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Grown-Ups, Grown-Downs, And Pan-Generationality, In Parents, Children, And The Ripples Of Transitional Justice (Kirsten J. Fisher & Caitlin Mollica Eds., 2026), Mark A. Drumbl

Books and Chapters

Until one becomes a grown-up, one perhaps remains a ‘grown-down’. Indeed, a refrain among concerns that have been raised about demobilization programmes for former child soldiers is that they treat former child soldiers as grown-downs, often even as infants, notwithstanding the experiences of these young people in terms of fighting and foraging and fending and fleecing which, indeed, surpass the kinds of challenges that many grown-ups ever face. In the end, then, as Grace Akello has poignantly demonstrated, many decommissioned child soldiers remain grown-downs who end up going down paths on which they shift from armed conflict to drift into …

Preface, C.J. Box

Wyoming Law Review

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Masthead And Table Of Contents, Vol. 26 No. 2, Wyoming Law Review Editorial Board

Wyoming Law Review

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The Impact Of Extreme Risk Protection Orders On Homicide And Suicide: Are There Any Red Flags?, K. Alexander Adams

Wyoming Law Review

Twenty-two states have instituted Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) laws, also known as red flag laws. These laws allow law enforcement, family members, and others to petition courts to temporarily seize firearms from an individual believed to be a danger to themselves or others. These laws have been passed with the goal of reducing firearm-related homicide and suicide. This Article tests whether these laws save lives by using a generalized synthetic control model, improving upon the previously used difference-in-difference and standard synthetic control models. This preliminary study suggests ERPOs, as currently written, fail to statistically significantly reduce total homicide, total …

From "Amateurs" To Employees: How Nil Has Reshaped The Employment Status Of College Athletes, Joey Griesinger

Wyoming Law Review

The emergence of Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) compensation has fundamentally reshaped college athletics, exposing a growing disconnect between the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) “student-athlete” model and the economic reality of modern-day college athletics. While courts have historically deferred to the principle of amateurism, this Comment argues that NIL has eroded the factual and legal foundations underlying that deference.

This Comment reframes the employment-status inquiry through the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) economic-reality test, arguing that many college athletes today meet the statutory definition of “employees.” Drawing on Johnson v. NCAA as a structured articulation of longstanding FLSA principles, …

C.J. Box And The Yellowstone Zone Of Death, Brian C. Kalt

Wyoming Law Review

C.J. Box’s novel Free Fire incorporated the theory, first published in the Georgetown Law Journal article The Perfect Crime, that there is a 50-square-mile swath of Idaho where criminals might evade punishment because of an unfortunate oversight in the law. Part II of this Article summarizes this “Yellowstone Zone of Death” theory and examines its treatment in Free Fire. Part III discusses why the loophole still has not been closed. Part IV summarizes the public attention the theory has received. Last, Part V addresses some new counterarguments to the theory that arose out of this public attention, and …

Masthead

Marquette Sports Law Review

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Table Of Contents

Marquette Sports Law Review

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The "Open" Door: A Comparative Analysis Of Gender Bias In Arbitration Within The Spanish And United States Women's National Soccer Teams, Madison Hausmann

Marquette Sports Law Review

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House Rules: Arbitrating Nil In College Athletics, Kristen M. Blankley

Marquette Sports Law Review

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Court Of Arbitration For Sport Under Scrutiny: Institutional Compromise Or Sports Justice?, Farqaleet Khokhar

Marquette Sports Law Review

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Loper Bright Enterprises V. Raimondo's Effect On The Authority Of The National Labor Relations Board To Designate College Student-Athletes As Employees, Sophie E. Butler

Marquette Sports Law Review

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The Price Of Secularism: Marginalization Of French Athletes And International Human Rights In Olympic Participation, Elizabeth M. Murphy

Marquette Sports Law Review

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With Great Power Comes Great Vulnerability: The Impact Student-Athlete Employment Status Has On College Head Coaches' Nlra Coverage, Matt R. Gearheart

Marquette Sports Law Review

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Could Nbcuniversal's Peacock Streaming Of Nfl Games Be Heading Towards Antitrust Violations Like Those Facing Live Nation And Ticketmaster?, Pamela B. Urlacher

Marquette Sports Law Review

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Survey, Benjamin C. Coulthard

Marquette Sports Law Review

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Index, Benjamin C. Coulthard

Marquette Sports Law Review

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Ai-Powered Lawyering: Ai Reasoning Models, Retrieval Augmented Generation, And The Future Of Legal Practice, Daniel Benjamin Schwarcz, Sam Manning, J.J. Prescott, Patrick Barry, David R. Cleveland, Beverly Rich

Articles

Generative AI is set to transform the legal profession, though its most promising uses and ultimate effects are still unclear. While AI models like GPT-4 improve efficiency, they can also “hallucinate” and may undermine legal judgment, particularly in complex tasks typically handled by skilled lawyers. This article examines two emerging AI innovations that may mitigate these concerns: Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), which grounds AI-powered analysis in legal sources, and AI reasoning models, which structure complex reasoning before generating output. We conduct the first randomized controlled trial assessing these technologies, assigning upper-level law students to complete legal tasks using a RAG-powered …

Grading Machines: Can Ai Exam-Grading Replace Law Professors?, Kevin L. Cope, Jens Frankenreiter, Scott Hirst, Eric A. Posner, Daniel Schwarcz, Dane Thorley

Articles

In the past few years, large language models (LLMs) have achieved significant technical advances, enabling legal-advocacy organizations to adopt them as complements to—or substitutes for—lawyers and other human experts. The role of LLMs in legal education, however, is underexplored. While several studies have examined LLMs’ performance in taking law school exams, finding mixed results, there have been no published studies systematically analyzing LLMs’ competence at one of law professors’ chief responsibilities: grading law school exams. This paper presents results of an analysis of how LLMs perform in evaluating student responses to legal analysis questions of the kind typically contained in …

How To Manage The Wolf In The Fold, Susan Bisom-Rapp, Urwana Coiquaud

Faculty Scholarship

Recent scholarly work on regulatory capture in the platform economy accounts for the political role and power wielded by app-based firms aiming to reform the existing legal environment to favor their low-cost labor business models. This article adds to scholarly perspectives on the platform economy by shifting the focus to government actors, the role of narrative in communicating with the public, and institutional constraints which may hamper the government’s ability to provide a cogent rationale for opposing or implementing legal change. The article’s central contribution is underscoring the role the government plays in facilitating or preventing regulatory capture. To that …

Discursive Footnotes, Daniel Yeager

Faculty Scholarship

This essay offers a comprehensive account of the past forty years of scholarship on footnotes within law. Not just any old footnotes, but footnotes that are discursive in form, that is, those with an expressive rather than bibliographic function. After contrasting the function of discursive footnotes in judicial opinions with those in academic legal literature, this essay identifies and decodes a comparatively hidden avant garde footnotes literature. Borrowing from techniques of literary criticism, that literature, properly understood, provides a foundation for our making more subtle judgments about both the relation of primary to secondary texts and the allocation of responsibilities …

Expanding The Good Samaritan Program: Cleaning Up The Colorado River, One Mine At A Time, Jordan Carlson

Wyoming Law Review

The headwaters of the Colorado River Basin supply nearly 90% of the river’s flow and are among the most hydrologically sensitive areas in the U.S. During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, westward expansion and the allure of gold and other valuable minerals drove thousands of miners into the basin. When the mining boom ended, the mines were left behind. Today, thousands of abandoned hardrock mine sites continue to leach acidity and heavy metals into streams, leaving a lasting impact on water quality. For decades, strict environmental liability laws made cleanup nearly impossible, creating a chilling effect that discouraged even …

Full Issue, Wyoming Law Review Editorial Board

Wyoming Law Review

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Better Than Clarity: The Case For A Function-Based Crypto Regulatory Framework, Mercedes Reed

Wyoming Law Review

In an attempt to provide regulatory authority within the digital asset market, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the CLARITY Act. Under the Act, a blockchain first falls under the jurisdiction of the Securities and Exchange Commission and then transitions to the jurisdiction of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as the blockchain “matures.” While the Act attempts to bring clarity to regulation within the digital asset industry, it falls short. Because of the Act’s transitional form, gaps are left for issuers to distort definitions and manipulate timelines to secure the oversight they want.

This Article discusses the Act’s shortcomings and …

Coming Out, Eliot T. Tracz

Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality

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High Expectations? Minnesota’S Cannabis Social Equity Statute Falters, Claire Cavanagh

Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality

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Immigrants Vs. Artificial Intelligence: The Human Cost Of Ai In Asylum Decisions, Jems Guirguis

Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality

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Fading Prestige: A Comparative Analysis Of Trademark Dilution's Impact On Luxury Fashion Brands In The United States And European Union, Pravalika Surakanti

IP Theory

The paper focuses on the concept of trademark dilution in relation to luxury fashion brands in international markets. Focusing on the United States and the European Union, it will look at the different approaches these regions take and how certain holdups in dilution law affect fashion companies’ global brand protection strategies. The paper looks at the application of the Federal Trademark Dilution Act, the EU Trademark Directive, and other essential laws to their respective jurisdictions’ cases to determine the trends of trademark dilution claims. It is found that both regions provide luxury fashion houses with substantial protection; however, the European …

Tribal Sovereignty, Sales Tax, And States Interference: Why Tax Compacts May Be The Best Way Forward, Emiliana Almanza Lopez

Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality

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Refunding The Community: What Defunding Mpd Means And Why It Is Urgent And Realistic, Jli Vol. 39 Editorial Board

Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality

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