Arizona State Law Journal Blog

Nathaniel Rubin, 1L It’s time for an overhaul of qualified immunity in America. Police misconduct, particularly relating to their use of force with communities of color, has been at the forefront of the national conversation for almost a decade. Society…

By Joanna Jandali. Suffice to say, 2020 was a year of reckoning. From a global pandemic to a severe economic downturn to record-breaking natural disasters, this past year was defined by one destabilizing shock after another. Yet, what has remained…

By Joel Truett.The CaseIn the wake of this year’s presidential election, President Trump promised to take legal action to challenge the counting of the vote in several states.  Cases have been brought across the country, with supporters of the President…

By Stephanie Deskins.On September 22, 2020, the Arizona Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Jessie D. v Department of Child Safety, F.V., M.D., M.D., C.D. The juvenile court terminated Jessie’s parental rights to his four children because…

It is hard to think of something more patently unfair than a person being convicted and imprisoned for a crime they did not commit. But that is exactly what happened in 1980 to Cathy Woods. Cathy spent nearly thirty-four years…

Today, nearly half of American workers are working from home full-time. As COVID-19 cases across the country and in Arizona specifically continue to rise, it is clear that working from home is the new normal. Teachers are lesson planning from…

By Sarah Brunswick.Before a chunk of coal or beam of sunlight can charge a phone or brew coffee, electricity must first be made (generation), transported to your area (transmission), and delivered to your home (distribution). Electric utilities make this happen…

By Tessa Patterson.Phoenix-based startup Nikola Motor Company (“Nikola”) has risen to the top. Nikola was once valued at more than Ford Motor Company buthas since endured bumpy roads, including a patent lawsuit with fellow electric car competitor, Tesla. The most…

By Renee Guerin.Native Voters at the Forefront of the 2020 Election The recent presidential election underscored the importance of an often-overlooked group—indigenous voters. Multiple news outlets lauded Native voters as key to President-elect Biden’s narrow victory in decisive states like…

By John Butzer.IntroductionCan an individual who is not a party to a contract be bound to a limitation provision of that contract? In Arizona, the answer is no. Recently, the Arizona Supreme Court unanimously decided in JTF Aviation Holdings, Inc.…