Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My latest article, "Evidence Law's AI Problem and the Hearsay Solution" is now available on SSRN. Comments welcome! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 0132
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Thanks to all the students, professors and practitioners switching to this inexpensive, annually updated book that sets out the updated Federal Rules of Evidence w accompanying Advisory Committee Notes and key legislative history: www.amazon.com/dp/B0CLHPSR5... 010
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 06/05/2026One of the many great things going on at Vanderbilt Law School - the annual Evidence Summer Workshop! 162
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 08/04/2026My quote for this story: "This is part of the reason that the DOJ has long sought to remain independent and non-partisan. Once it loses the benefit of the doubt, it is difficult to gain that trust back...” www.cnbc.com/2026/04/08/f...cnbc.comPirro's Powell probe faces a difficult road to appeal, former prosecutors sayFederal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh may be in limbo while the legal process plays out. 010
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Quoted in this story: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...news.bloomberglaw.comBondi’s Ouster Paves Way for an Even More Trump-Appeasing DOJAttorney General Pam Bondi’s removal is raising concerns that her successor will escalate attempts to evade institutional norms and ethics to satisfy President Donald Trump’s expectations for running ... 010
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 18/03/2026law.vanderbilt.edu/three-vander...law.vanderbilt.eduThree Vanderbilt Law Faculty Ranked Among Top 100 Law Scholars of 2025 in New Study -“The Top 100 Legal Scholars of 2025,” published by George Mason University Law Library, features three Vanderbilt Law Faculty members. 150
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 18/03/2026The W&M Bill of Rights Journal has published the contributions to the Constitutional Law Casebooks Symposium. Lots of interesting stuff here - and thanks again to the editors for letting me crash the symposium to talk about casebook costs. scholarship.law.wm.edu/wmborj/ 064
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 06/03/2026More blogging about law school casebooks with this guest post at CrimProf Blog: crimprof.blog/selecting-a-...crimprof.blogSelecting a Criminal Procedure Casebook – Crimprof Blog 020
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Thanks @aaronbruhl.bsky.social - you are the most reasonable human on the planet, so I very much appreciate the support. 020
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 05/03/2026My guest post on Prawfsblawg is up: prawfsblawg.com/the-persiste...prawfsblawg.comThe High Cost of Law School Casebooks: A Case for ChangeExplore the challenges of casebook selection in legal education, highlighting costs, quality, and market influences in this insightful essay. 2133
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 16/02/2026My first guest post on the new Crimprof Blog! crimprof.blog/faithless-pr...crimprof.blogFaithless Prosecution – Crimprof Blog 010
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 05/02/2026My latest article "Faithless Prosecution" is now available on SSRN. Comments welcome via email. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 0105
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 22/01/2026law.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbilt-l...law.vanderbilt.eduVanderbilt Law Faculty Score High Marks in HeinOnline Scholarly Impact RankingRanking highlights the scholarly impact of ABA-approved law schools by identifying the most-cited authors within 25 major legal subject areas 030
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 15/11/2025Just wrapped up the 17th Criminal Justice Roundtable hosted by Chris Slobogin at Vanderbilt Law School w/ @rachelbarkow.bsky.social @richardre.bsky.social @erinmurphyslaw.bsky.social @joeljohnson13.bsky.social @profrgold.bsky.social @meganstevenson.bsky.social and others not on Bsky 0141
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 13/11/2025The inaugural Evidence Roundtable at Vanderbilt Law School. We theorized "simplified evidence rules" for disputes that don't require the complexity of the federal rules with a group of wonderful scholars (pictured) and judges (not pictured). Stay tuned evidence world for future roundtables... 050
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Perhaps of interest.... While legal ethics codes and the U.S. Constitution require a prosecutor to have "probable cause" to support a charge, there is broad agreement that prosecutors should apply a stricter charging standard, although exactly what is less clear. I offer my take in a 2020 article: 140
Reposted by Jeff Bellingelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Not hearsay if offered to prove he didn’t Or is it A riff on one of my favorite problems in @bellinj.bsky.social’s excellent casebook 141
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Not a lot of mystery here. DC prosecutors traditionally didn't charge these cases as felonies. This is why. 131
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 23/08/2025if you teach Evidence, the casebook landscape is shifting... 020
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Amazon’s "Best Sellers in Law" offers an interesting snapshot of the otherwise non-transparent law school casebook market. www.amazon.com/best-sellers...amazon.com 020
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 05/08/2025A legitimate - I think - retailer selling used copies of my $35 casebook for $250. (I guess they just assume the retail price is $300 since it is a law school casebook.) 020
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 30/07/2025A slice of Amazon's best selling evidence books. What do you notice? 120
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 02/06/2025This is one of the many - how have they not answered that yet? - cases in Fourth Amendment doctrine. Might also offer guidance on analyzing exigent circumstances that are safety- not crime-focused. 020
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Touching tribute to Justice Souter from my colleague Alli Larsen www.scotusblog.com/2025/05/the-...scotusblog.comThe heartbeat of the law is human connectionThis article is part of a series on the legacy and jurisprudence of the late Justice David Souter. Allison Orr Larsen is the Alfred Wilson & Mary I.W. Lee Professor […] 030
Reposted by Jeff BellinThe Wolf Law Library @wolflawlibrary.bsky.social · 08/04/2025The library has *doubled* sales of @bellinj.bsky.social's 2nd edition of 'The Law of Evidence'! www.amazon.com/Law-Evidence... 031
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Thanks to Paul Caron and TaxProf Blog for the shoutout to my symposium essay about law school casebooks.taxprof.typepad.comTaxProf Blog: The High Cost Of Law School CasebooksJeffrey Bellin (William & Mary; Google Scholar), The High Cost of Law School Casebooks: Commentators have forecasted the demise of high-priced commercial casebooks for two decades. Yet little has chan... 120
Reposted by Jeff BellinBennett Capers @bennettcapers.bsky.social · 31/03/2025It's live! Very proud of this piece I wrote with Jeffrey Bellin (@bellinj.bsky.social) for the Yale Law Journal. And thanks to Dave Pozen of Columbia Law School for writing such a provocative book for us to engage with! www.yalelawjournal.org/review/race-...yalelawjournal.orgRace, the Academy, and <i>The Constitution of the War on Drugs</i>David Pozen’s new book chronicles the constitutional arguments that American litigants once deployed to protect a “right” to use drugs. This Review supplements and critiques Pozen’s important contribu... 1121
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 26/03/2025The good news is there are high quality, low-cost alternatives in many fields (especially Evidence 😀). My take on the general question - "The High Cost of Law School Casebooks" - is available here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 221
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 24/03/2025👀 In separate statements today, Justices Gorsuch and Alito argue that the Confrontation Clause doctrine introduced by Justice Scalia in 2004 is flawed and needs to change. Alito suggests narrower protections for defendants and Gorsuch hints at broader ones. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court... 010
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 20/03/2025The Second Edition of my low-cost Evidence casebook is now available for adoption in Summer or Fall 2025. Instructors can reach out by email for a review copy. amazon.com/dp/B0F13TCCR7amazon.comThe Law of EvidenceThe Law of Evidence [Bellin, Jeffrey] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Law of Evidence 2100
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 11/03/2025A draft of my contribution to the @wmborj.bsky.social symposium on constitutional law casebooks is now available on @ssrn.bsky.social My essay explores, "The High Cost of Law School Casebooks"papers.ssrn.comThe High Cost of Law School Casebooks<p><span>Commentators have forecasted the demise of high-priced commercial casebooks for two decades. Yet little has changed. This Symposium Essay explores the 061
Reposted by Jeff BellinColin Miller @evidenceprof.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Great news! "Vanderbilt Law School to establish 'innocence clinic' for the wrongfully convicted": fox17.com/news/local/v...fox17.comVanderbilt Law School to establish 'innocence clinic' for the wrongfully convictedVanderbilt Law School has announced a recent gift is being used to establish The Gail Anderson Cañizares Innocence Clinic. 0538
Reposted by Jeff BellinThe Wolf Law Library @wolflawlibrary.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Rob Willey and Melanie Knapp, "The Top 100 Legal Scholars of 2024". W&M Law School's @bellinj.bsky.social at nos. 23 (Authors) and 15 (Co-authors): papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comThe Top 100 Legal Scholars of 2024This article presents the third iteration of our ranking of the current top 100 legal scholars. The ranking addresses some of the limitations of traditional leg 041
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Just received my copy of David Sklansky's timely new book, "Criminal Justice in Divided America," can't wait to dig in. www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067... 041
Reposted by Jeff BellinPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 18/02/2025This is a concerning milestone. Bringing new investigations and prosecutions is different than just dismissing cases against allies. 893734990
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Remarkable courage and integrity being shown by these DOJ attorneys. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comRead the Resignation Letter From Hagan ScottenHagan Scotten, an assistant U.S. attorney, wrote to Emil Bove, acting deputy attorney general, refusing to drop the case against Mayor Eric Adams. 000
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Important comment on a pending amendment to Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(1)(A) from Colin Miller, a leading expert on wrongful convictions. 0134
Reposted by Jeff BellinOrin Kerr @orinkerr.bsky.social · 13/02/2025The Acting US Attorney of the SDNY resigned today, and she sent this letter yesterday to the Attorney General explaining why she refused to drop the charges against NYC's mayor. Read the whole thing, but the last two pages are in the screenshots. static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics... 19313
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 11/02/2025The essays from Rich Friedman's Confrontation Clause symposium "Crawford at 20" are out in the Michigan Journal of Law Reform. My contribution warns SCOTUS about a flaw in its new doctrine-casual references to a founding-era "hearsay" definition that doesn't exist. repository.law.umich.edu/mjlr/ 050
Reposted by Jeff BellinOrin Kerr @orinkerr.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Jeff Bellin's announced move from William & Mary to Vanderbilt is a major move in the crim law world. I'm a big fan of Bellin's scholarship; this is a savvy hire for Vandy. (cc @bellinj.bsky.social) leiterlawschool.typepad.com/leiter/2025/... 1352
Reposted by Jeff BellinBrandon L Garrett @brandonlgarrett.bsky.social · 25/01/2025@bellinj.bsky.social on a clear due process ruling from the Court on prejudicial and irrelevant evidence teamevidence.pages.wm.edu/2025/01/24/a...teamevidence.pages.wm.eduAndrew v. White (2025) – TeamEvidence 021
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Thread on Andrew v. White, Tuesday's Supreme Court opinion which held that it is clearly established law that the introduction of evidence that is "so unduly prejudicial that it renders the trial fundamentally unfair," violates the Due Process Clause. 47211
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 03/01/2025My latest article is now published thanks to the editors at the Texas A&M Law Review (who did a great job with it). It traces the history of the innovative American "hearsay" definition and defends that definition against its many critics. scholarship.law.tamu.edu/lawreview/vo...scholarship.law.tamu.eduMurder on the Hearsay TrailJudges, lawyers, and law students struggle to apply American evidence law’s most distinctive feature—the hearsay prohibition. The problem is that hearsay is difficult to master and somewhat dull. At t... 081
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 04/06/2024Thanks Brandon Hasbrouck for this insightful review of "Mass Incarceration Nation" through an abolitionist lens. www.yalelawjournal.org/review/priso...yalelawjournal.orgPrisons as Laboratories of AntidemocracyJeffrey Bellin's Mass Incarceration Nation robustly analyzes how state and federal policies have combined to drive up prison populations. Mass incarceration represents a failure of democracy, but the ... 142
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 17/05/2024Dan Solove responds to critics (including me) of his groundbreaking and tremendously influential "big tent" conceptualization of privacy. Important essay in an important debate. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comAgainst Privacy EssentialismIn this essay, Daniel Solove responds to Maria Angel and Ryan Calo’s critique of his theory of privacy. In their article, Distinguishing Privacy Law: A Critique 020
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 07/05/2024My new article Murder on the Hearsay Trail explains and defends the US "hearsay" definition. To entice people to read, it unfolds as a murder mystery where the clues represent key inflexion points in the doctrine. (Movie rights are available!) Comments welcome: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comMurder on the Hearsay TrailJudges, lawyers, and law students struggle to apply American evidence law’s most distinctive feature – the hearsay prohibition. The problem is that hearsay is d 030
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 01/05/2024Great to see the "Mass Incarceration Nation"-themed W&M Law Review symposium issue in print. Thanks to everyone who spoke at the symposium, those who contributed written pieces, and *most of all* the many student editors who turned the idea into reality. Available at wmlawreview.org 071
Jeff Bellin @bellinj.bsky.social · 13/03/2024I have a new essay in Judicature discussing the judicial role in over-incarceration to help judges be more "conscientious in assessing their contributions to the country’s incarceration rate and potential role in reducing it."judicature.duke.eduCan Judges Help Ease Mass Incarceration? | Judicature 040