Taming the Algorithmic Onslaught Facing Consumers

In a scholarly paper published in the West Virginia Law Review, California Western Professor Tabrez Ebrahim discusses the phenomenon of algorithmic decision-making in business and the need for a regulatory response to the use of algorithms in the consumer-merchant context.

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Obamacare Survives Fourth SCOTUS Encounter

In an academic commentary recently published in JURIST, California Western Constitutional Law Professor and Supreme Court Expert Glenn Smith discusses the recent SCOTUS Obamacare reprieve and the legal and practical importance of the complex doctrines surrounding standing to sue.

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CWSL Faculty Recognized by The Green Bag for Exemplary Legal Writing

California Western Vice Dean Hannah Brenner Johnson and Professor Laura Padilla have been recognized by The Green Bag in their 2020 list of “Exemplary Legal Writing Books.” The list of books was selected by Professor Femi Cadmus, Yale Law School, and Ariel Scotese, Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago Law School.

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A Big Month for SCOTUS: CWSL Professors Comment

June sees the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) covering cases involving the Affordable Care Act, voting rights, religious freedom vs. same-sex-marriage rights, and a challenge to off-campus regulation of student speech. We asked California Western Constitutional Law experts Professors Jessica Fink, William Aceves, and Glenn Smith to comment on the potential outcomes of these decisions as the SCOTUS term concludes.

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When Experiential Learning and Collegiality Come Together

California Western Professor Glenn Smith talks about his yearly Supreme Court Simulation seminar and how this popular class aptly illustrates how two of California Western’s core strengths—a passion for experiential learning and a faculty culture of generosity and collegiality—come together.

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