Even with a deal of such size and consequence — approximately $2.8 billion, more than 184,000 athletes in the class, all the Power Five conferences named and with decades of court rulings leading up to it — the settlement over name, image and likeness compensation in the Grant House-led class action against the NCAA is best seen as a beginning, rather than an end. Read More

Temple Law’s 2023 graduates set a new highwater mark for job placement with exceptionally strong performance in law firm placement, public interest, and government jobs. Read More

The Conversation turns to Prof. Jules Epstein for insight into what to expect during closing arguments in the trial of former president Donald Trump. Read More

Even as the Supreme Court preserves access to medication abortion on procedural grounds, conservative states vow to bring new claims. “That’s the world we live in [now]. We should expect this kind of conflict between an agency [and] a state … between states themselves,” says Dean Rebouche. Read More

Prof. Laura Little offered praise for the judicial system in the wake of Donald Trump’s trial: “That is a lot of checks, a lot of process, to try to account for the fact we’re human, and we make mistakes,” Little said. “The courts are the crucial step in maintaining the rule of law.” Read More

Pro-choice ballot measures have been widely successful, but could be undone by a Trump administration or the Supreme Court. Still, Dean Rachel Rebouche tells Jezebel, their “real power … is contradicting the narrative that Americans do not support abortion rights, or that we are a deeply, entirely fractured country.” Read More

Prof. Craig Green discusses the fallout from former president Trump’s historic felony conviction with China Global News, including his predictions on sentencing and impact with voters. Watch

Dean Rebouche cautions that while the Supreme Court has “preserved the status quo” in abortion care for now, “it doesn’t signal that these are dead arguments that others aren’t going to try and pursue.” Read More

As FTX creditors continue to voice concern about the role of Sullivan & Cromwell in the company’s bankruptcy, Prof. Jonathan Lipson says the law firm “has done some really important and valuable things.” “It’s also true that bankruptcy is all about spreading the pain. However, the right metric is if you had to maximize the value of this estate, what would you get? And there are, I think, legitimate questions about that.” Read More

Nebraska voters could see conflicting ballot measures on abortion regulation this fall. Dean Rachel Rebouche says it may come down to voter outreach: “Each side has a stable group of supporters. But how are they going to reach people who have abortion ambivalence and convince them that their stance is the best option?” Read More