Tracy Thomas

Cover reveal! Judge Allen was the first woman judge many times over. The first woman federal appellate judge in 1934. The first woman shortlisted for SCOTUS. The first elected to a common pleas court. And the first elected to any state supreme court in 1922. Fall 26 at UC Press.

Decades after its first deadline, the Equal Rights Amendment is back in the courtroom as plaintiffs demand a federal judge finally recognize it as part of the U.S. Constitution. Read #ConstitutionDaily to learn more: ow.ly/6VPG50Ys4hB

Author Tomiko Brown-Nagin reflects on the tremendous legacy of Constance Baker Motley, the first African American woman appointed to the federal judiciary. Watch the full #AmericasTownHall: ow.ly/yVQk50YpQ9M

A version of ranked choice voting, a Progressive reform, is how the first woman judge elected to any state Supreme Court in the nation, Florence Allen, was elected as an independent candidate to the Ohio Supreme Court in 1922 (and the Cuyahoga Cty Common Pleas in 1920).

I help interpret here an Ohio case trying to find a compromise in a post-divorce frozen embryo case awarding wife all the embryos but seemingly giving husband ways to opt out of parenthood. beaconjournal.com/story/news/cou…

I look forward to working with this great team. Already some interesting programs in the works.

Eldridge, Ireland and Derry's "Celebrating Women in Legal History" dlvr.it/TQsYQs

Center for Constitutional Law @AkronLaw Winter Virtual Symposium "Levels of Scrutiny: Toppling the Tiers or Restoring the Balance." Call for Papers extended to 1/20/26 - still room to join us. uakron.edu/law/ccl/docs/2…

Shaping up to be a terrific symposium at the Center for Constitutional Law at @AkronLaw. Deadline extended to 1/12 so still time to join the conversation.

CFP Virtual Symposium, "Levels of Scrutiny: Toppling the Tiers or Restoring the Balance" at The Center for Constitutional Law @AkronLaw. Examines the SCOTUS trend paradoxically eradicating while also reifying tiered levels of scrutiny. Deadline 12/15 uakron.edu/law/ccl/docs/2…

I'm quoted here in this article on equitable remedies, against the restriction of equity to those injunctions typically available in old English chancery courts. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…

Enjoyed speaking today on my forthcoming book to the @AkronBarAssoc's Women in Law Sec. Judge Florence Allen was the first woman elected to a general jdx ct, the first elected to a state supreme ct, the first appointed to a federal app court & the first shortlisted to SCOTUS.

@ProfToussaint Really cool!

I ran my article "The Abolition of Food Oppression" through NotebookLM and it delivered a 14-minute AI-generated podcast . . . pretty incredible. For those of you who didn't read my article, listen to 2 robots discuss it. Pretty cool, and engaging. shorturl.at/TQeLC

@NikiWoitowich @ConLawCenter @NUCATSInstitute @NUFeinbergMed Was a terrific talk!

The 2023 Constitution Day Lecture at the University of Akron School of Law will feature author Martin J. Siegel discussing his new book, featured in The New York Review of Books, Judgment and Mercy: The Turbulent Life and Times of the Judge Who Condemned the Rosenbergs.

Pub day for the 7th edition of my Remedies casebook. With an update of the leading SCOTUS cases and continued focus on public law cases like climate change and discrimination.

New Book The Jurisprudential Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Ryan Vacca & Ann Bartow eds 2023) @NYUpress on many areas of law inc IP, family law, remedies, administrative, health, 1A, environmental, employment, tax, civ pro, crim + more. lawprofessors.typepad.com/gender_law/202…

My book "First Woman Judge" will be published by @ucpress. Florence Allen was the first woman in the nation on a common pleas ct, state supreme ct, fed appellate ct (6th Cir) & SCOTUS shortlist. The book analyzes women's transformation of the cts for public law & social justice.

@LeahLitman Scrooged. Love Actually. The Holidate.

Xmas movie (or other movie) recs? Our travel plans --> 🗑️

@MindingPrivacy @AntonioArellano If you look to history, for example, the hippie generation, its not clear that those socially liberal ideas last as the generation ages.