Washington and Lee Law Review – Washington and Lee Law Review

Keynote Address

October 6, 2023

Digital Property Cycles

October 6, 2023

How the Blockchain Undermined Digital Ownership

October 6, 2023

Volume 80:3

Symposium Keynote Address by Sultan Meghji | Digital Property Cycles | How the Blockchain Undermined Digital Ownership | Mitigating the Legal Challenges Associated with Blockchain Smart Contracts: The Potential of Hybrid On-Chain/Off-Chain Contracts | Tax Reporting as Regulation of Digital Financial Markets | The Internet, Personal Jurisdiction, and DAOs

Launch Issue

Volume 80:2

Tribute to Professor Joan Shaughnessy | Abortion, the Underground Railroad, and Evidentiary Privilege | The Free Exercise of Copyright Behind Bars | Fake News and the Tax Law | Arbitration and Federal Reform: Recalibrating the Separation of Powers Between Congress and the Court | Prosecuting the Mob: Using RICO to Create a Domestic Extremism Statute | Reining in the “Third Path”: Rethinking the War Powers Resolution and Private Security Contractors

Launch Issue

Volume 80:1

Risk Assessment and Immigration Court | The Prosecutor Lobby | Election Emergencies: Voting in Times of Pandemic | Property and the Right to Enter | Federal Bureaucratic Studies | Learning from Mistakes | Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth: Working Students Under the Fair Labor Standards Act | Supported Decision-Making and Merciful Health Care Access: Respecting Autonomy at End of Life for Individuals with Cognitive Disabilities

Launch Issue

We are now accepting submissions for our fourth annual Black Scholars Book! View submission details here.
Announcing the 2024 Lara D. Gass Symposium: Voting Rights in a Politically Polarized Era, to be held on February 16, 2024.
Our 2023 Symposium Book 80:3 on digital ownership, cryptocurrencies, new uses for blockchain technology, and how the law should prepare for the impact of these technologies, is now available on Scholarly Commons.
Our first Student Notes of the academic year by Christian Sanchez Leon and Laura Carrier were published in 80:3!
Former Managing Online Editor Lidia Kurganova (’23L) recently co-authored an article with W&L Law Professor Karen Woody, The SEC’s SPAC Solution, that was published in the Emory Law Journal Online.
Lead Articles Editor Maddie Bellew recently co-authored an article, Eviction Crisis Not Averted, that was published in the Richmond Public Interest Law Review.

Online Exclusives

Grappling with Our Own Errors: Lessons from State v. Blake

May 8, 2023

After fifty years of a failed war on drugs, many states are just now beginning to take steps toward attempting to repair a half-century of

The Perks of Being Human

May 8, 2023

The power of artificial intelligence has recently entered the public consciousness, prompting debates over numerous legal issues raised by use of the tool. Among the

Exams in the Time of ChatGPT

April 6, 2023

Invaluable guidance has emerged regarding online teaching in recent years, but less so concerning online and take-home final exams. This article offers various methods to