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ConLawNOW is an online legal journal published by the Center for Constitutional Law at the University of Akron School of Law. It offers a venue for legal analysis of current issues of constitutional law happening now. The short essay format provides debate and analysis of legal issues of constitutional import in the headlines including pending Supreme Court cases, and events as they happen. ConLawNOW offers a quick turn-around time for publication designed to get authors’ insights into the public discourse where they can influence the debate.
For submissions, we welcome essays from academics, practitioners, and commentators in all types of scholarship including traditional legal analysis, history, debate, commentary, book reviews, or responses. Typical length of the articles varies, from five pages for an op-ed piece to 25 pages for an analytical piece. For questions or submissions, please contact the journal editor at conlawjournal@uakron.edu or the faculty advisor Professor Tracy Thomas at thomast@uakron.edu
The journal encourages dialogue and debate about constitutional law from all perspectives. The views and opinions expressed by individual authors do not necessarily reflect the views of The University of Akron or The University of Akron School of Law.
Current Issue: 2018-2019
Articles
Symposium: 50 Years with the 25th Amendment: Interpreting the Twenty-fifth Amendment: Major Controversies
Harold Hongju Koh
Introduction to the "Lockett v. Ohio at 40 Symposium": Rethinking the Death Penalty 40 Years After the U.S. Supreme Court Decision
Margery B. Koosed
Lockett Symposium: The Other Lockett
Dennis Balske
Lockett Symposium: Reflections on the Sandra Lockett Case
Peggy Cooper Davis
Lockett Symposium: Justice White's Lockett Concurrence and the Evolving Standards for a Capital Defendant's Mens Rea
Jordan Berman
Lockett Symposium: Is the Supreme Court's Command on Mitigating Circumstances a Spoonful of Sugar with a Poison Pill for the Death Penalty?
Jeffrey L. Kirchmeier
Lockett Symposium: Lockett v. Ohio and Its Subsequent Jurisprudence: Between Law and Politics
Cynthia Boyer
Lockett Symposium: For Sandra Lockett
Anthony G. Amsterdam
Symposium: 50 Years with the 25th Amendment: Celebrating the Presidential Inability Provisions of the Twenty-fifth Amendment
Joel K. Goldstein
Symposium: 50 Years with the 25th Amendment: Section Four of the Twenty-fifth Amendment: Easy Cases and Tough Calls
Brian C. Kalt
Symposium: 50 Years with the 25th Amendment: The Twenty-fifth Amendment: Its Crafting and Drafting Process
John D. Feerick
Symposium: Erie at Eighty: Choice of Law Across the Disciplines: Erie as a Way of Life
Ernest A. Young
Symposium: Erie at Eighty: Choice of Law Across the Disciplines: Erie's Intellectual History
Craig Green
Symposium: Erie at Eighty: Choice of Law Across the Disciplines: An Erie Approach to Privilege Doctrine
Megan M. La Belle
Symposium: Erie at Eighty: Choice of Law Across the Disciplines: Erie Doctrine, State Law, and Civil Rights Litigation
Alexander A. Reinert
Symposium: Erie at Eighty: Choice of Law Across the Disciplines: Erie, Remedies, and Trade Secrets
Camilla A. Hrdy