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Bennett Capers

@bennettcapers.bsky.social
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Law Professor and Director of Center on Race, Law, and Justice at Fordham Law School, writing about criminal justice, race, sex, and anything else that interests me.

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Bennett Capers @bennettcapers.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
So proud of this piece!
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Fordham Law School @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Congrats to Fordham Law Profs. Bennett Capers (@bennettcapers.bsky.social), Bruce Green, & Ethan Leib, who were named to the “Top 100 Legal Scholars of 2025” list. 📝: news.law.fordham.edu/blog/2026/03/2…
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Fordham Law School @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
For 342 years, New York has guaranteed that criminal defendants would be tried by a 12-member jury. But a verdict by 11 jurors recently stood in a criminal case, breaking precedent. Bennett Capers (@bennettcapers.bsky.social), Fordham Law's associate dean for research, weighs in. via @nytimes.com
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How a Verdict by a Jury of 11 People in Queens Made Legal History
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Bennett Capers @bennettcapers.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Interesting op-ed by Michael Banerjee in Inside Higher Ed about another way universities can defend themselves from attacks on academic freedom and autonomy. Check it out!
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University Autonomy Stems From Corporate Rights (opinion)
To preserve institutional autonomy and defend academic freedom, universities should exercise their powerful claims to corporate rights, Michael Banerjee writes.
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Bennett Capers @bennettcapers.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
So cool to see what my brilliant colleagues at Fordham Law (@fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social) have on their reading lists this summer, from Elias Canetti to Octavia Butler to Kazuo Ishiguro to @deborahnarcher.bsky.social. Check it out! news.law.fordham.edu/blog/2025/06...
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Fordham Law Faculty Share Their Summer Book Recommendations
From thought-provoking science fiction and razor-sharp satire to a deep exploration of Talmudic history, discover your next summer read with these recommendations from Fordham Law faculty, who shared ...
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Bennett Capers @bennettcapers.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Such a great panel at Law & Society discussing pedagogy and chapters from the forthcoming book Critical Evidence! Thanks to organizer Anna Roberts and panelists Andrea Dennis, Daniel Harawa, Ngozi Okidegbe, and Rebecca Wexler, with a special shoutout to my co-editor Julia Simon-Kerr!
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Bennett Capers @bennettcapers.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Congrats to my @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social colleague Courtney Cox (@coxlaw.bsky.social) on being awarded the Distinguished Research Award for Interdisciplinary Studies for her recent article "The Uncertain Judge," 90 U. Chi. L. Rev. 739 (2023), and her current work on deception! Well-done!
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Bennett Capers @bennettcapers.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
So cool to see my brilliant @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social colleague Ethan Leib featured here in JOTWELL for his article "Good Faith in U.S. Constitutional Law," which Paul Horwitz (U of Ala. Law) identifies as one of the best works relating to Constitutional Law. conlaw.jotwell.com/i-love-beati...
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“I Love Beating George Washington” - Constitutional Law
Ethan J. Leib, Good Faith in U.S. Constitutional Law (Jan. 8, 2025), available at SSRN.Paul HorwitzEvery era gets the constitutional scholarship it needs—after the fact. The Burger Court era saw elabo...
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Fordham Law School @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Fordham Law’s queer student affinity group OUTLaws recently hosted its 12th annual symposium during Fordham’s 2025 Week of Abolition and discussed the consequences of federal, state, and local elections on LGBTQ+ rights. Read more about this year’s event: fordhamobserver.com/79891/recent...
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Bennett Capers @bennettcapers.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
It'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-...
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Race, 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...
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Fordham Law School @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
The number of Emirati women in the legal profession is steadily rising, but leadership roles remain elusive, according to Fordham Law graduate Maha Bin Hendi, LL.M. '13. Read more about her journey and the challenges women face in the profession, via @khaleejtimes.com:
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Women's Day 2025: Meet first UAE female lawyer to win 'law firm leader of the year'
Discover how Emirati women are breaking barriers in the legal profession, with rising numbers but still facing challenges in leadership roles. Learn about Maha Bin Hendi's journey
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Bennett Capers @bennettcapers.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Some photos from the first ever Critical Evidence Colloquium at Fordham Law (@fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social). Thanks to UPenn Law and UConn Law for co-sponsoring!
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Bennett Capers @bennettcapers.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
I couldn't resist weighing in on Trump's efforts to dismiss the criminal charges against Mayor Eric Adams. The title says it all. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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A Conservative Lawyer Was Asked to Fix the Eric Adams Mess. Instead, He Made It Worse.
The problem is, Clement’s recommendation is hardly adversarial at all.
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Fordham Law School @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Fordham Law's Center on Race, Law and Justice (@fordhamracelaw.bsky.social), in partnership with the Peer Defense Project, has developed a new toolkit aimed at preventing future gun violence by giving people information and tools needed to understand their constitutional rights.
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Fordham Law’s Center for Race, Law and Justice Launches Gun Law Reform Toolkit for Youth Activists
More than 2,526 American children died by firearms in 2022—an average of seven deaths every day, according to a report by the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions. AtRead More
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Bennett Capers @bennettcapers.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Jamelle Bouie writes smart stuff, and this op-ed on the Trump-Musk partnership is no exception. Nice to see my Fordham Law colleagues Andrew Kent, Ethan Leib and coauthor Jed Shugerman cited for their Harvard L. Rev. article "Faithful Execution and Article II"! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
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Opinion | The Bewildering Irony Behind the Trump-Musk Partnership
The president is handing over the viability of his second term to a figure who is accountable to no one but himself.
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Fordham Law School @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Fordham Law graduate Rochelle Swartz '14 returned to campus to discuss her ongoing pro bono work and involvement in "Nature of the Crime," a new HBO documentary that chronicles the journey of her longtime client as he repeatedly applies for and is denied parole.
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Rochelle Swartz ’14 Takes on the Parole System in HBO Documentary
When a person commits an unspeakable crime, can they ever earn redemption? If so, how long should it take, and what must they do to achieve it? Nature of theRead More
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Bennett Capers @bennettcapers.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Fordham Law rocks! And it’s a total honor to be on this list with Bruce Green and Ethan Leib, great colleagues and friends!
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Bennett Capers @bennettcapers.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Wrote a little something for Slate on what should happen next. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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One Judge Can Reject DOJ’s Eric Adams Dismissal Motion. He Has Every Reason to Do So.
Judge Ho will have a hearing on Wednesday to determine whether to accept the DOJ's motion to dismiss the case against the New York City mayor.
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Bennett Capers @bennettcapers.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Sassoon's letter resigning from her post as Acting US Attorney rather than kowtowing to Trump and dropping the charges against Mayor Adams is a must read, and brilliantly lays out the case why the judge shouldn't dismiss the charges either. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Read Danielle Sassoon’s Letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Annotated
Danielle R. Sassoon, who resigned Thursday as Manhattan’s U.S. attorney, writes to Attorney General Pam Bondi to explain her refusal to drop a corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York.
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Fordham Law School @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Fordham’s Advocates for Trans* Law Students (ATLS) has assisted approximately 400 document change petitions at dozens of events since the student organization’s founding in 2022, according to ATLS President Alaina Greene ’27. And the organization has no plans on stopping.
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Law Students Aid Trans Doc Changes
Fordham’s Advocates for Trans Law Students host events providing legal assistance for name and gender marker changes.
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Bennett Capers @bennettcapers.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Honored to be a part of this!
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Bennett Capers @bennettcapers.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Oh, this is going to be good!
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Fordham Law School @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
In this article for Total Food Service, Fordham Law graduate Benedetta Bortoluzzi '21 breaks down what New York employers need to know about paid prenatal leave in 2025.
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What New York Employers Need to Know About Paid Prenatal Leave in 2025
Starting January 1, 2025, all private-sector employers in New York State, regardless of size, will be required to comply with an important new regulation: the Paid Prenatal Leave (“PPL”) law, introduc...
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Fordham Law School @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
See you next time, San Francisco! Fordham Law celebrated its award winners and introduced Dean Joseph Landau to legal scholars from across the country at a reception held at Persona Cocktail Bar, during the 2025 @theaals.bsky.social Annual Meeting. #AALS2025
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Fordham Law School @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
On day three of programming @ the 2025 @theaals.bsky.social Annual Meeting, Fordham Law Professors Norrinda Brown, Deborah W. Denno, Aniket Kesari, and Adam Shlahet are discussing promotion & tenure, interdisciplinary scholarship, internet & computer law, and the latest ABA proposals, respectively.
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Eric J. Miller @millerej11.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Just to plug our casebook: Criminal Law: A Critical Approach by @bennettcapers.bsky.social, @rogerfairfax.bsky.social, and myself explicitly discusses municipal criminal law creation as a core source of crime legislation and uses multiple municipal ordinance violation cases.
Cover of Criminal Law: A Critical Approach which is a blue book with a red insert and gold text.
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Fordham Law School @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Today @ day two of the 2025 @theaals.bsky.social Annual Meeting, Fordham Law Profs. Norrinda Brown, @bennettcapers.bsky.social, & Aniket Kesari are respectively discussing the “parenting professor penalty,” critical theory & epistemology, & the integration of technology in legal education. #AALS2025
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Eric J. Miller @millerej11.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
The criminal law casebook I coauthored with @bennettcapers.bsky.social & @rogerfairfax.bsky.social (the only one exclusively authored by Black men) briefly discusses child marriage as a response to rape in our chapter on consent. There is at least one congressman who married a 14 year-old girl
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Lucia Walinchus @walinchus.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
4/ If you missed Hallie Jackson's show last night, here is the clip: www.nbcnews.com/now/video/le...
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NBC investigation reveals less than 4% of sex crimes result in conviction
An NBC News investigation across the nation found that less than 4% of reported rapes, sexual assaults, and child sexual abuse allegations ever result in a sex crime conviction. NBC News’ Bennett Haeb...
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Lucia Walinchus @walinchus.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
1/5 Behind the story, part 1: (every day this week I am going to share a bit about what into this big investigation) First, the legal issues. We know from experts and survivors that many sexual assaults go unreported. But how do we quantify that? We can't. www.nbcnews.com/now/video/le...
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NBC investigation reveals less than 4% of sex crimes result in conviction
An NBC News investigation across the nation found that less than 4% of reported rapes, sexual assaults, and child sexual abuse allegations ever result in a sex crime conviction. NBC News’ Bennett Haeb...
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Fordham Law School @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Fordham Law is proud to share that 9 members of the Law School's faculty & staff will be presenting at @theaals.bsky.social Annual Meeting this week in San Francisco. This year's meeting theme is Courage in Action. See where & when to find them during #AALS2025: news.law.fordham.edu/blog/2025/01...
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Fordham Law Faculty to Speak, Receive Awards at 2025 Association of American Law Schools Conference
Two Fordham Law professors will be honored and nine faculty members will speak at the 2025 Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Annual Meeting, held this year from January 7Read More
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Alex Green (文浩航) @glexareen.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
It's been 15 minutes since I posted about my books, so it's GIVEAWAY TIME!!! If you want a FREE copy of my new @routledgelit.bsky.social collection (with @drmitchtravis.bsky.social & Kieran Tranter) Science Fiction as Legal Imaginary, like & reskeet this - winner chosen at random on 5 January. 1/2
A picture of the books in question, next to my little statue of Richard Wagner.
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Bennett Capers @bennettcapers.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
It was great delivering a lecture on Afrofuturism, Policing, and Justice at BU Law School and BU's School of Computing and Data Science on Monday. But the real fun: being in convo with BU Professor Ngozi Okidegbe afterwards!
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Bennett Capers @bennettcapers.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
It's always nice to come across a brilliant op-ed from my brilliant Fordham Law colleague Ethan Leib. This one appears in @bostonglobe.com and was co-authored with the equally brilliant @jedshug.bsky.social from BU Law. www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/04/o...
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The Hunter Biden pardon is unconstitutional — and a surprising opportunity - The Boston Globe
Now is the time for the Department of Justice to defend its independence.
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Paul Gowder @gowder.io · 27/11/2024
Another piece in the legal afrofuturism collection!
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 19/11/2024
Could the Supreme Court roll back same-sex marriage during a Trump administration? Good article, generally, but I also have a bone to pick. www.vox.com/politics/385...
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Could the Supreme Court roll back same-sex marriage during a Trump administration?
There are key protections for same-sex marriage. Some LGBTQ couples are worried they could be undone.
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Colin Miller @evidenceprof.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
I'm putting together an Evidence law academics starter pack for anyone working on Evidence law related topics. Please let me know if you’d like to be added or be removed, and feel free to share this with others who might be interested in following! bsky.app/starter-pack...
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Bennett Capers @bennettcapers.bsky.social · 31/10/2024
A big congrats to my new junior colleague Ela Leshem, who joined Fordham Law this fall. She has a great article "Dead Bodies as Quasi-Persons" in Vanderbilt Law Review AND she also just won the Emerging Scholar Award from the AALS Section on Aging and the Law!
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Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · 14/01/2024
Excited to participate in the Scholars Live event celebrating the use of narrative in legal scholarship alongside brilliant friends @bennettcapers.bsky.social & Jamelia Morgan! Join us on Zoom on Tuesday at 7pm ET. Thanks so much for organizing, Elizabeth Emens🙏🏻 RSVP docs.google.com/forms/d/18mu...
Invitation to the Scholars Live Zoom event on January 16 at 7 pm
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