Author: Abbie Conrad (JD 2024-2025 student)

By Clayton M. Kinsey.  “It has been said that to be a Hopi is to be a steward of the earth, a caretaker of the land and the water . . . . It has also been said that in…

By Shirley Lin. Theorizing work and its regulation has held enduring appeal for legal theorists. Yet intellectual movements that wish to theorize worker coercion within a broader critique of law often sidestep race. Since Lochner, landmark opinions involving race, labor, or…

By Emma Marek. The popularity of short-term rental housing has grown exponentially in recent years, especially in Arizona. Short-term rentals (“STRs”), also referred to as vacation rentals or transient lodging, are homes, condominiums, apartments, or other residential units that are rented…

By Shefali Milczarek-Desai & Tara Sklar.  “One of my sisters told me to have some dignity and leave [my abusive workplace]. I told her that I can’t feed my kids with dignity, and that was my reality.” –Immigrant Woman Long-Term…

By Ashley Oddo, Shannon Johanni & Jana Hrdinová.  Marijuana-related initiatives in Arizona (and nationwide) demonstrate a progression from informal social acceptance to formal legalization after decades of prohibition. In Arizona, medical marijuana use was legalized in 2010 followed by the…

By Jonathan Skinner-Thompson. Prevailing approaches to addressing environmental justice in Indian Country are inadequate. The dual pursuits of distributive and procedural justice do not fully account for the unique factors that make Indigenous environmental justice distinct—namely, the sovereign status of tribal…

By Jordan Blair Woods, Ashley Oddo, Devyn Arredondo & Yan Idrissov. Policing data is vital to improving police accountability and transparency. In 2021, Arizona enacted a law requiring law enforcement agencies in the state to collect and report data on officer…