Law Professors

Jimmy Kimmel is back, but free speech concerns continue

According to First Amendment lawyers interviewed by the ABA Journal, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr’s comments appear to conflict with U.S. Supreme Court precedent, including its 2024 ruling in National Rifle Association of America v. Vullo.

Sep 24, 2025 2:56 PM CDT

Law prof at public university suspended for Charlie Kirk comments; does that violate First Amendment?

Online comments about the death of political activist Charlie Kirk have led to the suspension of an assistant clinical education professor at the University of Arkansas Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law.

Sep 18, 2025 12:44 PM CDT

Donna Adelson’s motion for new trial cites jurors’ TikTok and podcast activities

Alleging potential misconduct, Donna Adelson’s lawyers want to interview two jurors following her Sept. 4 conviction in the murder of a Florida law professor who was her former son-in-law.

Sep 18, 2025 9:54 AM CDT

Blogging law professors consider their options after web host shutdown; at least one is calling it quits

The end-of-the-month shutdown of web hosting platform Typepad has blogging law professors scrambling to find a replacement or considering whether to shut down.

Sep 10, 2025 2:11 PM CDT

Donna Adelson was ‘matriarch mastermind’ in law prof’s murder, but others could be charged, jury foreperson speculates

The foreperson of the Florida jury that last week convicted Donna Adelson, the matriarch of a wealthy Florida family, in the July 2014 murder of her former son-in-law is talking about the case in TikTok videos and responses to commenters.

Sep 8, 2025 2:21 PM CDT

Talk to the Animals: If AI can translate whistles, barks and meows, could it be used in court?

Fast-moving developments in artificial intelligence could one day crack the codes to translating animals’ whistles, chirps, clicks and barks—allowing humans and animals to communicate with each other at new levels and spawning a host of legal and ethical questions.

Sep 8, 2025 9:22 AM CDT

In 3 hours, jury finds Donna Adelson guilty of murder

Updated: Donna Adelson, the former mother-in-law of Dan Markel, was found guilty Thursday of murdering the Florida State University College of Law professor.

Sep 4, 2025 10:43 AM CDT

Penn Law prof’s discrimination claims ‘do not pass the plausibility test,’ judge says in tossing her suit

A law professor suspended and reprimanded for remarks that “demeaned and denigrated racial minorities” can’t pursue her discrimination lawsuit in federal court, a federal judge in Philadelphia ruled last week.

Sep 3, 2025 10:33 AM CDT

Jailhouse informants testify they were asked to lie on behalf of Donna Adelson, woman on trial in law prof’s murder

Updated: Donna Adelson, on trial for the murder of former Florida State University law professor Dan Markel, allegedly offered gifts in exchange for false testimony that would support an acquittal, two jailhouse informants testified Friday.

Sep 2, 2025 12:55 PM CDT

Prosecutors’ Pursuit: A timeline of the Dan Markel murder trials and convictions

Prosecutors and police have worked for more than 11 years to solve the mystery surrounding the shooting death of Florida State University law professor Dan Markel, a criminal law professor who founded PrawfsBlog. It took nearly two years before a first arrest was made and more than two years before an early suspect pleaded guilty.

Sep 2, 2025 12:19 PM CDT

Delcianna Winders has woven a web of animal law clinics and programs

“Becoming a lawyer was a good pathway to channel my animal advocacy, and the law plays a really important role in the status of animals,” says ABA member Delcianna Winders. “It’s an important lever that I could have an impact on.”

Sep 2, 2025 11:55 AM CDT

The Supreme Court has expanded Trump’s power; he’s seeking much more

The Supreme Court has already expanded President Donald Trump’s authority in a string of emergency rulings, but in his firing of Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook and other issues probably headed to the court, he’s signaling that he continues to seek broader powers for the executive branch.

Sep 2, 2025 10:46 AM CDT

Trump’s plan to penalize states using cashless bail is unconstitutional and unnecessary, critics say

Critics are raising questions about the constitutionality and wisdom of President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to pressure states to require cash bail for defendants charged with a variety of crimes.

Aug 28, 2025 9:36 AM CDT

Estranged son of Donna Adelson, charged with law prof’s murder, called as a government witness

New York physician Robert Adelson, the estranged son of murder defendant Donna Adelson, testified about an unusual phone call during his mother’s trial this week in Tallahassee, Florida, for the murder of a law professor who was her former son-in-law.

Aug 27, 2025 12:47 PM CDT

‘Can a killer look like a granny?’ Prosecutor poses questions as mother-in-law of slain law prof goes on trial

Lawyers questioned potential jurors this week as 75-year-old Donna Adelson went on trial for the July 2014 murder of her son-in-law, Florida State University College of Law professor Dan Markel.

Aug 22, 2025 9:32 AM CDT