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UVic law prof | President’s Chair Law & Indigeneity in Global Context| ethics, legal history, legal profession, Indigeneity

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poojaparmar.bsky.social @poojaparmar.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Two faculty positions at UVic Law 👇🏽
uvic.ca
LAW 260-054/055 - Faculty & staff - University of Victoria
Inspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.
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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Breaking: All International law and constitutional law classes will no longer have final exams. You will be graded on reflection papers, as there's just no way to put together an exam rubric at this time. #Satire
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Lucia Romano, MBA @luciaromano.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Hundreds of Oklahoma University students protested on Friday, demanding the reinstatement of a graduate instructor who was placed on administrative leave after a student alleged religious discrimination for a zero that she got on a (shitty) paper.
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
The University of Oklahoma takes seriously concerns involving First Amendment rights, certainly including religious freedoms. Upon receiving notice from the student on the grading of an assignment, the University immediately began a full review of the situation and has acted swiftly to address the matter.
First, the college acted immediately to address the academic issue raised by the student. College leaders contacted her on the day her letter was received and have maintained regular communication throughout the process. As previously stated, a formal grade appeals process was conducted. The process resulted in steps to ensure no academic harm to the student from the graded assignments.
Second, the student reported filing a claim of illegal discrimination based on religious beliefs to the appropriate university office. OU has a clear process for reviewing such claims and it has been activated.
The graduate student instructor has been placed on administrative leave pending the finalization of this process. To ensure fairness in the process, a full-time professor is serving as the course instructor for the remainder of the semester.
OU remains firmly committed to fairness, respect and protecting every student's right to express sincerely held religious beliefs.
The UNIVERSITY of OKLAHOMA
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Kirsten Anker 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 @kirstenanker.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
An historic first for Australia!
abc.net.au
'Over the moon': Aboriginal activists, leader celebrate historic treaty
Leaders and activists say they are feeling the gravity of Australia's first treaty with Aboriginal people being signed and formalised as law.
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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
One thought that few seem to care to utter is that you can't have viewpoint diversity to any great degree if you keep hiring people from the same four schools, all having the same professors. You get the view of one segment of a class hierarchy. reason.com/volokh/2025/...
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How Viewpoint Diversity Can Help Protect Academics from Themselves (and Perhaps Help Heal Our Civic Culture Too)
Ohio State Professor Michael Clune, who caused a bit of a stir in academia with hhis December 2024 essay "We…
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...
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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
My thread* on authoritarianism in the legal academy, and its origins. *These thoughts are my own and do not reflect the views of my current employer, who has already begun to accept precompliance.
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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Glad to see this up on what seems like a fully functional ABlawg site. This post shd be of wide interest since it deals with how an Australian coal mining company was able to manipulate AER decision-making to shield the company’s expansion project from public review. #abpoli #cdnpoli #ableg
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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Hold on, these are the "we don't have to bake your gay wedding cake" people?
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Scoop: Status has obtained the termination letter The Washington Post sent to @karenattiah.bsky.social, in which it informed her that she was being fired for social media posts "about white men." Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/karen-atti...
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Fired By The Post
The Washington Post said it fired Karen Attiah over comments she made about white men in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death, Status has learned.
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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Who is keeping a list of Universities that have fired faculty? You know, to assure people know what they are getting into if they go there.
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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 13/09/2025
"Healthy debate" = when I criticize you "Cancel culture" = when you criticize me
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
A pogrom on professors because a dude who was a one semester engineering dropout killed someone because he chose to
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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
“50,000 dead in Gaza is necessary and required for future generations." "for every person [killed] on October 7, 50 Palestinians need to die." "It does not matter now if they are children." "They need a Nakba from time to time to feel the price."
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poojaparmar.bsky.social @poojaparmar.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Come celebrate with us 🎉 www.uvic.ca/law/50years/...
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UVic Law’s 50th Anniversary Celebration: October 24 - 25 - University of Victoria
Dynamic, hands-on learning; research that makes a vital impact; and discovery and innovation in Canada's most extraordinary academic environment provide an Edge that can't be found anywhere else.
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Rebekah Jones @georebekah.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
At least 27 are dead in Missouri in Kentucky after severe weather alerts were delayed overnight because of DOGE cuts. www.mesoscalenews.com/p/tornado-wa...
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Tornado warnings delayed because of DOGE cuts
At least 27 are dead in Missouri in Kentucky after severe weather alerts were delayed overnight because of DOGE cuts.
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Michelle Ma @michellema.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Each time you ask an AI chatbot a question, it sends a request to a data center and strains an increasingly scarce resource: water. A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
bloomberg.com
The AI Boom Is Draining Water From the Areas That Need It Most
A Bloomberg News analysis finds that roughly two thirds of new data centers built or in development in the US since 2022 are in places with high levels of water stress.
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Michael Jay McClure @mjmimages.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 64 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
Andry José Hernández Romero
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Alex Neve @alexneve.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Amnesty's Annual Report out today: "At this historical juncture, when authoritarian laws & practices are multiplying the world over in the interests of very few, governments & civil society must work with urgency to lead humanity back to safer ground."
amnesty.org
Human rights crisis as ‘Trump effect’ accelerates destructive trends
Undoing decades of painstaking work and endangering billions of people.
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CAUT/ACPPU @caut.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
It’s election day in Canada and universities and colleges need your help. Across the country, colleges and universities are facing drastic program cuts, layoffs and campus closures. Don’t forget to vote today – tell the federal government they need to act NOW to save PSE.
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Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
"Three US citizen children from two different families were deported with their mothers by ICE Friday morning. One of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors" www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
washingtonpost.com
Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana
The cases have renewed concerns that the Trump administration’s expedited deportations are violating the rights of both citizens and noncitizens.
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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
“A federal judge in Louisiana expressed concern on Friday that the Trump administration had deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras “with no meaningful process” and against the wishes of her father” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
nytimes.com
2-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Deported ‘With No Meaningful Process,’ Judge Suspects
A federal judge in Louisiana said the deportation of the child to Honduras with her mother, even though her father had filed an emergency petition, appeared to be “illegal and unconstitutional.”
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Nicole O’Byrne @nobyrne.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
As the president of the Canadian Law and Society Association and co-chair of the Nominations Committee, I am pleased to announce that we are seeking new board members! The deadline for applications is May 15th. Please let me know if you have any questions.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 25/04/2025
“We are on the front line of environmental harm caused by government decisions made without us.” Xatśūll First Nation challenges B.C.’s decision to approve the dam raising at Mount Polley mine, which had a catastrophic dam failure in 2014. New by @sevawood.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/xatsull-firs...
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First Nation asks court to halt infamous B.C. mining site expansion | The Narwhal
Xatśūll First Nation is challenging B.C.’s decision to approve Mount Polley mine’s tailings dam raising without its consent.
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Canadian Bar Association @cba-news.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Read the Green Party's responses to the questionnaire the CBA sent to the parties for the 2025 federal election: bit.ly/42p8QOl
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Alex Neve @alexneve.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Why are we hearing so little about PP & CPC's plan to follow Trump's lead & cut funds to universities & organizations that promote or tolerate antisemitism (which, as we know, extends to criticism of Israel's human rights record, such as genocide in Gaza)?
ici.radio-canada.ca
Antisémitisme à l’université : le PCC veut des conséquences
Un document rendu public lundi confirme que le parti ne financerait plus les universités accusées de « promouvoir ou de tolérer » l'antisémitisme.
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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Post: Dogs are good Reply 1: Dogs have killed people Reply 2: What do you do for dogs? When was the last time you saved one? Reply 3: What is this cat erasure Reply 4: People are starving! Reply 5: this is tone-deaf at best Reply 6: unfollowed Reply 7: [quote] this dude is a law prof? Lol
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Fun to read this dissent, which claims the main issue is that the Court moved too quickly, with the full knowledge that without the order, the planes would have left and the dissenters would then argue there was nothing they could do because the petitioners were no longer under their jurisdiction
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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
“Harsono is Muslim and frequently posts on social media in support of humanitarian relief for Gaza. He also runs a small non-profit, which sells art and merchandise, with proceeds going to organizations aiding Gaza.”
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Alonso Gurmendi @alonso-gd.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Our disagreement with fascists over human rights is not about the contours of the rights, but who do we consider human to begin with
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irina cerić @irinaceric.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
And if you missed the Walrus article about Allard: bsky.app/profile/irin...
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poojaparmar.bsky.social @poojaparmar.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
The refusal to address these issues is really troubling. It looks like no one at UBC has any interest in figuring out a path forward for the community! And if this is the response to documented admin missteps, imagine what the students think abt their options in similar circumstances!
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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 16/04/2025
Last November, journalist and lawyer @juliesobowale.bsky.social investigated allegations of discrimination made by racialized professors at the University of British Columbia’s Allard Law School. Five months later, faculty—and students—continue to speak out: thewalrus.ca/ubc-law-school-f...
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
“History is no stranger to such lawless regimes, but this Nation’s system of laws is designed to prevent, not enable, their rise.”
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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
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Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Judicial cronies gonna crony
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
NEW: By a 5–4 vote, the Supreme Court LIFTS Judge Boasberg's restraining order against the deportation of migrants under the Alien Enemies Act. The majority holds that migrants must file habeas petitions where they're confined. Liberals + BARRETT dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Breaking: Texas Legislature relieved that U of Houston basketball isn't an academic program. "We were afraid we had legislation in there to kill it for a second. Not tenure, or a program budget, or a dictate on what to do in the classroom. Whew. All clear." said one state Senator. #Satire
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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
“Mr. Trump, who was playing golf in Florida on Saturday, appeared to be largely ignoring the protests. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/u...
nytimes.com
Anti-Trump Protests Get Underway Across the Country
Demonstrators packed the streets in cities and towns to rail against government cutbacks, financial turmoil and what they viewed as attacks on democracy.
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Bonnie Honig @bonniehonig.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
A peak into what happens in the secret rooms of airport basements and privately-owned detention centers as ICE and DHS make their numbers and private incarcerators make their profits.
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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
The Encampments is an extremely powerful film. The scenes with Mahmoud Khalil are especially moving. At one point, a reporter asks him what he would do if he was deported. He said he would keep living, and keep fighting for justice and peace.
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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Israel's Defense Minister: "Expanding the operation this morning will increase the pressure on the Hamas murderers *and also on the population in Gaza*" Intentionally harming civilians as a means of political pressure ("terrorism") implicates several international crimes. 🧵
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Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
We're nearing the point where some US universities will outright ban speech about "Gaza," "Palestine," "Palestinians", "ethnic cleansing", "genocide" etc. They will make outrageously false claims about anti-semitism & anti-governmental animus as justification. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
theguardian.com
NYU canceled talk on USAID cuts for being ‘anti-governmental’, doctor says
University called Dr Joanne Liu, ex-head of Doctors Without Borders, after planning to speak on Gaza and federal cuts
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Kevin Baum @kevinbaum013.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
The White House spent $100,000 per migrant to detain them for *checks article* ONE MONTH
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Alonso Gurmendi @alonso-gd.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Yeah… I’m calling it. US hegemony will never recover from Trump. He’s got Japan and Korea taking pictures with China in 2 months
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Liam McHugh-Russell @xntl.info · 30/03/2025
Look: NYU has some great scholars but it got to where it is by being patient zero of the hedge fund model of American universities. My sense is that, like many other "top" institutions, it is highly leveraged and thus highly sensitive to even threats to its funding.
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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
The reason that the US is locking up tourists for weeks in hellish detention centers rather than letting them book tickets back home is because the detention centers are owned by corporations. They are charging the taxpayers fortunes to cage these people, and making bonanzas off their suffering.
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