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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

AALS Legislation & Law of the Political Process Section Award Nominations: 1. Scholarly Achievement Award 2. Emerging Scholar Award Stop scrolling and nominate someone, darnit!

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

My contribution to the Christoph Engel festschrift (completed last year/embargoed until now) 1/ Some think surveys of laypeople reveal ordinary meaning for statutory interpretation — but surveys are expensive. Could LLMs replace surveys? That's what I investigate. 🧵 www.inlibra.com/en/document/...

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Law, Behavior, and Decision – Recht, Verhalten und Entscheidung: Festschrift zum 70. Geburtstag von Christoph Engel

Festschrift zum 70. Geburtstag von Christoph Engel

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Lawrence Solum @lsolum.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

My contribution to the Solan symposium is "Pragmatics and Textualism," a deep dive into the role of context in the interpretation of statutes. Link: bit.ly/PragmaticsAn...

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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Beloved colleague Larry Solan died two years ago today Thankfully we were able to hold a symposium in his honor a few months before Check out amazing contributions from: -B. Eskridge -A. Gluck & L. Robbins -A. Krishnakumar -N. Steitz, B. Slocum, @kevintobia.bsky.social - @lsolum.bsky.social Link

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.

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Legal Industry Responses to Fascist Attacks Tracker (Public)

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.

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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Heading to @georgetownlaw.bsky.social for a symposium on legal interpretation and data. I'll be presenting some preliminary empirical results for an early-stage paper, "Is Originalism Common Sense?" Attend virtually! Program and info here: solid-symposium.github.io/2025/#program

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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Grateful to @dtdeacon.bsky.social for the generous review of my new article at Yale J. of Reg.'s "Notice & Comment" blog. "'Standard Textualism' should be of great interest to the administrative law crowd in addition to the legal theory generalist." Indeed! www.yalejreg.com/nc/ad-law-re...

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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

"Standard Textualism" (papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....) got the coveted "Download it while it's hot!" --AND Download of the Week!-- on @lsolum.bsky.social's Legal Theory Blog! Difficult and kind of embarrassing trying to convey to family and friends how excited this made me...

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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

New draft article! “Standard Textualism” papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... Main claim: Faithful adherence to modern textualism would produce far more standard-like (as opposed to rule-like) law than people have realized. Important implications for textualists AND critics of textualism!

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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

*Tickled* be presenting at today's 2:40 AALS panel, “Methodological Realignments in Statutory Interpretation?” With Katie Eyer, Tara Grove, Richard Re, Brian Slocum & Kevin Tobia! My paper, "Standard Textualism," argues that adherence to modern textualism would produce much more standard-like...

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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

On my way to AALS! Today I’ll moderate the “New Voices in Legislation” panel at 2:40 Exciting work by: —Jon Choi & Nina Mendelson on canons —Beau Baumann on legislative constitutionalism —Sam Simon on coalitional congressional constitutionalism —Joel Johnson on MQD and lenity Join us!

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John Linarelli @profjohnlinarelli.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I'm editor of the Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Legal Theory & Philosophy. We're in need of contributors on: (1) Raz, Joseph; (2) Critical Race Theory & Law; (3) Discourse Theory & Law; (4) Empirical Legal Studies; & (5) Law & Risk. If you're interested, let me know via email. #academicsky

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Roseanna Sommers @rosesomm.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Kate Weisburd and I have a new empirical paper out in the Northwestern University Law Review! We ask: what do ordinary Americans believe about how Miranda rights are invoked? t.co/fjpjlJ4vUY 1/4

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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

Excited to comment on Ed Cheng's work at this symposium at Columbia Law next Fri., Nov. 8! Speakers incl. E. Beerdsen, V. Hans, M. Grossman, D. Faigman, S. Diamond Comments by me, J. Rakoff, A. Sood, D. Richman, R. Wexler, D. Madigan Register w/ QR code below!

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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 14/08/2024

Call for Papers - AALS Section on Legislation & Law of the Political Process "Emerging Scholars" Panel Deadline Sept. 6, more info below, email me w/ questions! Emerge! Retweet! Thank you :)

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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 06/08/2024

Brooklyn Law School is hiring! Lateral and entry-level candidates in Civ Pro, Con Law, and Corporate Law, among other areas. Please feel free to DM or email me with any questions. Full announcement below.

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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 01/07/2024

Two essential news items today: 1. I now have tenure at Brooklyn Law! 2. I'm now hiring chair at Brooklyn Law! Too many people to thank here rn, but suffice it to say I'm very thankful and excited. Being a (tenured!) law prof remains my dream job, even if I lack full immunity.

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Kate Levine @klevine02.bsky.social · 14/01/2024

I’m proud of this coauthored paper, “Redistributing Justice,” with Ben Levin. It’s forthcoming in Columbia Law Review. Up on SSRN now. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Redistributing Justice

This Article surfaces an obstacle to decarceration hiding in plain sight: progressives’ continued support for the carceral system. Despite increasingly prevale

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James (Jamie) Macleod @jammacleod1.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

New draft! Evidence Law's Blind Spots (forthcoming @IowaLawReview)--check it out if you’re interested in… evidence law OR prior convictions OR race OR law & psych OR ban-the-box and other disclosure rules OR... just check it out here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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