Russell Gold

I posted a draft of Look What You Made Me Do to @SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…. Forthcoming @WLULawReview. I argue that criminal procedure coerces defendants into embracing the narrative that their crime was solely their own bad choice.

If you were reconstituting the federal judiciary from scratch, would you choose for it to be wildly disproportionately composed of former prosecutors and other courtroom advocates for govt—with only a smattering of former courtroom *opponents* of govt? Man, I sure wouldn’t.

Word is out! After 4 great years at Columbia, I'm returning to NYU as an associate professor of law, beginning July 1. The Science, Health & Information Clinic is coming to NYU with me! Excited to join one of the strongest law & tech programs in the country! Much more to come!

I’m excited to report that Look What You Made Me Do is now forthcoming in ⁦@WLULawReview⁩. I’m excited to work with editors from ⁦@wlulaw⁩. ⁦@UALawSchool⁩

“Look What You Made Me Do” is currently under submission to law journals. In it I examine how criminal process flattens the complex narratives of crime into a simple story of defendants making bad choices. It sometimes coerces defendants into reciting this narrative too.

Brilliant. Judge Carlton Reeves strikes down federal machine gun ban, not because HE thinks it violates 2Am, but instead because he believes—correctly—that faithful application of Bruen’s historical-tradition framework compels that result. Your move, CA5. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

One of the big challenges when you criminalize lots of non-morally-wrongful behavior like we do is whether you’re going to enforce those laws equally against everyone who violates them. As our history demonstrates with ineluctable clarity, the answer is no, no you are not.

I may stay on here a bit longer, but if you’re on that other site please follow me there too.

I'm excited to announce that the essay @KayLevine12 and I wrote, Exoneration Finance, is now published: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…. @nyulawreview @UALawSchool @EmoryLaw. We explain how litigation finance can improve access to counsel for wrongful conviction proceedings.

Yes! This is what I discuss in Jail as Injunction papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… @GeorgetownLJ and Paying for Pretrial Detention papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… @NCLRev. We get the financial incentives backwards with bail, and we don’t take a careful look at the balance of harms.

Come join me @UALawSchool! We're hiring an Associate Dean of Experiential Learning, and I'm chairing the search. Here are the postings: careers.ua.edu/jobs/law-assoc… careers.ua.edu/jobs/law-assoc…. Please reach out at [email protected] with any questions. Please repost and share widely.

A truly extraordinary program!

You can still register for this amazing line up of junior scholars on crim pro, this Friday on zoom. I’m thrilled to be commentating on the insightful and original work of ⁦@AnnaFinally⁩! ⁦@JustinNYLS⁩ ⁦@AHoagFordjour⁩

I'm excited to announce that as of October 1 I'll be the Frank M. Bainbridge-Walter L. Mims Professor of Law at @UALawSchool. I feel so fortunate to work with extroardinary students and colleagues and am grateful to countless mentors over the years.

Chills. 👏 #RollTide

A big thank you to attorneys Larry Krasner and Mackenzie Hayes for sharing summer and post-graduate opportunities within the @philadao's office with our students.

As a graduate of @ASU, it’s fun to have article reprints in maroon and gold. The Price of Criminal Law argues that we get more criminal law than we pay for, and that’s a problem. Full article here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…. @ArizStLJ

Looking forward to reading this new and important project from two of the very finest scholars as people in our business, ⁦@wrightrf⁩ and ⁦@KayLevine12⁩. Legislatures and Localized Resentencing by Ronald F. Wright, Kay L. Levine :: SSRN papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…