Michael Serota

Associate Professor @LoyolaLawSchool | Director of the Criminal Justice Reform Lab | Senior Research Fellow @academy4justice I Former Criminal Code Drafter

[Michael Serota @MichaelSerota]

Why does mens rea matter to criminal policy + reform? Here are three newly published perspectives:

Strict Liability Abolition, @nyulawreview: https://t.co/ZPtwn3Wo4x

Does Mens Rea Matter?, @WisLRev: https://t.co/e8mN8DWLYU

Guilty Minds, @MdLRev: https://t.co/kXE7s9Blkn

[Not a Good Jewish Girl✡️ @estherzelda0514]

This is a good summary of the "Nakba" that doesn't traffic in moralistic jargon and inherently imply an excuse for terrorism and a right to endless international aid.

[Ben McJunkin @BenMcJunkin]

I’m delighted to announce that my latest article, “Reckless Accomplices,” will be published in @NwULRev!

The article critiques a trend of expanding criminal causation and calls for the creation of a new form of accomplice liability.

SSRN: https://t.co/opCDEZoWW4

[Gilat Juli Bachar @GilatJuli]

What an honor and pleasure to serve as discussant for a @law_soc panel on Lay Understandings of Legal Concepts featuring fantastic work by @johnbmeixner @MichaelSerota Piotr Bystranowski & Chris Jaeger! The conversation was so good we forgot to take a picture… #LSAChicago2025

[For The People @forthepplorg]

We submitted a joint letter with 2 leading law professors @SLandP, @ezunk, and our own Jeremy Haile, urging the U.S. Sentencing Commission to prioritize a “second look” agenda—including Prosecutor-Initiated Resentencing. Read the letter here: https://t.co/qiGHfTfnDt

[Maybell Romero @MaybellRomero]

Yes, I am sharing my rejection. Why? Because all of legal academic twitter right now is thrilled/happy/grateful because everyone *only* shares their places, which makes it look like a landscape where everyone is getting rejected *except* you.

And know what? That's bullshit. 1/

[Howard Erichson @HowardErichson]

Nice to see this article by Ethan Leib and myself published in @NCLRev, exploring what's right and what's wrong about courts' tendency to treat class action settlement agreements as "contracts." https://t.co/rkUYIHWl0s #classactions #contractlaw

[Megan Stevenson @MeganTStevenson]

So pleased to see my paper out in the BU Law Review!

This paper surveys 50+ years of randomized control trials in criminal justice and shows that almost no interventions have lasting benefit -- and the ones that do don't replicate in other settings. 1/

https://t.co/xIvIcCseGL

[Alex Sarch @should_b_workin]

A great collection. Chuffed to have a chapter included!

https://t.co/kPK32HvDfa

[Alex Sarch @should_b_workin]

Hey crim theory folks--

Our Cambridge Element volume (The Moral Prerequisites of the Criminal Law) came out today and apparently is **free to download for 72 hours.**

Download a copy here while supplies last (which they will for precisely 72 hours) https://t.co/TI9B0Nhot1

[Shon Hopwood @shonhopwood]

The great irony of the American criminal justice system is that often the longer someone spends in "corrections," the less likely they are to come out law-abiding and successful citizens. We need more early programs tied to rehabilitation programming.

[Michael Serota @MichaelSerota]

@JeffreyLDavis44 @CMSGov Love regs and eggs. No better way to start the day

[Robina Institute @RobinaInstitute]

We’re thrilled to announce the completion of a three-year effort to produce individual reports on the prison-release frameworks of all 50 states and D.C., as part of our Prison Release: Degrees of Indeterminacy Project. https://t.co/4Mb69vkriu

[Stacy Leeds @stacyleeds]

Please share this @academy4justice opportunity with your networks. High impact + national visibility.

[Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at ASU @ASUCollegeOfLaw]

We're hiring!

Be a part of work worth doing as the executive director of @academy4justice at #ASULaw.

We’re seeking an experienced criminal law expert to lead this research center focused on some of the most vital issues of the day.

Apply by Aug. 23: https://t.co/iYMEOLm0hx

[Nazgol Ghandnoosh @NazgolG]

Read about the progress with ending the injustice of the "felony murder" law in CA. Minnesota's recent reform is on the same path! 1/2

https://t.co/AoYXUs77Ss

[SSRN @SSRN]

#Commonlaw understanding of mens rea is broad & moralistic. This Article develops a new vision of #mensrea by returning to a bygone era’s conception of the guilty mind.

Read: https://t.co/tNPbjkj540
Subscribe: https://t.co/7jyF8mEJVp

@MichaelSerota @LoyolaLawSchool #LawTwitter

[Academy for Justice @academy4justice]

A4J & @ArizStLJ seek applicants for the 2023 Criminal Justice Reform #WritingCompetition. This #NationalCompetition is open to full-time law students & seeks to promote scholarship centering on #CriminalJusticeReform.
More info & how to apply by July 1: https://t.co/cEL0mmVAgi

[Joshua B. Hoe @JoshuaBHoe]

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There has been a lot of discussion of what the First Step Act did lately, and a lot of it has been inaccurate so I wanted to take a second to explain what the FSA actually did

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