WVU Law at SEALS: Sunday July 23, 2023

This week, WVU Law faculty members are presenting and discussing their scholarship at the 2023 SEALS Annual Meeting in Boca Raton, Florida. On Sunday, July 23, 2023, Professor Joshua Weishart participated in a panel discussion at the conference.

Professor Weishart spoke on a panel titled "San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez at 50: Lessons Learned and the Path Forward" moderated by Professor Kimberly Robinson of the University of Virginia School of Law.

WVU College of Law SSRN Paper Series Publishes Volume 11, Issue 1

The West Virginia University College of Law Research Paper Series published Volume 11, Issue 1 on May 16, 2023. The following authors were featured for their new scholarship recently published to SSRN:

Joshua E. Weishart, Brief of Amici Curiae Constitution and Education Law Scholars in Support of Respondents in West Virginia v. Beaver, No. 2023-001

New Citations to WVU Law Scholarship, October to December 2022

The scholarship of West Virginia University College of Law faculty members is frequently cited as authority in numerous legal disciplines. The following is a list of faculty authored works cited  and made available on Westlaw Precision between October 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022

Robert Bastress Jr.

Professor Joshua Weishart Publishes Commentary in Washington Post

West Virginia College of Law professor Joshua Weishart recently published commentary in the Washington Post on teachers' rights. In this article, titled "The basic rights teachers don’t have", Professor Weishart discusses the retraction of teacher rights nationwide over the last decade, including their First Amendment rights as educators and thus, academic freedoms.

Professor Weishart's article is informed by research recently published in the U.C. Davis Law Review: "The Right to Teach."

Professor Joshua Weishart Authors Brief of Amici Curiae in West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Case

West Virginia University College of Law professor Joshua Weishart recently authored an amicus brief, submitted to the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia in West Virginia v. Beaver, No. 22-616.

A summary of Brief of Amici Curiae Constitution and Education Law Scholars in Support of Respondents in West Virginia v. Beaver follows: