Category: Arizona State Law Journal Blog

By Taylor Hamel.Though the sun was not blazing over Arizona’s desert landscape on the chilly afternoon of January 22, 2021, the state’s residents were. That is because January 22 was the first day of the legal sale of recreational marijuana…

By Sean Krieg.Businesses’ liability protection from corona virus related claims has been a major point of contention in federal stimulus package debates. Firms point out—rightly so—that many small- and mid-sized businesses cannot afford to weather a large influx of claims…

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…