At the Blog
On Monday, Kate Jackson continued our symposium on Katharina Pistor’s The Law of Capitalism and How to Transform It, asking what it would take to bend the private law toward justice.
On Tuesday, Katharina Pistor concluded the symposium by distilling and responding to the core disagreements with her interlocutors.
And on Thursday, Nicholas Almendares examined a novel strategy by which the SEC is attempting to entrench deregulatory policy: disclaiming the authority to regulate in the first place.
In LPE Land
The ALPE announced a full-day pre-conference (“ALPE PRE”) practicum for scholars, organizers, movement lawyers, and policy advocates, taking place on June 8, 2027, in Boston, Massachusetts. Unlike the main conference—which will focus on academic research and paper workshops—ALPE PRE will offer space and time to bring our community together to advance ongoing work, generate new projects, and provide essential training.
On his new substack, Sabeel Rahman introduced the Reinvention Blueprints, an on-going series at Just Security.
In the New York Times, Ezra Klein interviewed Quinn Slobodian about Elon Musk. To our dismay, not one mention of the Regulation School.
In the Guardian, Oliver Laughland and Will Craft investigated Louisiana’s for-profit eviction mills. A must-read.
On Monday, join the Center for Civil Rights and Critical Justice at Seattle University School of Law for a virtual webinar with Professor Kathleen Morris about the We the Cities Project, which explores how universities, colleges, and foundation partners can construct accessible educational pathways directly from communities into local government careers.
