Rachel Lopez
Law prof writing on intl law, human rights, crim law, & participatory law scholarship.
Things I've written:
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- Reposted by Rachel LopezA victory for Rümeysa Öztürk! She will be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont while her case is heard—including a hearing for potential release on bail this Friday. FULL OPINION: ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/is...
- NEW: #Ozturk wins at the Second Circuit! Stay of transfer denied, administrative stay vacated.
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- In this time of polarization and democratic decay, how might legal educators cultivate more citizen lawyers like Kneedler? My latest *now published* in the Minn. L. Rev. argues that we need to better equip our students to facilitate dialogue & contest the law. minnesotalawreview.org/article/crit...
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- Reposted by Rachel LopezThis just out now, wherein @david-whyte.bsky.social (of @ccccjustice.bsky.social) gently pick apart the case for an international crime of ecocide. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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- So proud of my friend and sister in law Professor Wendy Greene @wendy who is giving the keynote at Duane Morris’s George Boyer Vashon Lecture! Always a treat to grow from her wisdom!
- Reposted by Rachel LopezWHAT COMES NEXT? This should go off like a nuclear bomb in the AEA litigation. It means (1) that ICE Is not complying with the SCOTUS order in JGG, (2) that DOJ is not accurately representing the admin's behavior in court; 1/
- JUST IN: In newly unsealed filings, an ICE official indicates that the government considers 24 hours to be a reasonable amount of time for an Alien Enemies Act deportee file a habeas claim before removal. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
- Reposted by Rachel LopezNEW: A coalition of students from more than 15 law schools across the country have signed a pledge not to work for any firm that “gives in to Trump administration demands…” Signatories include students from Harvard, Georgetown, University of Chicago, UT-Austin… docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- New paper alert 🚨 Now up @ssrn.bsky.social is "Experiential Expertise: What Lived Experience Can Teach" forthcoming in BU L. Rev. It explores the contours of experiential expertise—what is it? how is it formed? how should it inform the law? Would love any feedback! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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- Reposted by Rachel LopezHarvard's Steve Levitsky, coauthor of How Democracies Die: "We are no longer living in a democratic regime." Must-listen interview - remarkably clear about the severity of the situation we now face www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...
- Reposted by Rachel LopezHow are things going with respect to the discovery before Judge Xinis in Abrego García? Well, the government describes as a “false premise” that it “has been ordered to facilitate Abrego García’s release.” (That’s *literally* what #SCOTUS held.) pacer-documents.s3.amazonaws.com/84/578815/09...
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- Thank you all for voting! "Teaching Law in an Age of Rising Authoritarianism" is pulling ahead, which is interesting because that was my last choice.
- Hoping for some help... I've received some feedback that "Critical Curriculum Design" does not fully reflect the substance of my forthcoming article. Which title do you like best? Vote here: pollev.com/multiple_cho... Here's a link to the paper & abstract is below. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
- Hoping for some help... I've received some feedback that "Critical Curriculum Design" does not fully reflect the substance of my forthcoming article. Which title do you like best? Vote here: pollev.com/multiple_cho... Here's a link to the paper & abstract is below. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
- Reposted by Rachel LopezBREAKING: SCOTUS orders the government not to remove anyone from the United States under Trump’s Alien Enemies Act proclamation who is a part of the potential class in the Northern District of Texas case until further order of the court. Only Thomas and Alito note their dissent.
- Reposted by Rachel LopezI’m about to board my flight to El Salvador, where I hope to meet with senior government officials to discuss the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.
- Reposted by Rachel LopezIf the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.
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- Reposted by Rachel Lopez'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'
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- Reposted by Rachel LopezICYMI, 363 law professors (myself included, natch) submitted an amicus brief in the Perkins Coie case explaining why the Trump executive orders punishing law firms for representing their clients are wildly unconstitutional and a threat to the rule of law law.stanford.edu/publications...
- Reposted by Rachel Lopez🚨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.
- Reposted by Rachel LopezKey points 🧵: “Ms. Öztürk is a third-year doctoral student in good academic and administrative standing” Tufts “has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention.” 1/4
- A positive step by Tufts leadership: www.tufts.edu/president/sp...
- Reposted by Rachel LopezWhat happened in Wisconsin is an example of what is most feared: That in a true democracy regular people have more power than a billionaire, that all the money in the world doesn’t change one person one vote.
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- Reposted by Rachel LopezSince our administration would not fight the Trump administration in court, the faculty had to assume the responsibility of doing so to protect academic freedom. www.reuters.com/world/us/col...
- We asked legal experts how Columbia University would fare if they sued the Trump administration. "On the merits, there’s no doubt that Columbia would have won." chroni.cl/3FI9hdJ
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- Reposted by Rachel LopezToday, #GeorgetownLaw Dean William M. Treanor joined 79 law school deans in signing the letter posted below, issued March 26, 2025. [ Those signing are expressing their personal views and are not speaking for their institutions. Find the full letter and list of signatories: bit.ly/4hSna6u ]
- Inspired by calls to reimagine the space currently populated by international criminal law, Meg deGuzman's and my essay engages in feminist dreaming—that is, seeks to reimagine accountability as it could be, viewed through a feminist lens. Now up @ssrn.bsky.social: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
- AJIL Unbound's latest symposium "International Criminal Law's Critical Aftermaths: Abolitionism, Redistribution, and Transformational Pedagogies" is now available to read and features and incredible line-up of scholars. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- Reposted by Rachel LopezReally enjoyed this challenge from @rlopez.bsky.social, especially in these times. Worth a read!
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- Seeing how quickly law firms are folding to Trump's will makes me believe even more fervently in my latest, Critical Curriculum Design, now forthcoming Minnesota Law Review Headnotes. It explores why law schools are producing lawyers so willing to thwart democracy. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
- So excited for all of these contributions to be out in the world!
- AJIL Unbound's latest symposium "International Criminal Law's Critical Aftermaths: Abolitionism, Redistribution, and Transformational Pedagogies" is now available to read and features and incredible line-up of scholars. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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- It’s hard to describe what it means to me to see this archive go live at Princeton. It is the culmination of two decades of research starting with my first research grant as an undergrad. library.princeton.edu/about/librar...
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