Law summaries, 37 Criminal Law Summaries, 4 White Collar Law Summaries, 6 Intellectual Property Summaries, 3 Copyright Law Summaries, 1 Internet Law Summary, and 2 Medical Malpractice Summary. We plan…
Executive Summary This article examines whether the Supreme Court’s current standards for determining competence to be executed adequately protect individuals with severe cognitive impairments and mental illnesses. While landmark decisions , Ford v. Wainwright (1986), Panetti v. Quarterman (2007), and Madison v. Alabama (2019) , established that a person must…