Washington and Lee Law Review

Congratulations to three of our amazing Staffwriters for making it to the Moot Court Finals!

Congratulations to three of our amazing Staffwriters for making it to the Moot Court Finals!!

🎉🎉New Note🎉🎉This Note evaluates the insulation of the immigration system, specifically the Board of Immigration Appeals, from Article III review. It argues that this lack of review violates parents’ basic right to the care, custody, and control of their children because parents are effectively unable to challenge the decisions made by executive officers. Further, this Note further argues that this regime does not correctly balance the damage that the system does to the integrity of families across the country because the system does not advance or protect any national security interest. To stop the current trend, this Note proposes that judicial recognition of the fundamental right to family unity, in the context of mixed-status families, would be a first step in enabling federal courts to preserve the constitutionality of our immigration system.

🎉🎉NEW NOTE🎉🎉This Note presents the shareholder proposal as an alternative path to raising wages in light of failed political action. This Note analyzes the best approach to crafting a shareholder proposal that will prompt an effective increase in the minimum wages paid to workers. It evaluates the barriers to success and concludes that the right team of actors can overcome the barriers to raise the minimum wages paid to workers at large corporations through shareholder proposals.

Congratulations to three of our amazing Staffwriters for making it to the Negotiations Finals!

🎉NEW NOTE🎉This timely Note by our Editor-in-Chief explores the Washington Supreme Court’s decision in State v. Blake, presenting key factors that must be included in the state’s subsequent criminal reform response to live up to the promise of the decision. Click the link in our bio to read more! 📚⚖️

✨Law Review Symposium: This Friday, March 17✨ Mark your calendars and click the link in our bio to learn more!

🌟NEW NOTE🌟This important Note argues for the Black Fourth Amendment to remedy discriminatory policing, which would require prosecutors to prove an arresting officer had actual reasonable suspicion or probable cause to arrest a Black person. Click the link in our bio to read more! ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽

🎤NEW ARTICLE🎤 This interesting Article explores the possible causes and troubling consequences of the declining freedom of the press. Click the link in our bio to read more! 📰🗞

🌈✨NEW NOTE✨🌈 This important Note explores the state constitutional right to health, arguing that the general principles of judicial federalism should protect the right of transgender individuals to access gender-affirming healthcare. This Note further urges litigators to use available resources, such as unenforced state constitutional provisions, to prevent unwarranted state interference. Click the link in our bio to read more!

✨NEW NOTE✨ This timely Note challenges the agricultural industry’s accepted methods of waste disposal, arguing for robust federal initiatives that disincentivize hazardous practices and incentive sustainable farming. Click the link in our bio to read more! 📚

💥NEW ARTICLES💥 Check out our latest Articles from Volume 79 Issue 3! Click the link in our bio to read more 📖⚖️📚

🎉CONGRATULATIONS🎉 to Staffwriters Tom Boss and Andrew Willis for making it to the Davis Final for Oral Advocacy and Brief Writing!!

We are beyond thrilled to congratulate our rockstar 3Ls, Sica Matsuda and Brian Warren, for their amazing work in the Criminal Justice Clinic. This week, they argued in front of the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit! Sica is a lead articles editor on the upper board and Brian is a lead articles editor for Volume 80!

We are beyond thrilled to congratulate our rockstar 3Ls, Brian Warren and Sica Matsuda, for their amazing work in the Criminal Justice Clinic. This week, they argued in front of the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit! Sica is a senior articles editor on the upper board and Brian is a lead articles editor for Volume 80.

💥NEW NOTE💥 This timely Note explores the developing landscape of Mass Arbitration and proposes a detailed solution that could reverse misguided interpretations of the FAA and safeguard the rights of consumers and employees. Click the link in our bio to read more! 📕

🎉NEW DEVELOPMENT🎉 This article provides a balanced critique of Akhil Amar’s important book on early constitutional theory and practice. Click the link in our bio to read more!

🎉NEW DEVELOPMENT🎉 By raising the issue of gun safety in custody cases, can family law reduce dangerous gun behavior and save children’s lives? This timely piece explores this question, examining how gun ownership and parental rights intersect. Click the link in our bio to read more!

🎉SUBMISSIONS OPEN NOW🎉

✨ONE DAY COUNTDOWN✨ For more information, visit our website or click the link in our bio!

🌟Submissions open in TWO DAYS! 🌟 Scroll to see the articles featured in last year's inaugural Black Scholars Book

✨Today’s the day✨ Please join us in the Moot Court Room to help honor two of our rockstar 3Ls 🥳

✨TODAY’S THE DAY✨ Please join us in the Moot Court Room at 4:30pm to celebrate two of our rockstar 3Ls 🥳

🎉EVENT ALERT🎉 Please join us in the Moot Court Room on Friday, September 23 for our 2022 Student Note Colloquium! The reception will begin at 4:30pm and be followed by colloquium at 5:00pm 🏆📚🏅

✨ SUBMISSIONS OPENING SOON ✨ For more information about our requirements, visit our website or click the link in our bio! We can’t wait to read your submissions 🎉🎉

NEW DEVELOPMENT 🎉 This timely piece proposes an administrative solution to student loan debt that could do more to address the crisis without the cost of the legislative process. Click the link in our bio to read more! 📖

NEW DEVELOPMENT 🎉 This article provides numerous recommendations for how President Biden might increase diversity and revitalize order on the federal courts of appeals. Click the link in our bio to read more! 📚

For more information about submission requirements, please visit our website!

We are beyond thrilled to introduce our Volume 80 staffwriters! We cannot wait to see all that your accomplish 🎉