Nila Bala

@AlexNunn Ed dropped off a copy in my mailbox! Excited to look at this!

Very excited to see the sixth edition of the “Exculpatory Evidence” treatise now in print! Getting to work with Ed Imwinkelried on the project has been such a joy.

Yay! Thank you to @NAPD2013 for having me and to all the public defenders who joined us. So great to team up with @ProfNila and hear her present on evidence and youth. Our chapters will be available soon! cambridge.org/us/universityp…

@AlexNunn @MinnesotaLawRev @NotreDameLRev Congrats Alex!!!

Excited to share two forthcoming projects in the @MinnesotaLawRev and the @NotreDameLRev about federal courts’ increasing reliance on “external” factfinding of epistemically dubious provenance. The first, “Factfinding Revolutions” (forthcoming @NotreDameLRev), traces the rise and fall of previous Anglo-American factfinding regimes--from the ordeal to the self-informing jury to oath-centric proceedings to the adversarial trial--to identify a recurring structure of regime collapse. When that framework is turned toward the present, the Article suggests that the era of the adversarial trial is in a state of terminal decline, with adjudication transitioning to a new age defined by decentralized “external” factfinding. The second, “The Article III Factfinding Power” (forthcoming @MinnesotaLawRev), considers the constitutional dimensions of that shift. It argues that, as factfinding moves outside the courtroom, federal courts nonetheless retain the authority and duty to preserve an essential baseline of epistemic legitimacy in the factfinding that grounds their judgments. Put simply, Article III does not require federal judges to oversee factfinding themselves, but it does require that they ensure external factfinding is epistemically legitimate if it is to serve as the basis for an Article III judgment. I’ll post both papers once SSRN actually approves them (ugh), but feel free to reach out in the interim to get a copy. I welcome your comments!

In the @nytimes , I discuss how parental liability prosecutions can serve to absolve the state of its own failures. My forthcoming @YaleLJournal article "Guilt by Parenthood" dives deeper. nytimes.com/2026/03/05/us/…

I'm excited to speak at NAPD 2026 Rise, Resist, Represent Conference napd2026riseresistrepresent.sched.com/event/d3a89891… @sched

Happy to share that Developmental Evidence Rules is forthcoming in the California Law Review! What would it mean to take childhood seriously in evidence law? This article takes up that question.

@BruceLesley thanks for sharing!!

@ProfNila FYI...my Substack blog highlighting your piece has taken off and is the 4th most widely blog I have written in the past year. I just wanted you to know that people are very interested in the points you are raising in your forthcoming journal piece. brucelesley.substack.com/p/be-careful-w…

Thrilled to share that Guilt by Parenthood has found a home with the Yale Law Journal. This piece examines parental liability and parental rights, and how they are connected by a shared logic that harms children and families. Thank you to those who helped!

@BruceLesley Absolutely!

@ProfNila I would still love to write about it. Is that okay with you? I think it has very important things to say about the parental rights movement.

@BruceLesley Not out until much later in the year!

@ProfNila I just read your paper and loved it! I would love to write about it. Is the Yale Journal out?

@PhilipPanass @la_louve_rouge_ Yes! I'm enjoying reading Solidarity with Children right now.

Yet to read this seemingly interesting article but I got reminded of @la_louve_rouge_'s Solidarity With Children: An Essay Against Adult Supremacy (Haymarket Press; 2025).

My latest article, Policing Children’s Data, is out today. It offers a comprehensive look at how law enforcement accesses children’s digital information and challenges the assumption that parental consent is enough to protect kids’ privacy. 📖 Read more: wustllawreview.org/2025/11/12/pro…

My new essay is in the University of Chicago Law Review Online: “Children and the Cars That Watch Them.” Autonomous vehicles promise freedom for kids, but also bring unprecedented surveillance. Parental consent isn’t enough; we need substantive limits. lawreview.uchicago.edu/online-archive…

@AHochmanBloom @StanLRev CONGRATS!! <3

I've posted a draft essay, titled "The Emerging Firearms Hypocrisy of Terry," which is forthcoming in @StanLRev online. It discusses this summer's decision in U.S. v. Wilson and problematic privileging of 2A rights in 4A analysis. Comments are welcome! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

@dianareddy I use an Ipad with a pen and good notes and a screen thing on top so it feels like paper! I can talk more off-line too if helpful.

Friends, fav e-ink tablets for academic work? Priorities are simple learning curve, easy to sync across devices, ability to handwrite notes directly on docs (& ideally convert those notes to typed text that can be searched), & natural writing feel without lag. Halp? #AcademicTech

@david__simon Is there a place dates have been aggregated? Spreadsheet :-P?

Catch the next episode of the Emmy-nominated series "Breaking the Deadlock," hosted by @ucdavis Law Professor @AaronTangLaw, at 9 p.m. tomorrow on @KVIEPBS .

Proud to be a part of Junior Scholars @UMichLaw, get to talk about policing children's data, and meet fellow juniors <3 michigan.law.umich.edu/junior-scholar…

@alexnunn @TAMULawSchool omg congrats!!!

Thanks so much to the amazing students at @TAMULawSchool!

Happy Gideon Day! Thank you to all of the public defenders in the trenches who fight every day to bend the arc of the law a little more toward justice.