Jennifer Chapman
@jelizachapman.bsky.social
Law Librarian. Teetering between rocking the boat and staying afloat. Opinions mine. Reposts not endorsements.
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LISTEN: Prof. @daniellecitron.bsky.social discusses her co-authored article tracing the evolution of trust and safety with tech policy.
Considering Trust and Safety's Past, Present, and Future
Podcast Episode · The Tech Policy Press Podcast · 11/30/2025 · 59m
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December 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
LISTEN: Prof. @daniellecitron.bsky.social discusses her co-authored article tracing the evolution of trust and safety with tech policy.
Good luck on exams!
Finals hours are here, and Arthur is STRESSED!
We are now open 6 AM-2 AM Monday-Friday and 8 AM-2 AM Saturday and Sunday. For more information on library access during December, you can visit our website through the link in our bio.
We are now open 6 AM-2 AM Monday-Friday and 8 AM-2 AM Saturday and Sunday. For more information on library access during December, you can visit our website through the link in our bio.
December 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Good luck on exams!
In his latest @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog post, Ben Fincher explores how tabling can help academic law libraries create a recognizable & memorable identity & engage students outside the confines of the "silent fortress" of the #library. ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/b...
December 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
In his latest @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog post, Ben Fincher explores how tabling can help academic law libraries create a recognizable & memorable identity & engage students outside the confines of the "silent fortress" of the #library. ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/b...
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Prof. @rachelbayefsky.bsky.social has won @theaals.bsky.social Junior Scholarship Award for her article “Judicial Institutionalism.” Prof. @payvandahdout.bsky.social earned an honorable mention.
Professors Recognized by AALS for Civil Procedure Research
Professor Rachel Bayefsky of the University of Virginia School of Law has won the Association of American Law Schools’ Junior Scholarship Award for her scholarship in civil procedure. Professor Payvan...
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December 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Prof. @rachelbayefsky.bsky.social has won @theaals.bsky.social Junior Scholarship Award for her article “Judicial Institutionalism.” Prof. @payvandahdout.bsky.social earned an honorable mention.
Pt 3 of Tanya Thomas' post on the @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog examines the professional stakes of training a generation of lawyers who rarely engage with the raw materials of their profession & what our pedagogical response should be. ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/g...
Guest Post – Teaching Legal Research in the Generative AI Era: When Source Blindness and Source Erasure Collide (Part 3)
A pile of chicken nuggets isolated onImage by James Palinsad from BY-SA 2.0, Text: A pile of chicken nuggets isolated on black color background This is Part 3 of a four-part series from guest co…
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December 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Pt 3 of Tanya Thomas' post on the @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog examines the professional stakes of training a generation of lawyers who rarely engage with the raw materials of their profession & what our pedagogical response should be. ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/g...
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Physically I’m now in sweatpants until Friday, mentally I’m now in sweatpants until January
November 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Physically I’m now in sweatpants until Friday, mentally I’m now in sweatpants until January
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In the latest #AALLSpectrum article, Andrea Guldalian explores the Data Rescue Project—an initiative to preserve U.S. federal government data blending the technical expertise of data librarians with the familiar librarian work of organizing and cataloging information. tinyurl.com/3xpcmf7m
November 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
In the latest #AALLSpectrum article, Andrea Guldalian explores the Data Rescue Project—an initiative to preserve U.S. federal government data blending the technical expertise of data librarians with the familiar librarian work of organizing and cataloging information. tinyurl.com/3xpcmf7m
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LISTEN: Prof. Mitu Gulati and University of North Carolina Prof. Mark Weidemaier discuss the use of total return swaps to provide credit to governments.
Ep 165 - Total Return Swaps
Total Return Swaps
There have been reports in the financial press about the use of Total Return Swaps to provide credit to governments (e.g., Angola), often in situations where the government can't
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November 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
LISTEN: Prof. Mitu Gulati and University of North Carolina Prof. Mark Weidemaier discuss the use of total return swaps to provide credit to governments.
Pt 2 of Tanya Thomas' post on @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS Law Librarian Blog looks at at the cognitive architecture of dependency, the ways Gen AI amplifies cognitive bias, and issues of source blindness and source erasure. Pt 1 linked in comments. ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/g...
November 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Pt 2 of Tanya Thomas' post on @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS Law Librarian Blog looks at at the cognitive architecture of dependency, the ways Gen AI amplifies cognitive bias, and issues of source blindness and source erasure. Pt 1 linked in comments. ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/g...
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Just in case you never got around to reading the International Court of Justice's climate change advisory opinion over the summer, and/or never quite understood what all the fuss was about, give me 2 minutes to catch you up!
www.simplelaw.blog/p/i-read-133...
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I Read 133 Pages of the ICJ Climate Change Opinion So You Don’t Have To — Here Are Its 10 Commandments for Countries (in 2 minutes)
By Yusra Suedi (PhD, Assistant Professor of International Law at University of Manchester)
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November 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Just in case you never got around to reading the International Court of Justice's climate change advisory opinion over the summer, and/or never quite understood what all the fuss was about, give me 2 minutes to catch you up!
www.simplelaw.blog/p/i-read-133...
www.simplelaw.blog/p/i-read-133...
The @uvalawlibrary.bsky.social just added this book to the collection. Great book about an evolving industry with complex legal implications.
November 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The @uvalawlibrary.bsky.social just added this book to the collection. Great book about an evolving industry with complex legal implications.
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While most libraries are multigeneration workplaces, they rely on senior leadership nearing retirement. In the latest #AALLSpectrum article, B. Austin Waters and Matthew Walker discuss how to attract, recognize, and mentor younger professionals in the law library space. tinyurl.com/3n7umc97
November 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
While most libraries are multigeneration workplaces, they rely on senior leadership nearing retirement. In the latest #AALLSpectrum article, B. Austin Waters and Matthew Walker discuss how to attract, recognize, and mentor younger professionals in the law library space. tinyurl.com/3n7umc97
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Prof. Richard Schragger will be a speaker Dec. 12 for the #UVA Miller Center’s discussion on @cornelluniversity.bsky.social Prof. Suzanne Mettler’s book “Rural Versus Urban: The Growing Divide That Threatens Democracy.”
'Rural Versus Urban: The Growing Divide That Threatens Democracy' | Miller Center
REGISTER FOR IN-PERSONREGISTER FOR ONLINEJoin us for an important conversation on the economic and social factors driving political polarization, particularly the growing urban/rural divide in America...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Prof. Richard Schragger will be a speaker Dec. 12 for the #UVA Miller Center’s discussion on @cornelluniversity.bsky.social Prof. Suzanne Mettler’s book “Rural Versus Urban: The Growing Divide That Threatens Democracy.”
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This is a must-read by the absolutely legendary @philippesands.bsky.social:
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Trump and his ilk imagine a world without international law – but they will not achieve it | Philippe Sands
History shows us that the creation of international rules and institutions is followed by their partial destruction, and a reconstruction that builds on what came before, says professor of law Philipp...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
This is a must-read by the absolutely legendary @philippesands.bsky.social:
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Explore global legal scholarship with the AALL Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (IFLP)! Covering 800+ journals worldwide, Try it free for 30 days! No risk, no obligation. Use code IFLP2025 before December 30. tinyurl.com/jfjatbdc
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Explore global legal scholarship with the AALL Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (IFLP)! Covering 800+ journals worldwide, Try it free for 30 days! No risk, no obligation. Use code IFLP2025 before December 30. tinyurl.com/jfjatbdc
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There may seem to be a "bewildering number of OA economic models" but have you ever talked to an acquisitions librarian about serials models.
November 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
There may seem to be a "bewildering number of OA economic models" but have you ever talked to an acquisitions librarian about serials models.
Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholar's Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding
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Anti-Autocracy Handbook - SaveScience.EU
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November 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholar's Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding
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Like previous government shutdowns, the one that ended this week didn’t halt federal agencies’ work across the board. Immigration enforcement, for example, was largely unaffected.
But while the raids continued, the flow of information about them did not.
But while the raids continued, the flow of information about them did not.
ICE Raids Kept On During the Shutdown, But the Detention Data Stayed Hidden
More than seven weeks have passed since the last comprehensive release of detention and deportation numbers.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
In my @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog post I examine what a recent Saturday Night Live sketch might tell us about how law librarians can be a bridge between the "never AI" groups & the "everything AI" groups when it comes to AI in the law ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/a...
November 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
In my @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog post I examine what a recent Saturday Night Live sketch might tell us about how law librarians can be a bridge between the "never AI" groups & the "everything AI" groups when it comes to AI in the law ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/a...
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In a new study, Prof. Mitu Gulati and @nyulaw.bsky.social Prof. Stephen Choi analyze President Donald Trump’s federal appellate appointees’ influence on the judiciary. @thenlj.bsky.social
Trump Judges Outdo Biden Appointees in Total Opinions, Out-of-Circuit Cites, Study Finds| Law.com
A preliminary draft of the study analyzed the performance of all federal judges under age 55 who were active between January 2023 and December 2024, using total opinions as a measure of productivity a...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
In a new study, Prof. Mitu Gulati and @nyulaw.bsky.social Prof. Stephen Choi analyze President Donald Trump’s federal appellate appointees’ influence on the judiciary. @thenlj.bsky.social
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We are pleased to share an updated call for papers, with a deadline for submission of abstracts of 8 December 2025.
You can submit via Oxford abstracts: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79382...
Conference: 1-4 July 2026, Cape Town
Theme: Public Law & the Future of Constitutional Democracy
You can submit via Oxford abstracts: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79382...
Conference: 1-4 July 2026, Cape Town
Theme: Public Law & the Future of Constitutional Democracy
November 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
We are pleased to share an updated call for papers, with a deadline for submission of abstracts of 8 December 2025.
You can submit via Oxford abstracts: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79382...
Conference: 1-4 July 2026, Cape Town
Theme: Public Law & the Future of Constitutional Democracy
You can submit via Oxford abstracts: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79382...
Conference: 1-4 July 2026, Cape Town
Theme: Public Law & the Future of Constitutional Democracy
Pt 1 of Tanya Thomas' guest post to the @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog post looks at how #generativeAI is leading to "a generation of lawyers who rarely engage with the raw materials of their profession" - like eating chicken nuggets
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Guest Post – Teaching Legal Research in the Generative AI Era: When Source Blindness and Source Erasure Collide (Part 1)
Image by James Palinsad from – CC BY-SA 2.0, Alt Text: A pile of chicken nuggets isolated on black color background This is Part 1 of a four part-series from guest contributor Tanya Thomas. T…
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November 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Pt 1 of Tanya Thomas' guest post to the @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog post looks at how #generativeAI is leading to "a generation of lawyers who rarely engage with the raw materials of their profession" - like eating chicken nuggets
ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/g...
ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/g...
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Want to understand COP30 in just 2 minutes? Here’s a breakdown (by yours truly) of what’s at stake in Brazil — and why it matters:
www.simplelaw.blog/p/cop30-in-b...
#SAIL #InternationalLaw #Belem
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#SAIL #InternationalLaw #Belem
November 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Want to understand COP30 in just 2 minutes? Here’s a breakdown (by yours truly) of what’s at stake in Brazil — and why it matters:
www.simplelaw.blog/p/cop30-in-b...
#SAIL #InternationalLaw #Belem
www.simplelaw.blog/p/cop30-in-b...
#SAIL #InternationalLaw #Belem
Joy Hollerbach's recent @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog post gives helpful tips for making virtual presentations engaging & informative
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November 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Joy Hollerbach's recent @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog post gives helpful tips for making virtual presentations engaging & informative
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What does international law actually say if the U.S. were to attack Venezuela?
Find out in my latest two-minute explainer:
www.simplelaw.blog/p/what-happe...
Enjoy!
Find out in my latest two-minute explainer:
www.simplelaw.blog/p/what-happe...
Enjoy!
What Happens if the U.S. Attacks Venezuela?
Tensions are high: The world’s largest U.S.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:46 AM
What does international law actually say if the U.S. were to attack Venezuela?
Find out in my latest two-minute explainer:
www.simplelaw.blog/p/what-happe...
Enjoy!
Find out in my latest two-minute explainer:
www.simplelaw.blog/p/what-happe...
Enjoy!