Michael A. Olivas

Publications

• From a Legal Organization of Militants into a Law Firm for the Latino Community: MALDEF and the Purposive Cases of Keyes, Rodriguez, and Plyler
  90 DENV. L. REV. 1151 (2013) · Denver Law Review · 2013
• Ask Not For Whom the Law School Bell Tolls: Professor Tamanaha, Failing Law Schools, and (Mis)Diagnosing the Problem
  41 WASH. U. J. L. & POL'Y 101 (2013) · Washington University Journal of Law & Policy · 2013
• Dreams Deferred: Deferred Action, Prosecutorial Discretion, and the Vexing Case(s) of DREAM Act Students
  21 WM. & MARY BILL RTS. J. 463 (2012) · William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal · 2012
• Governing Badly: Theory and Practice of Bad Ideas in College Decision Making
  87 IND. L.J. (2012) · Indiana Law Journal · 2012

• Lawmakers Gone Wild - College Residency and the Response to Professor Kobach
  61 SMU L. REV. 99 (2008) · SMU Law Review · 2008
• The "Trial of the Century" that Never Was: Staff Sgt. Macario Garcia, the Congressional Medal of Honor, and the Oasis Cafè
  83 IND. L.J. (2008) · Indiana Law Journal · 2008
• Immigration-Related State and Local Ordinances: Preemption, Prejudice, and the Proper Role for Enforcement
  2007 U. CHI. LEGAL F. (2007) · University of Chicago Legal Forum · 2007
• Brown and the Desegregative Ideal: Location, Race, and College Attendance Policies
  90 CORNELL L. REV. 391 (2005) · Cornell Law Review · 2005
• State College Savings and Prepaid Tuition Plans: A Reappraisal and Review
  32 J. L. & EDUC. (2003) · The Journal of Law and Education · 2003

• Constitutional Criteria: The Social Science and Common Law of Admissions Decisions in Higher Education
  68 U. COLO. L. REV. 1065 (1997) · University of Colorado Law Review · 1997
• Storytelling Out of School: Undocumented College Residency, Race, and Reaction
  22 UC L. CONST. Q. 1019 (1995) · UC Law Constitutional Quarterly · 1995

• Plyler v. Doe, Toll v. Moreno, and Postsecondary Admissions: Undocumented Adults and Enduring Disability
  15 J. L. & EDUC. (1986) · The Journal of Law and Education · 1986
• The Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act of 1978: The Failure of Federal Indian Higher Education Policy
  9 AM. INDIAN L. REV. 219 (1981) · American Indian Law Review · 1981