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Unwarranted Warrants? An Empirical Analysis Of Judicial Review In Search And Seizure, Miguel De Figueiredo, Brett Hashimoto, Dane Thorley

Faculty Articles and Papers

Every year, police perform searches governed by the Fourth Amendment on hundreds of thousands of individuals and their property throughout the United States. Many of the academy’s most decorated scholars have focused on the genesis and jurisprudential nature of the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement. Surprisingly, we know almost nothing about how the Fourth Amendment regulates searchers and how searches actually work in practice.

In this Article, we pull back the curtain on the search and seizure process by presenting the largest quantitative study of warrants of any kind. We analyze over 33,000 warrant applications filed through Utah’s “e-warrants” system over …

Judging Demeanor, Kiel Brennan-Marquez, Julia Simon-Kerr

Faculty Articles and Papers

This Article challenges the conventional wisdom that defendant demeanor-affect, body language, and physical appearance-helps juries assess guilt. On the contrary, we show that demeanor evidence poses an inherent risk of propensity-based reasoning. It invites jurors to convict defendants based on whether they ‘look like criminals, "rather than on the actual facts of the case. In doing so, demeanor evidence facilitates cultural and racial subordination. It enables members of dominant groups-consciously or not-to penalize members of less-dominant groups for failing to appear innocent or credible. We argue that existing law has things backwards. It treats defendant demeanor as presumptively useful and …

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Saint Louis University Law Journal

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Foreword, Marcia L. Mccormick

Saint Louis University Law Journal

This volume of the Saint Louis University Law Journal contains a number of terrific articles by participants in the 2024 symposium cosponsored by the Journal and the William C. Wefel Center for Employment Law at Saint Louis University. The topic, Revisiting Religion in the Struggle for Workplace Justice, grew, in part, out of twin, somewhat dialectic motivations of mine: frustration and hope. My own research over the last several years has been focused on ways that people are marginalized because of their sex, gender, and sexuality, particularly through growing claims that religion requires the ability to exclude, to contribute …

The Curious Case Of Religious Accommodation, Dallan F. Flake

Saint Louis University Law Journal

The COVID-19 pandemic sparked newfound interest in—and scrutiny of—religious accommodation law due to the proliferation of lawsuits by workers who sought exemptions from their employers’ vaccine mandates. This piece contributes to the burgeoning conversation around workplace religious accommodations by examining the evolution of the law from its origin in 1972 to the present. The law’s development has not followed a straight line, but rather is marked by triumphs and defeats, advances and setbacks, that defy conventional explanation. If the topsy-turvy development of religious accommodation law has taught us anything, it is to expect the unexpected. But what seems clear is …

Whose Labor Law Do We Follow? St. Louis’S Jesuits And Labor Justice, Ken Homan

Saint Louis University Law Journal

In this essay, Br. Ken Homan, SJ explores how Jesuits in St. Louis varyingly referred to Natural Law and statutory law when addressing questions of labor rights and justice. Homan provides three categories of engagement before turning to the present-day relationships between mission-oriented institutions, workers, and the state. Homan argues that all three parties are at their best and can avoid state-religion entanglement when they actively seek to promote worker justice.

Felons In Possession: Rejecting The Third Circuit And Its Application Of Bruen, Morgan Schmidt

Saint Louis University Law Journal

The Supreme Court’s 2022 decision striking down a New York public carry law has triggered widespread legal challenges to gun regulations across the United States. Among the most contested statutes is 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the federal felon-in-possession law, a crucial tool for the Department of Justice in restricting firearm access. Recent rulings from the Third and Eighth Circuits have resulted in a legal split regarding the constitutionality of this provision, raising uncertainty about its future enforceability. This note examines the historical and legal foundations of § 922(g)(1), the implications of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen …

Drawing On The Christian Tradition As A Source For The Renewal Of Labor Law Theory, Alvin Velazquez

Saint Louis University Law Journal

Does the Christian tradition have anything to offer to legal theorists exploring the renewal of labor law from its ossified framework? This Essay argues that the Christian tradition has much to offer. There are streams within the Christian intellectual tradition that offer a third way between a “naked public square” of legal thought that refuses to look at religion as a source of ideas for constructing law and Christian nationalism. Schools of theological inquiry within the Christian tradition such as the Theology of the Social Gospel, Catholic Social Teaching, and Liberation Theology draw on the “Sermon on the Mount” for …

Muslim American Workers, Faith And Labor Organizing, Chaumtoli Huq

Saint Louis University Law Journal

Islam is one of the fastest-growing religions in the U.S. Muslim-Americans are racially, ethnically and theologically diverse and are a politically engaged constituency. It is a community experiencing immense economic insecurity alongside political vulnerability due to discrimination, which make them inclined to labor organizing. Despite these demographic changes, the U.S. labor movement is not addressing this growing faith-based community. In this article, I discuss three examples of successful labor organizing interventions led by Muslim-American workers or where Muslim-Americans were actively engaged which have resulted in positive gains for all workers. They are: (1) New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA) Post …

Kill ‘Em With Lies: The False Narrative Of The American Execution Laboratory, Danica Howell

Saint Louis University Law Journal

The Supreme Court’s narrative regarding capital punishment, in keeping with the laboratories of democracy theory, boasts the consistent development of more humane methods of execution. Contrary to the Court’s narrative, however, states are not driven by the desire to create humane execution; they are merely striving to keep state-sanctioned killing alive. Examination reveals that execution methods are adopted on best guess and are retained without post-adoption verification of their effectiveness, humanity or painlessness. As abolitionist ideals close in on capital punishment, legislative shortcuts, willful ignorance, and secrecy allow new methods to propagate. As those tactics begin to fail, states resort …

The Value Of A Statistical Life: From Skin In The Game To Vision Zero, Michael C. Duff

Saint Louis University Law Journal

This essay discusses justice issues surrounding occupational safety and health and assesses the ethical legitimacy of regulatory cost benefit analysis when the costs in question involve the risks and realization of workplace injury and fatalities. The current “value of a statistical life” for legal-regulatory purposes is 13.1 million dollars. Economists claim that this figure does not “really” represent an attempt to value any particular life. But the obvious purpose of even calculating the number is to provide a statistical justification for saying “no” to rules requiring safer work.

The moral-ethical dilemma of work related injury and death remains a central …

Inaugural Adr And Social Entrepreneurship Course, Helen M.E. Winter, Harshit Rathore

Saint Louis University Law Journal

This article examines the innovative integration of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) principles with social entrepreneurship, focusing on how this combination can be used to address significant societal challenges. The article highlights a course designed specifically for law students, which provides a comprehensive understanding of ADR mechanisms such as mediation, negotiation, and system design, while also encouraging students to develop entrepreneurial solutions to real-world conflicts. Inspired by the nonprofit organization R3solute, which trains refugees and locals as peer mediators, the article explores how students are equipped to create ADR-centered ventures that offer sustainable resolutions to social problems.

The article discusses the …

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Saint Louis University Law Journal

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Saint Louis University Law Journal

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Opening Space For Negotiation Reflection In Law Practice, Katrina Lee

Saint Louis University Law Journal

Critical to negotiations learning and skills-building, reflection is an enduring feature of law school negotiations courses. At the same time, anti-reflection forces in law practice persist. Lawyers face demanding work environments that compel them to make seemingly impossible choices among advancing their careers, maintaining mental and emotional health, and continuing to learn and grow. The time for slowing down and reflecting can be excruciatingly hard to come by. Technology in negotiations may also obscure the need or opportunities for reflection. This Article highlights the importance of negotiation reflection and the longstanding and emerging challenges to creating and maintaining a lawyer’s …

Pracademically Speaking: Incorporating Real-World Legal Practice Into The Dispute Resolution Curriculum, Debra Berman, Denise Peterson

Saint Louis University Law Journal

Bridging the gap between traditional dispute resolution pedagogy and the realities of practice has been a major point of discussion within the legal academy for some time. Professors want to equip students with the dispute resolution knowledge and skills that will allow them to thrive as attorneys. At the same time, the dynamics and time constraints within traditional dispute resolution courses can create many obstacles to doing so. In this article, Professors Berman and Peterson provide tangible recommendations for designing dispute resolution courses that maximize practice-readiness. They address options for course structure, class format, skills building, and various methodologies professors …

Integration Of Mediation Skills As Required By The Nextgen Bar Exam, Christine Rollins

Saint Louis University Law Journal

The National Conference of Bar Examiners (“NCBE”) developed the NextGen Bar Exam to more actively test a broad range of foundational lawyering skills. The timing of the rollout will take several years with the final adoption date in 2028. The formatting of the questions will change, and the “Integrated Questions Set,” where examinees answer a series of questions about a given scenario, seems to be the hallmark of innovation. The NextGen Bar Exam will also include a performance task where examinees will draft a memorandum, legal brief, letter, or similar document. Faculty striving to adapt to the new assessment requirements …

Novel Ways Of Creating Experiential Adr Problems, Lieutenant Colonel Taren E. Wellman, Katherine Simpson, Richard Bales

Saint Louis University Law Journal

In legal education, experiential learning has become a vital tool for equipping students with the practical skills necessary for success in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). This article explores three innovative methods for creating dynamic and realistic ADR problems: engaging teaching fellows to develop negotiation simulations, leveraging international LL.M. students to craft cross-cultural hypotheticals, and using artificial intelligence to generate customized exercises efficiently. Each approach offers unique benefits, from fostering deeper student investment in problem design to promoting comparative legal understanding and streamlining the creation of tailored learning experiences. By integrating these methods, educators can enhance student engagement, bridge the gap …

Humanizing The Law: Building Better Lawyers Through Mediation Coursework, Simone A. Haberstock

Saint Louis University Law Journal

Many students enter law school with the goal of helping others. Traditional law school classes do not help students develop empathy and an understanding of client needs and interests. This paper argues that mediation training in law school helps students improve their understanding of the human experience of litigants involved in legal disputes and builds important empathic, relational, conflict resolution, and problem-solving skills. These skills not only help students connect with and understand their clients better but can promote the self-awareness and self-care necessary for students to become healthier and happier practicing attorneys. This results in students who are more …

Teaching Foundational Mediation Principles In A First-Year Lawyering Skills Program, Pamela V. Keller

Saint Louis University Law Journal

This article asserts that foundational mediation principles and skills can successfully be taught in a first-year lawyering skills program. At the University of Kansas School of Law, we have included an instructional mediation module in our first-year course for many years. The module contains substantive instruction on alternative dispute resolution, active learning exercises, a mediation simulation, and a reflective oral report. Our module could be adapted to other first-year courses or to upper-level experiential and doctrinal courses. This article explains the learning goals of our mediation module and the module’s various components in detail. It explains the module’s many benefits …

Peer Feedback Skills: A Negotiation Teaching Imperative, Lieutenant Colonel Taren E. Wellman

Saint Louis University Law Journal

Critical feedback, especially among peers, is difficult to give well but can be taught. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and Negotiations teachers can not only teach negotiation and facilitation skills affecting substantive outcomes but also equip students with the confidence and competence to engage well with critical feedback—a skill readily transferrable into any conflict resolution context. In this study, the author engaged a classroom intervention designed to improve peer feedback quality in an undergraduate negotiation course. The intervention included increasing transparency of what makes effective feedback and supplying a video recording of students’ negotiation performance prior to engaging in peer feedback, …

Book Review: Feminist Afterlives Of The Witch: Popular Culture, Memory, Activism, Subhasis Pal

Journal of International Women's Studies

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Book Review: Locker Room Talk: A Woman’S Struggle To Get Inside, Sneha V. John, Thahiya Afzal

Journal of International Women's Studies

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Book Review Essay: Fair Shake: Women And The Fight To Build A Just Economy, Madhavi Venkatesan, Michelle Wong

Journal of International Women's Studies

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Film Review: Tonotwiyat (Women’S Forest), M. Zaenul Muttaqin

Journal of International Women's Studies

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2024-2025 Profile, Morehead State University. Institutional Research & Analysis.

Office of Institutional Research & Analysis Publication Archive

2024-2025 issue of the Profile.

2025-2026 Common Data, Morehead State University. Institutional Research & Analysis.

Office of Institutional Research & Analysis Publication Archive

2025-2026 issue of the Common Data.

Adolescent Seizure Impacts Oligodendrocyte Maturation, Neuronal-Glial Circuit Formation, And Myelination In The Mammalian Forebrain, Kylie Foutch, Iris Tilton, Aundrea Cooney, Cole Bender, Collin Licharz, Megan Baldemor, Caitlyn Rock, Atehsa Asal Sahagun, Robert Brock, Chloe Franzia, Mary Francis Garcia, Raghav Gupta, Christopher Arellano Reyes, Mariyam Lokhandwala, Daniela Moura, Hirofumi Noguchi, Laura Cocas

Biology

Oligodendrocyte progenitor cells differentiate into oligodendrocytes, which myelinate axons during development and following demyelinating injury. However, the mechanisms that drive the timing and specificity of developmental myelination are not well understood. We hypothesized that oligodendrocyte progenitor cell proliferation and differentiation would be affected by pathological neuronal activity during adolescent development when developmental myelination is occurring and that this would also impact neuron-to-oligodendrocyte progenitor cell connectivity and myelination. We used kainic acid to induce a seizure in mice, treating equal numbers of males and females, in sample sizes of at least five animals. We found that the seizures led to increased …

Where Transformation Happens : Identifying Formational Qualities Of Spiritual Friendship Groups For Gen Z University Students, Gregory K. Haseloff

ATS Dissertations

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