Category: Arizona State Law Journal Blog

By Ben Martin. WikiHow’s fantastic How to Get Out of a Gym Contract reads with the regulatory complexity you might expect from a law class on energy or taxes. And yet it's a complexity that the consumer may encounter when…

By Stefan Oakley. The Arizona Supreme Court, in Dinsmoor v. City of Phoenix et al., ruled that schools do not typically owe a duty of care to students who experience violence and/or injury after school. Rather, the duty a school…

By Joanna Jandali. [TW: this blog post contains graphic descriptions and content related to suicide.] “Notice of Impending Death.” This was the title of a handwritten message sent to a federal district court judge on August 29, 2017. The author,…

By Sarah Doberneck. Defective products pose a risk of personal injury and property damage to consumers. Because of this, manufacturers and sellers have been held liable for injuries arising from these items for well over a century. Yet, as technology…

By Julianne Baggett. On October 18, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two per curiam opinions extending qualified immunity protections to law enforcement officers accused of using excessive force—one case coming from the Ninth Circuit and the other from the…

By Nick Hodder. The United States Supreme Court recently agreed to take a closer look at the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) statutory authority. Specifically, the Court agreed to hear four cases challenging the agency’s power to limit CO2 emissions from…

By Matt Lutz. As of September 29, Arizona allows community colleges to offer four-year degrees. Senate Bill 1453 (SB 1453), which was signed into law by Governor Ducey on May 4, 2021, was intended to expand access to higher education…

By Claire Newfeld. Coined by renowned lawyer and civil rights advocate Kimberlé Crenshaw, critical race theory is a body of scholarship and an academic movement anchored in the premise that the social construction of race, along with racial bias, permeate…

By Avery Cartwright. Did you know that you can now buy stock shares in Bitcoin on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), simply by using any stock brokerage app? Last week, ProShares launched an exchange-traded fund linked to Bitcoin futures.…

By Benjamin A. Longbottom. Introduction Western water insecurity. Ninety percent of the Western United States is experiencing severe drought. Lake Mead is at its lowest level since the Hoover Dam was built in the 1930s. The recent declaration of a…