Arizona State Law Journal Blog

By Sarah Wastek.  In January 2024, during her run for Senate, Kari Lake leaked a recording of a conversation she had with Arizona GOP Chairman Jeff DeWit. In the recording, DeWit hints that certain powerful people do not want Lake…

By Kate Kaufman. In Governor Katie Hobbs’s State of the State address, she proclaimed that Arizona “has long failed to live up to its obligation to adequately invest fairly in public education in every community.” Hobbs committed to making education reform…

By Reece Tack. In a controversial case of property rights versus corporate control, Jie Cao and Haining Xia’s (“Plaintiffs”) ownership of their condominium at Dorsey Place in Tempe, Arizona, has been put to the test. Plaintiffs purchased a condominium at Dorsey…

By Jack Cahill. Prospective homebuyers witnessed a surge in home prices over the last several years, particularly here in Phoenix. While this unprecedented trend is slowing down thanks to growth in inventory and lower interest rates, this newfound market stability could…

By Rosie McCormack.  Every American middle schooler learns that, in our three-branch government, the legislature makes the laws. Few people may know, though, that Arizona’s Constitution grants ordinary citizens lawmaking power too. Article IV, part 1, section 1 of the…

By Emma Smith.  On September 20, 2023, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge issued a final judgment in Brown v. City of Phoenix, holding that a Phoenix homeless encampment—known as The Zone—was a public nuisance. This ruling imposed a duty…

By Kaitlyn Vance.  The Purpose of the Corporate Transparency Act  Congress signed the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) into law on January 1, 2021, which requires certain corporate entities to disclose identifying information. The CTA increases transparency about the ownership and…

By Jesse Cresap. In Arizona, utilities and their regulators disagree over who controls and profits from excess space on utility infrastructure. The Arizona Corporation Commission’s Utility Division Staff asserts authority over the unused space on utility infrastructure and whether cellular antennas…

By McKenzie Paulsen. The New Wave: Proposed Changes for Inheriting a Decedent’s Estate A new wave of laws is on the horizon for estate planning. What are these new waves? The most prominent changes are the proposed sunset of the increased federal…

By Helen Hitz. Opinion: Arizona needs to enact an exception to the felony-murder rule in cases where the individual killed was an accomplice of the individual charged with murder. The addition of just six words to Arizona’s first-degree murder statute would…