TLR Blog

Temple Law Review’s Blog features interviews, video presentations, and short essays that provide succinct, timely analysis of current legal developments. We welcome submissions from faculty, practitioners, alumni of the Law Review, and current editors/staff. To submit an essay, please email TLRonline@temple.edu with the subject heading “Submission for TLR Blog.”

Posts on the TLR Blog are not edited by Law Review staff. All errors are the author’s own. 

Posted on March 10th, 2016

Preregistration for the Temple Law Review Alumni Reception is now open. The reception will take place on May 11th at 6:30 p.m. in Shusterman Hall. Alumni and current members of Temple Law Review can preregister at http://ow.ly/Zk2xd.

Posted on February 25th, 2016

Temple Law Review alumnus Noah Goodman was recently selected to present an article at the 28th Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture at the Baseball Hall of Fame in June. His article, which he developed as a comment for Temple Law Review, focuses on the evolution and decline in free agency in Major League Baseball. The article will be published in the National Sports Lawyers Journal.

Posted on January 28th, 2016

Three Temple professors discussed three recent Supreme Court decisions on National Constitution Day during a lunchtime event held by the American Constitution Society: Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project, Inc.; Michigan v. EPA; and Zivotofsky v. Kerry.

Posted on January 28th, 2016

Last semester, the American Constitution Society, Family Law Society, and OUTLaw hosted a panel on Obergefell v. Hodges and LGBT Equality. The lunchtime talk featured three panelists: Temple Law’s own Professor Leonore Carpenter, Temple Law alumna and attorney Andrea Anastasi, and Pennsylvania Representative Brian Sims. Each panelist provided insight on the monumental Supreme Court case and its implications for the legal and LGBT community.

Posted on November 19th, 2015

Temple Law recently hosted the event “Climate Change and National Security: People, Not Polar Bears.” This event spotlighted two environmental scholars: Professor Amy Sinden of Temple University Beasley School of Law, who specializes in environmental and property law, and Professor David Titley, a widely renowned expert on climate change and national security.

Posted on November 12th, 2015

Professor Alice Abreu recently sat down with Temple Law Review to discuss how to pursue scholarly research and the pitfalls of writing law review comments.

Posted on November 12th, 2015

Professor Alice Abreu recently sat down with Temple Law Review to discuss her latest research in federal tax and the concept of tax exceptionalism.

Posted on November 12th, 2015

Professor Alice Abreu joined the faculty of Temple Law in 1985. She teaches a variety of tax courses, including corporate taxation and international tax. Her scholarship largely focuses on the formulation of federal tax policy. She recently sat down with Temple Law Review to discuss her latest research projects and how to pursue scholarly research.

Posted on October 29th, 2015

Chanda discusses her career at Drinker Biddle and her pro bono work for Philadelphia VIP.

Posted on October 28th, 2015

Chanda discusses her time at Temple Law and her experience as editor-in-chief of Temple Law Review.