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Ryan H. Nelson

@nelsonryanh.bsky.social
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Employment Law, Civil Procedure, and Constitutional Law Professor at South Texas College of Law Houston. Husband, dog dad, Florida Gators fan, trivia nerd. He/him/his. www.stcl.edu/profile/ryan-h-nelson

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Ryan H. Nelson @nelsonryanh.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Ethics rules say lawyers must verify AI output. But that makes AI-assisted legal help unaffordable. My new op-ed in the Austin-American Statesman argues that we should change that. www.statesman.com/opinion/colu...
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For millions of Texans, an AI lawyer would be better than none | Opinion
Most low-income Texans face civil legal problems alone. Texas should allow cheaper, AI-assisted help where today there is no help at all, Ryan H. Nelson writes.
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KProfsBlog @kprofsblog.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
This week's Tuesday tips include articles by @nelsonryanh.bsky.social (Ryan Nelson), George Cohen, James Toomey (below), and our very own @markburge.bsky.social. Topics include arbitration, "objective theory of contract,” and, of course, AI and zombies. www.contractsprofblog.com/2026/03/tues...
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Tuesday Tips: A Sampling of New Scholarship Available on SSRN
Ryan H. Nelson Pre-Arbitral Red Tape Abstract While legal scholars debate the merits of mandatory arbitration, a more insidious barrier to justice has
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Ryan H. Nelson @nelsonryanh.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Excited to announce that my new article, Pre-Arbitral Red Tape, is now forthcoming in the UC Irvine Law Review! Draft available on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....
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Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
It’s a wrap on COSELL 2025 (Colloquium on Scholarship on Employment & Labor Law) hosted by Seton Hall Law. Photos are from the panels on work in digital spaces & work law under the Trump admin. Thank you to 70+ scholars from around the country for sharing your work! See you next year in Berkeley!
A panel of four individuals of different genders and races smiling at the camera A woman at a podium amid speech and four people behind her sitting at a panel Audience in a lecture hall listening to a lectureA big room with full round tables
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Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
My wonderful colleague Tim Glynn and I were thrilled to present the Miller Award for a senior work law scholar to Catherine Fisk (@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social) & the Zimmer Award for a junior work law scholar to @nelsonryanh.bsky.social (South Texas Law) at the 2025 COSELL at Seton Hall Law🏅🏆
Four people smiling to the camera in front of a blue screen with the seton hall law logo on it. A man and a woman in the middle are holding plaques).
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Kate Shaw @kateshaw.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
I’ve got a piece in today’s @nytimes about Elon Musk as walking/talking violation of the Constitution’s appointments clause: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/o...
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Opinion | There Is No Musk Clause in the Constitution
Trump is on shaky ground when it comes to the way he has empowered perhaps the most important figure in the new administration.
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Ryan H. Nelson @nelsonryanh.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
My new article, Queer Accommodations, is now in print! It explores the accommodations that queer workers need to do their jobs, focusing mostly on trans and non-binary workers. www.law.georgetown.edu/gender-journ...
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Alan Chen @profalankchen.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Law professor friends, please consider signing on to this important letter! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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“We Are in a Constitutional Crisis”: Statement of Law Professors and Law Teachers
[Please read, sign, and circulate to colleagues as you see fit. Letter and list of signatories will be released to media on or about February 24. Many thanks.] The undersigned are professors and teach...
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
The hits keep on coming www.hrdive.com/news/eeoc-te...
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EEOC tells its workers to halt LGBTQ+ discrimination claim processing
The news comes just days after the Trump administration’s controversial purge of Democratic officials at the commission.
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Ryan H. Nelson @nelsonryanh.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Just posted a draft of my new article arguing that we don’t really know how far work law reaches, such blindness causes significant problems, and overcoming those problems would be especially difficult: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers..... Feedback welcome!
Work Law’s Domain Abstract
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Ryan H. Nelson @nelsonryanh.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
I woke up to emails many law students’ forthcoming federal internships were revoked without notice or an opportunity to be heard. Depending on the language of their job offers, this may violate the 5th Amendment’s Due Process Clause. See Goetz v. Windsor Cent. Sch. Dist.
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