Michael Conklin

Publications

• HBCUs and Disparate Law School Rankings
  74 CLEV. ST. L. REV. 593 (2026) · Cleveland State Law Review · 2026
• NFT Artists v. the SEC: Reassessing Securities Law in the Age of Digital Art
  130 PENN ST. L. REV. 625 (2026) · Penn State Law Review (2003 - Present) · 2026
• The Arbitration Web Ensnaring Every Consumer: The Next Evolution in Corporate Strategy to Compel Arbitration
  78 ME. L. REV. 39 (2026) · Maine Law Review · 2026
• Debating the Self-Pardon: A Dialogue of the Evidence for and Against the Constitutionality of a Presidential Self-Pardon
  90 MO. L. REV. (2026) · Missouri Law Review · 2026
• Disbarment Disparities: How Law School Prestige Affects Disbarment Rates
  21 J. BUS. & TECH. L. (2026) · Journal of Business & Technology Law · 2026
• Peak Wokeness in Legal Scholarship: An Empirical Analysis of Recent Trends in Progressive Topics
  61 CAL. W. L. REV. (2025) · California Western Law Review · 2025
• Baseball and Age Discrimination: Experience Matters
  77 OKLA. L. REV. 547 (2025) · Oklahoma Law Review · 2025
• Consensus Regarding the Constitutionality of a Presidential Self-Pardon
  23 U. N. H. L. REV. (2025) · The University of New Hampshire Law Review · 2025
• The Role of Race in Howard Law School's Rankings
  56 ST. MARY'S L.J. 225 (2025) · St. Mary's Law Journal · 2025
• Measuring the Rapidly Increasing Use of Artificial Intelligence in Legal Scholarship
  15 ST. MARY'S J. LEGAL MAL. & ETHICS 309 (2025) · St. Mary's Journal on Legal Malpractice & Ethics · 2025
• Satellites Crash, Laws Clash: A Legal Framework for the Imminent Space Debris Catastrophe
  33 CATH. U. J. L. & TECH. 31 (2024) · Catholic University Journal of Law and Technology · 2024
• Articles The Supreme Court Wants to Know: Can a President Pardon Himself?
  129 PENN ST. L. REV. (2024) · Penn State Law Review (2003 - Present) · 2024
• Non-Human Stakeholders: Testing the Boundaries of Stakeholder Theory
  76 OKLA. L. REV. 229 (2024) · Oklahoma Law Review · 2024
• Benchmarked for Arbitration: Work Avoidance as an Explanation for Why Judges Have Become Increasingly Favorable Toward Compelled Arbitration
  2024 PEPP. L. REV. 129 (2024) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2024
• Boycotts, Race, Rankings, and Howard Law School's Peculiar Position
  22 U. N. H. L. REV. (2024) · The University of New Hampshire Law Review · 2024
• Solar Eclipses and the Law
  27 SMU SCI. & TECH. L. REV. 295 (2024) · SMU Science and Technology Law Review · 2024
• A Face Only an Attorney Could Love: Madison Square Garden’s Use of Facial Recognition Technology to Ban Lawyers with Pending Litigation
  83 MD. L. REV. (2024) · Maryland Law Review · 2024
• Athletic Performance and State Tax Rates: Why NBA Players Perform Worse In High-Tax States
  26 TRANSACTIONS (2024) · Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law · 2024
• The Outer Limits of Digital Privacy Protections: A Review of The Privacy Fallacy
  129 DICK. L. REV. 249 (2024) · Dickinson Law Review (2017-Present) · 2024
• Putting Cryptocurrency in Its Place: The Case for Why ESG Funds Should Exclude Cryptocurrency-Exposed Companies
  21 BERKELEY BUS. L.J. 143 (2024) · Berkeley Business Law Journal · 2024
• Information Leaking and the United States Supreme Court
  37 BYU J. PUB. L. 101 (2023) · Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law · 2023
• Taking a Mulligan on Golfer Liability for Damages to Adjacent People and Property: Why Existing Standards Are Too Defendant-Friendly
  52 HOFSTRA L. REV. (2023) · Hofstra Law Review · 2023
• Law School Rankings And Political Ideology: Measuring The Conservative Penalty And Liberal Bonus With Updated 2023 Rankings Data
  37 NOTRE DAME J. L. ETHICS & PUB. POL'Y 508 (2023) · Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy · 2023
• Is it Really a Man’s World? Using Real-Life Negotiations to Reframe the Negotiation Gender Gap
  68 ST. LOUIS U. L.J. (2023) · Saint Louis University Law Journal · 2023
• Declassified: Unintended Consequences of Racial Classifications
  12 TENN. J. RACE GENDER & SOC. JUST. (2023) · Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender, & Social Justice · 2023
• Increasing Ideoligcal Discrimination in Law School Rankings: Measuring the Conservative Penalty and Liberal Bonus with Updated 2024 Rankings Data
  16 TENN. J. L. & POL'Y (2023) · Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy · 2023
• Anti-Semitism and The Overlooked Benefits of Allowing “Hate Speech”
  Indiana Journal of Law and Social Equality · 2023
• Unlocking the Beauty From Within Title VII: Arguing for An Expansive Interpretation of Title VII to Protect Against Attractiveness Discrimination
  31 AM. U. J. GENDER & SOC. POL'Y & L. (2023) · American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law · 2023
• “Officer-Involved Shootings”: How the Exonerative Tense of Media Accounts Distorts Reality
  12 U. MIAMI NAT'L SECURITY & ARMED CONFLICT L. REV. 53 (2022) · University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review · 2022
• Subsidizing the Unvaccinated: Considering the Legality and Practicality of Vaccine Mandates for Those on Public Assistance
  48 J. LEGIS. 223 (2022) · Journal of Legislation · 2022
• Good For the Goose but Not for The Gander: Biden’s Promise to Appoint a Black Female to The Supreme Court and Title VII Principles
  9 TEX. A & M L. REV. 35 (2022) · Texas A&M Law Review · 2022
• The Real Cost of Fake News: Smartmatic's $2.7 Billion Defamation Lawsuit against Fox News
  47 U. DAYTON L. REV. (2022) · University of Dayton Law Review · 2022
• Brian Flores's Employment Discrimination Lawsuit Against the NFL: A Game Changer or Business As Usual?
  29 JEFFREY S. MOORAD SPORTS L.J. 299 (2022) · Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal (1994 - ) · 2022
• Stagflation in American Jurisprudence
  42 PACE L. REV. (2021) · Pace Law Review · 2021
• No, the Firing Squad Is Not Better than Lethal Injection: A Response to Stephanie Moran’s A Modest Proposal
  44 SEATTLE U. L. REV. 357 (2021) · Seattle University Law Review · 2021
• Males Need Not Apply: Assessing the Legality of American University Business Law Review's All-Female Issue
  37 TOURO L. REV. (2021) · Touro Law Review · 2021
• The Long Shortlist: Women Considered for the Supreme Court
  10 J. RACE GENDER & ETHNIC. (2021) · Journal of Race, Gender, and Ethnicity · 2021
• Precise Punishment: Why Precise Punitive Damage Requests Result in Higher Awards Than Round Requests
  10 MICH. BUS. & ENTREPRENEURIAL L. REV. 179 (2021) · Michigan Business & Entrepreneurial Law Review · 2021
• Coronavirus "Cures" and the Courts
  12 WM. & MARY BUS. L. REV. 1 (2021) · William & Mary Business Law Review · 2021
• Running Up Against the Civil Rights Act: Does Joe Biden's Promise of a Female Running Mate Violate Title VII?
  27 CARDOZO J. EQUAL RTS. & SOC. JUST. 19 (2020) · Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice · 2020
• A Stretch Too Far: Flaws in Comparing Slavery and the Death Penalty
  97 DENV. L. REV. F. (2020) · Denver Law Review Forum · 2020
• Effective Death Penalty Abolitionist Rhetoric: A Quantitative Analysis of What Works
  Lincoln Memorial University Law Review Archive · 2020
• Good for Thee, but Not for Me: How Bisexuals are Overlooked in Title VII Sexual Orientation Arguments
  11 U. MIAMI NAT'L SECURITY & ARMED CONFLICT L. REV. 33 (2020) · University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review · 2020
• No Safe Spaces: A Distorted Image of a Clear Problem
  2019 PEPP. L. REV. 80 (2020) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2020
• Victim or Complaining Witness: The Difference Between Guilty and Not Guilty
  57 SAN DIEGO L. REV. 423 (2020) · San Diego Law Review · 2020
• Examining Death Penalty Ballot Measures: A Review of Austin Sarat’s The Death Penalty on the Ballot
  18 SEATTLE J. FOR SOC. JUST. (2020) · Seattle Journal for Social Justice · 2020
• Disappearing Act: Are Free Speech Rights Decreasing?
  51 ST. MARY'S L.J. 699 (2020) · St. Mary's Law Journal · 2020
• The Extremes of Rap on Trial: An Analysis of the Movement to Ban Rap Lyrics as Evidence
  95 IND. L.J. (2020) · Indiana Law Journal · 2020
• #MeToo Effects on Juror Decision Making
  11 CALIF. L. REV. ONLINE 179 (2020) · California Law Review Online · 2020

• Can You Truly Be Happy in Law School? An Analysis of Law School Advice
  53 U. RICH. L. REV. 65 (2019) · University of Richmond Law Review · 2019