Professor Fallon's Article, Fact and Fiction About Facial Challenges, published in the August edition of CLR was cited in a November 14th, New York Times article.

This comes on the heels of an October 30th, New York Times article that referenced Professor Bibas' Essay, Regulating the Plea-Bargaining Market: From Caveat Emptor to Consumer Protection, also published in the August edition of CLR.

CLR is putting hosting a panel discussion along with the Warren Institute that coincides with Professor Russell Robinson's recent article in CLR, Masculinity as Prison. It will be on Friday, November 18, 2011, from 12:30-2 p.m. There will be lunch served (Gregoire!). Transcripts from the panel will be posted afterwards on the Circuit.  

The Los Angeles County Men's Jail segregates gay and transgender inmates and says that it does so to protect them from sexual assault. But not all gay and transgender inmates qualify for admission to the K6G unit. Transgender inmates must appear transgender to staff that inspect them. Gay men must identify as gay in a public space and then satisfactorily answer a series of cultural questions designed to determine whether they really are gay. This policy creates harms for those who are excluded, including vulnerable heterosexual and bisexual men, men who have sex with men but do not embrace gay identity, and gay-identified men who do not mimic white, affluent gay culture. Further, the policy harms those who are included in that it stereotypes them as inherent victims, exposes them to a heightened risk of HIV transmission, and disrupts relationships that cut across gender identity and sexual orientation. Thus, this Article casts doubt on the claim that the policy is intended to and actually protects gay and transgender inmates. Moreover, it interrogates the Jail's failure to protect many other categories of inmates who have been shown to be vulnerable to sexual assault in jails, including those who are young, first-time offenders and those with disabilities. The Jail's policy ultimately reflects and reinforces problematic social assumptions about masculinity, including the notion that gay men are not "real men."

Read Professor Emen's response in the Circuit here and Professor Boucai's response in the Circuit here.

The California Law Review supports the goals motivating some of our peer journals to commit to seven-day offer windows, and we applaud them for taking the initiative to consider how we all may improve the process of article selection. The California Law Review already avoids using “exploding offers” to prevent authors from seeking placement in other journals, and we always endeavor to extend generous offer windows—usually five to seven days. However, a handful of times each year, articles we select are successfully expedited to other journals. Committing ourselves to blanket seven-day offer windows would put pressure on our editors to frontload their consideration process in order to ensure that we have enough articles to fill every slot by our publishing deadlines. Therefore, the California Law Review will continue to extend offers with generous timeframes, while retaining the flexibility to adjust offer windows as our editing and publication schedule demands.
 
Philip Tassin
Editor-in-Chief, Volume 100
California Law Review

Examining the role of new media in popular political social movements, Professor Chander (UC Davis) probes the  contours of corporate social responsibility for media conglomerates such as Google and Twitter. Focusing on youth-led movements in the Arab states (Egypt, Libya, Yemen), Professor Chander will explore how new media has been deployed by these movements, the democracy concerns undergirding private media services, and possible avenues for balancing corporate interests with free speech interests.

This event is co-convened by the California Law Review, Berkeley Business Law Journal, the Berkeley Journal of International Law, the Berkeley Journal of Middle Eastern & Islamic Law, and the Berkeley Technology Law Journal. It is graciously co-sponsored by the Center on Middle Eastern Studies. For more information, please contact Camille Pannu (camille.pannu@berkeley.edu).