Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social Appellate federal public defender. Alexandria, Va. Speaking only for myself; usual disclaimers apply.
CalMatters @calmatters.org CalMatters is a nonpartisan and nonprofit news organization. We write stories about California, for Californians.
John Blume @johnblume.bsky.social Law Professor at Cornell Law School and Director of the Cornell Death Penalty Project
David Magariel @dmagpd.bsky.social Chief Public Defender at Wyandotte County Public Defender (29th Judicial District, Kansas City, Kansas). He/him. Lover of my family, due process, the Royals, and the Jayhawks. Personal account only.
MDefenders at Michigan Law @mdefenders.bsky.social Contributing to the world of public defender training, work, and criminal legal system reform
Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com noun | a reference source containing words alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations, functions, and etymologies
Salomé Viljoen @salome.bsky.social Assistant Prof at Michigan Law || I think about how the law thinks about data || pro science and technology, anti scams
Emily Prifogle JD/PhD @emilyaprifogle.bsky.social Prof @umichlaw.bsky.social. Legal historian writing book on 20c #rural #Midwest w/ @uncpress.bsky.social forthcoming Jan 2027. Teach property, fam law, #legalhistory + rural law. Co-founder of @womenknowhistory.bsky.social & @womenknowlaw.bsky.social.
Scott Hershovitz @shershovitz.bsky.social Professor of Law and Philosophy at Michigan, Author of Nasty Brutish, and Short: Adventures in Philosophy with Kids, https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/639701/nasty-brutish-and-short-by-scott-hershovitz/
Noah Kazis @noahkazis.bsky.social Ass't professor at Michigan Law. Formerly NYU Furman Center, NYC Law Department, Streetsblog NYC. Cities, suburbs, housing and transportation.
Julian Arato @aratojulian.bsky.social Professor of Law, University of Michigan
International law, trade, investment, contracts, corporations, etc
Dustin Johnston @djphotovideo.bsky.social Photographer, videographer, social media guy at Michigan Law.
Nicholson Price @nicholson.bsky.social Law professor, food lover, sci fi & fantasy reader
Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social Law Prof @ umich (formerly Ohio State), ABA AdLaw Section past chair, YaleJREG blogger, #adlaw nerd, dad of four
https://michigan.law.umich.edu/faculty-and-scholarship/our-faculty/christopher-j-walker
Nila Bala @nilabala.bsky.social Acting Prof at UC Davis School of Law, Former Public Defender, Singer
Matthew Tokson @mtokson.bsky.social Law professor at U. Utah, teaching criminal law and procedure, privacy, AI, cyberlaw. Views are my own. My writing is here: tinyurl.com/ycw29snm
Bio here: https://faculty.utah.edu/u6012359-Matthew_Tokson/hm/index.hml
Aaron Littman @aaronlittman.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Law @law.ucla.edu
Faculty Director of Prisoners’ Rights Clinic
Deputy Director of Behind Bars Data Project
Scholarship at ssrn.com/author=1925841
Megan Stevenson @meganstevenson.bsky.social economist & legal scholar studying criminal justice issues.
professor of law
professor of economics (by courtesy)
UVA
https://sites.google.com/view/megan-stevenson/home
Kate Levine @klevine02.bsky.social Law Professor at Cardozo Law, former appellate public defender. I write about our national addiction to the carceral state and complain about mundane things. https://cardozo.yu.edu/directory/kate-levine
Thomas Frampton @tframpton.bsky.social Law prof at GW Law, sometimes lawyer. Speaking as private citizen, outside official job duties, on matters of political/social/other concern.
Stuff I write: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1785600
Jocelyn Simonson @jocelynsimonson.bsky.social law prof, Brooklyn Law School; author, Radical Acts of Justice, https://thenewpress.com/books/radical-acts-of-justice
Daniel Medwed @danielmedwed.bsky.social Law Prof, Northeastern University; Board, New England Innocence Project; Author “Barred” (Hachette/Basic Books, 2022)
https://law.northeastern.edu/faculty/medwed/
Thea Johnson @theabjohnson.bsky.social Professor @ Rutgers Law. Writing about plea bargaining and criminal procedure.
Papers: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1921620
benjamin levin @hashtagblevin.bsky.social prof at WashU Law. teaches criminal law & procedure. papers at https://ssrn.com/author=1660906. occasional thoughts at https://postcardsofthehanging.substack.com/.
Anna Roberts @profaroberts.bsky.social Professor at Brooklyn Law School. Teaching and writing about Evidence, Criminal Procedure, and Criminal Law. https://www.brooklaw.edu/contact-us/roberts-anna/
ACLU of Maine @aclumaine.bsky.social Working in the State House, courts, and communities since 1968 to protect and expand the civil rights and liberties of all in the Pine Tree State.
Support our work or become a member: ACLUMaine.org/Give
Women Also Know Law @womenknowlaw.bsky.social 
Molly Kovel @mlk39.bsky.social she/her. Civil rights attorney @ ACLU, shop steward, fiber arts hobbyist, new yorker, birder, mother of teens
(greatx5 grandma in the photo)
Margo Schlanger @mjschlanger.bsky.social University of Michigan Law Prof. Founder and director, Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse. Criminal justice reform and other issues. Formerly at DOJ CRT, DHS CRCL, USDA DFAP.
Rachel Burg @rachelburg.bsky.social Assistant Clinical Professor and Co-Director at the Wisconsin Innocence Project, University of Wisconsin Law School. Former Public Defender in Florida.
Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org Challenging mass incarceration and over-criminalization through research, advocacy, and organizing. Get email updates: https://prisonpolicy.org/subscribe/
Brendon Woods @brendonwoodspd.bsky.social First Black Chief Public Defender of Alameda County. Committed to clients, community and holistic defense. #EndMassIncarceration #CareNotCages #ClientsFirst
CrimProf Blog @crimprof.bsky.social A place where folks can keep up on the intellectual life of the CrimProf Blog, as managed by Stephen E. Henderson.
Matthew Segal @segalmr.bsky.social Civil Rights Lawyer | Personal Views | Not Legal Advice | https://as.tufts.edu/politicalscience/people/faculty/matthew-segal
Monica C. Bell @monicacbell.bsky.social Law prof & sociologist at Yale. I write about poverty, race, place, gender, policing, and justice, and I use qualitative and humanistic methods.
In Carolina in my mind. 🏳️🌈✊🏿
Justin Murray @justinnyls.bsky.social lawprof @ NYLS | former public defender @ PDS DC | focused on prosecutors, criminal procedure, enjoying the kids, chess, mentoring incredible people
Aliza Hochman Bloom @ahochmanbloom.bsky.social Law Professor at @NUSL | Crim Pro / Crim / Fourth Amendment / Sentencing Reform | Alum Federal Public Defender (Appeals)
Erin Murphy @erinmurphyslaw.bsky.social Norman Dorsen Professor of Civil Liberties
NYU Law. Study the criminal legal system, forensic evidence/DNA. Author Inside the Cell.
Occasionally posting. Mostly lurking.
Irene Joe @ireneojoe.bsky.social Law professor at UC Davis School of Law, reading & writing about criminal procedure & legal ethics with a special focus on the public defender as an institution and practice of law
Eric Fish @ericfish.bsky.social Law Professor at UC Davis. Writing about criminal law, constitutional rights, and prosecutions at the border.
Valerie Hans @jurygirl.bsky.social Cornell Law School professor working on torts, psychology & law, jury decision-making. Fan of Eagles, Steelers & Niners, which makes some games difficult.
Alison Siegler @alisonsiegler.bsky.social Prof and Founding Director of the Federal Criminal Justice Clinic @UChicagolaw, Federal Defender alum, Prettyman Fellow @georgetownlaw alum
Michigan Law @umichlaw.bsky.social The University of Michigan Law School
NACDL @nacdl.org The nation’s criminal defense bar association & liberty's last champion since 1958. The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) envisions a society where all accused of crimes receive fair, rational, and humane treatment. linktr.ee/NACDL
Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow.
Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop.
Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist.
New podcast: Collateral Damage
Substack: radleybalko.substack.com
Signal: radleybalko.52
Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social Lawyer trying to transform public defense. Author of The Price of Mercy ( www.emilygalvinalmanza.com ). Can drive a truck and trailer through places you shouldn't. Personal account, personal opinions.
Carissa Byrne Hessick @cbhessick.bsky.social Criminal law professor at the University of North Carolina
Director of the Prosecutors and Politics Project
Author of Punishment Without Trial: Why Plea Bargaining is a Bad Deal
Roseanna Sommers @rosesomm.bsky.social Social psychologist and assistant professor at the University of Michigan Law School. I research consent and other topics at the intersection of psychology & law. Views my own.
www.roseannasommers.com
Joanna Schwartz @jcschwartzprof.bsky.social Honorable Harry Pregerson Professor of Law, UCLA. Civil rights, police accountability, civil procedure. Author of Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable (2023). Learn more at: joannaschwartz.net
Sharon Brett @sharonbrett.bsky.social Associate Professor, University of Kansas School of Law
Bio: https://law.ku.edu/people/sharon-brett
🌻🌻🌻
Colin Miller @evidenceprof.bsky.social Professor @UofSCLaw; Blog Editor, EvidenceProf Blog; Co-Host, @Undisclosedpod
Beth Wilensky @bethwilensky.bsky.social #LegalWriting Professor at University of Michigan Law School. #WilenskyOnStyle. Cardinals and cooking and kids oh my. https://michigan.law.umich.edu/faculty-and-scholarship/our-faculty/beth-h-wilensky
Greer Donley @greerdonley.bsky.social Prof @PittLaw, writing about abortion rights, pregnancy loss & other repro issues. Views my own. Bylines @NYT @Atlantic & more
Maggie Wittlin @maggiewittlin.bsky.social Professor at Fordham Law. Evidence, law teaching, crosswords, jokes.
Nicholas Bagley @nbagley.bsky.social University of Michigan Law Professor
Robert L. Tsai @robertltsai.bsky.social Author of DEMAND THE IMPOSSIBLE, amzn.to/45LFzNg, PRACTICAL EQUALITY, AMERICA’S FORGOTTEN CONSTITUTIONS, ELOQUENCE & REASON | Next: BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF COAL COUNTRY | Prof @ BostonU | constitutionalism, legal history | https://linktr.ee/roberttsai
Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social Personal account. Personal views. Frank G. Millard Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School & Arlene Susan Kohn Professor of Social Policy, University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy. Former General Counsel, HHS and OMB.
Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social Civil rights lawyer; democracy warrior, dedicated to racial justice & equality. Fmr President & Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social inside fishsticks outside tarter sauce
KSV @ksvesq.bsky.social Founder, Risepoint Search Partners. Former litigator. Mom to two amazing girls. Color commentary for @stevevladeck.bsky.social.
Julian Davis Mortenson @jdmortenson.bsky.social Early American legal and political history. Presidential power. Probably kidding.
Elizabeth Joh @elizabethjoh.bsky.social Law Prof at UC Davis Law; co-host of the 99pi Breakdown of the Constitution https://99percentinvisible.org/book-club/
Non-practicing optimist.
Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social Wife, Mom, UMich Law School Professor from Practice, MSNOW legal analyst, The Contrarian contributor, former U.S. Attorney, EDMI
Dan Epps @epps.bsky.social Howard and Caroline Cayne Distinguished Professor of Law, WUSTL. Con law 📜, crim law/pro 👮, SCOTUSology 🏛. Cohost 🎤 @dividedargument.bsky.social.
Danielle Citron @daniellecitron.bsky.social Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law; Vice President of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative; #MacFellow; Author of The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age (2022) and Hate Crimes in Cyberspace (2014) 🍋
Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social @ksvesq.bsky.social’s husband; father of daughters; professor @georgetownlaw.bsky.social; #SCOTUS nerd @CNN.com
Bio: www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/stephen-i-vladeck
"One First" Supreme Court newsletter: stevevladeck.com
Book: tinyurl.com/shadowdocketpb
Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social Law Prof. Economist.
I do not speak for my employer. RT are not endorsements. Duh.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3339527
Mastodon: @lawprofblawg@mstdn.social.
Twitter: @lawprofblawg
Andrew Guthrie Ferguson @profferguson.bsky.social Law Prof. GWU, Tech & Justice. Author: “Your Data Will Be Used Against You,” “The Rise of Big Data Policing,” “Why Jury Duty Matters,” and “The Law of Law School.”
Susan A Bandes @susanabandes.bsky.social Law prof emeritus, DePaul. I write about the emotions that pervade the legal system and about criminal procedure and civil rights. Also post about cooking, travel, art, tv and novels.
Alexis Hoag-Fordjour @ahoagfordjour.bsky.social Prof & Co-Dir Center for Criminal Justice @brooklynlawschool.bsky.social; @deathpenaltyinfo.bsky.social & @abolitionistlawcenter.org Boards; @legaldefensefund.bsky.social & FPD alum. https://www.brooklaw.edu/Contact-Us/Hoag-Fordjour-Alexis
Bennett Capers @bennettcapers.bsky.social Law Professor and Director of Center on Race, Law, and Justice at Fordham Law School, writing about criminal justice, race, sex, and anything else that interests me.
Lisa Washington @slwashington.bsky.social Assistant Professor @University of Wisconsin Law School | Criminal procedure, family law, evidence, feminist legal theory | Former public defender @The Bronx Defenders- E Erin Collins @erincollins.bsky.social Law Professor at the University of Richmond and former appellate public defender. Writing and thinking critically about criminal system change, especially data-driven reforms. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2286196
Angelo Petrigh @apetrigh.bsky.social Clinical Assoc. Prof. at BU Law's Crim Clinic, former public defender at the Bronx Defenders. he/him
Lee Kovarsky @kovarsky.bsky.social Professor of Law, University of Texas. Habeas corpus, death penalty, some other law stuff, sentient space robots, kids who don't listen to me, and hot sauce.
BIO: https://law.utexas.edu/faculty/lee-kovarsky/
Rachel Moran @rachelmoran82.bsky.social Professor, University of St. Thomas (MN) Law. Former PD. Criminal law/policing.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2441245
Will Ortman @willsortman.bsky.social Law professor, University of Georgia
Beth Colgan @bethcolgan.bsky.social Law professor at UCLA Law, studying fines, forfeitures, financial punishment, and poverty.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1478076
Lori Hoetger @profloriann.bsky.social Asst. Prof @ UNL Law, JD/PhD in psych. I like crim law/pro, law & psych, and legal decision-making. Mom of 3, PD in my heart.
Rachel Barkow @rachelbarkow.bsky.social NYU law professor and faculty director of the Zimroth Center on the Administration of Criminal Law. Author of Prisoners of Politics (2019) and Justice Abandoned (2025).
Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social Criminal Law Prof, Indiana University Maurer (@iumaurerlaw.bsky.social). Post-Conviction Litigator, Indiana Innocence Project. Writer, MANIFESTING JUSTICE; PINK CRIME (Aug 2026). www.valenabeetyjd.com
Guha Krishnamurthi @ggkrishnamoomoo.bsky.social Professor, Maryland Carey Law (he/him)
Zachary D. Kaufman @zacharykaufman.bsky.social Professor of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law
Criminal Law, International Law, National Security Law, Transitional Justice, Human Rights
Bio: https://www.zacharykaufman.com/biography/
Publications: http://tinyurl.com/bpaas2b7
Ilana Friedman @ifriedman01.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Law @ukcollegeoflaw; criminal law, police misconduct, legal decision-making. Former @BadgerWHockey. Ironman triathlete & marathoner #HookEm ilanafriedman.work
Russell Gold @profrgold.bsky.social Bainbridge-Mims Professor of Law, University of Alabama. I write about Criminal Law and Procedure, sometimes by drawing comparisons to Civil Procedure. I also write about prosecutors.
https://law.ua.edu/faculty_staff/russell-gold/
Maybell Romero @maybell.bsky.social McGlinchey Stafford Associate Prof/Research Dean at Tulane Law. Criminal law, rural legal systems, sexual assault, punishment, and cultural criticism. Atrevida y obstinada.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2292637
Orin Kerr @orinkerr.bsky.social Professor, Stanford Law School.
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution.
Author, The Digital 4th Amendment:
https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Fourth-Amendment-Privacy-Policing/dp/0190627077/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0
Public Defenseless Podcast @pdefenselesspod.bsky.social Podcast covering issues in Public Defense, Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, and what we can do to improve our criminal legal system
New episodes drop on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Find episodes at https://linktr.ee/hwparnell17- R Richard Primus @richardprimus.bsky.social Professor, University of Michigan Law School. Senior Editorial Adviser, Journal of American Constitutional History. I study the constitutional past and try to do my part for the rule of law in the present.
- J @jaymillikan.bsky.social @jaymillikan.bsky.social Actual innocence and post-conviction attorney, former public defender, native Masshole, lifelong Wolverine. Dad.