Section Highlights

Chevron, Loper, and Jarkesy: What Has the Supreme Court Done Now? Sunday July 21, 3:00-5:00 pm. The recent Supreme Court term has created a sea change in administrative law – or has it? That was the question addressed by Chevron, Loper, and Jarkesy: What Has the Supreme Court Done Now?, a discussion group on the opening day of the 2024 SEALS annual meeting. The group consisted of more than a dozen administrative law scholars, including several casebook authors, and discussed the ramifications of the Court’s recent blockbuster administrative law decisions in terms of their effect on the administrative state as well as their impact on the group’s pedagogy. The two-hour session opened with organizer and moderator Linda Jellum asking the

Submitted by Rishi Batra On Thursday, July 27th, a number of law school deans and faculty members met for a free flowing and thoughtful discussion on h organized by Lucas Osborn (Cambell University). Given the recent discussion around the US News and World Report (USNWR) rankings of law schools spurred by a number of schools publicly or privately “withdrawing” from participating in the rankings, the panelists and participants considered multiple questions regarding the purposes, past, and future of these and other rankings. Panelists first discussed how their school decided to stay in or out of the rankings and what the process was regarding that decision, as well as their general thoughts. Schools obviously varied in how they made their decisions,

Submitted by Caprice Roberts Every day, mega profits flow as fruits from immortal “HeLa” cells unconscionably harvested from Henrietta Lacks. This panel explored ongoing litigation to overcome barriers to relief and rectify unjust enrichment. Professor Chris Ogolla, Barry Law, facilitated the discussion. Panelists addressed novel scholarly arguments and litigation strategy. Speakers included Professors Deleso A. Alford, Southern Law; Christopher Ayers, Seeger Weiss LLP; Ben Crump, Ben Crump Law, PLLC; Suzette Malveaux, Colorado Law; and Caprice Roberts, LSU Law. We are grateful that living members of the Lacks family who honored us with their presence. Thank you to everyone who attended.

Submitted by Caprice Roberts Discussants explored working drafts addressing shortcomings in the law of remedies. We discussed legal barriers to relief and a host of related questions: What harms should we accept without recourse? If instead remedy should flow, how should courts shape relief, quantify harms, and deter wrongs? We examined the key role of remedies, from navigating equitable procedure and overcoming legal challenges to garnering meaningful relief that vindicates injury without overreaching. Professor Aaron-Andrew Bruhl, William & Mary Law School, launched our dialogue with a presentation of an excerpted article, Equity on Appeal. Professor Bruhl’s work traces the origins of federal appellate procedure to expose the complicated, law-equity roots and the hybrid nature of modern federal practice. The article

Submitted by Caprice Roberts SEALS held a series of sessions by research deans. At the start of SEALS, we held a panel exploring the relative merits of law review articles versus monographs. Thanks for a provocative discussion by Professors Huyen Pham, Texas A&M Law; Ronald Krotoszynski Alabama Law; Professor Ryan Stoa, Southern Law; Paul Gowder, Northwestern Law; Professor Jacob Eisler, FSU Law. In a mid-week session, Exploring the Best Ways to Promote Scholarship, research deans discussed challenges and successes in advancing research and faculty development. Professor Gowder facilitated the discussion, which included: Professors andré douglas pond cummings Arkansas-Little Rock Law; Olympia Duhart, Nova Law; Eve Hanan, UNLV Law; Ronald Krotoszynski, Alabama Law; Huyen Pham, Texas A&M Law; Marc Roark, Tulsa