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(Some of) the Best New LPE and LPE-Adjacent Scholarship

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With the fall 2024 submission season in the books and our Twitter feeds abuzz with placement announcements, the LPE Blog highlights some of the most exciting forthcoming LPE and LPE-adjacent articles. Covering tech, labor, housing, admin law, family law, consumer protection, legal theory, local government law, and so much more, this scouting report is not to be missed.
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(Some of) The Best New LPE and LPE-Adjacent Scholarship

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With the spring submission season nearly in the books, we highlight some of the most exciting forthcoming LPE and LPE-adjacent articles. Covering antitrust, legal theory, climate change, religion, disability, labor, consumer protection, criminal law, and so much more, this scouting report is not to be missed.
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No One Court Should Have All That Power

By LPE Editors

Here’s the terrifying reality: our power-hungry, ultra-conservative Supreme Court will stifle attempts by the government to address climate change, gun violence, racial inequality, and many other pressing problems. Democrats, meanwhile, are unlikely to win back control of the Court until 2065. Given this, it’s past time to take seriously the following question: what to do about the courts? Thankfully, we have just the open course for you.
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Early Edition: (More of) the Best New LPE and LPE-Adjacent Scholarship

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Some people head to the pumpkin patch. Others drink from the unholy fountain of the pumpkin spice latte. But here at the Blog, our favorite autumnal activity is decidedly less gourd-based: we scour the internet for the most exciting forthcoming LPE and LPE-adjacent articles. Covering tech, labor, housing, the administrative state, criminal justice, family law, religious freedom, finance, legal theory, and so much more, this scouting report is not to be missed.
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That Summer Feeling

By LPE Editors

Before the Blog goes on our August hiatus, we say farewell to Angela Harris, Sanjukta Paul, Caroline Parker, and Ann Sarnak. We also welcome Veena Dubal, Aziz Rana, and Karen Tani to our editorial board, and Kate Yoon to our editorial staff. Plus, to tide you over until September, we count down the top ten most read posts of 2023.
LPE Originals

Early Edition: (Some of) the Best New LPE and LPE-Adjacent Scholarship

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With the spring submission season nearly in the books, and our Twitter feeds abuzz with placement announcements, the LPE Blog highlights some of the most exciting forthcoming LPE and LPE-adjacent articles. Covering tech, care, labor, criminal justice, religious freedom, money and banking, property, the administrative state, and so much more, this scouting report is not to be missed.
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What to Watch: The Thirteen Best Panels Streaming This Weekend

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Forget Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon. Over the next three days, you’ll want to turn that dial to Law and Political Economy: Labor, Social Control, and Counterpower. From the comfort of your own home, stream panels on the legal regulation of data and technology, socialist constitutionalism, decarcerating the welfare state, and so much more. Zoom links for the various panels can be found within this post, along with some paired blog posts from our (vast) archive.

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We’re Hiring an Academic Fellow!

By LPE Editors

Do you want to help organize amazing events, shape field-defining conferences, and support the spread of LPE student groups across the globe, all while having the time and space to pursue your own research agenda? Well, you’re in luck: we’re hiring!
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August Hiatus

By LPE Editors

The blog goes on August hiatus, a new primer on climate change, our top ten posts of the past year, and two new editors join the team.

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Hot Anti-Monopoly Summer

By LPE Editors

With our new and improved Anti-Monopoly and Regulated Industries Academy, you can watch lecture videos, access readings, and track your progress from the comfort of your own home. Or the beach.
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DOJ & FTC Fireside Chat: Worker Bargaining and the Antitrust Laws – 19th Century through the Present

By LPE Editors

The Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have announced an agenda for their upcoming virtual workshop regarding competition in labor markets. On Tuesday, December 6th, Prof. Sanjukta Paul will be engaging in a “Fireside Chat: Worker Bargaining and the Antitrust Laws – 19th Century through the Present,” in dialogue with…