Alyx Mark

Alyx Mark

@alyxmark.bsky.social

Assoc Prof of Government @ Wesleyan University & Affiliated Scholar of the American Bar Foundation (abfn.org). All things access to justice, state courts, separation of powers, & corgis 🐶 new around here 👋

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Abby Matthews
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Publish or perish…but what exactly does it take to earn tenure in Law & Courts? 📈👩🏽‍⚖️ Our new article tracks 40+ years of tenure portfolios—spoiler: expectations are rising, collaborations are up, but inequities remain. 👇 @alyxmark.bsky.social @melineberger.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/jlc....

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Alyx Mark
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🚨🚨 Attention scholars of human rights, international inequality, migration, global health, the environment, international law, or the erosion of democracy -- come work with us! Wesleyan is hiring TT in Global Justice. Position link below & please reach out with any questions! bit.ly/wesglobaljus...

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Law & Courts Women
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📚📚New book by @cbambrick.bsky.social "Constitutionalizing the Private Sphere: A Comparative Inquiry" with @cambridgeup.bsky.social. The book examines when courts understand private actors, such as private individuals, businesses, schools, and hospitals, to be responsible for constitutional rights.

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Law & Courts Women
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It's that time yet again! Join our writing groups! If you (1) study law and courts; (2) identify as female or non-binary; and (3) are post-PhD/pre-tenure, come hang! The research is erudite, the conversation perfect, and the vibes immaculate :)

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Alyx Mark
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And I argue that this has important consequences for how we think about civil legal system reform efforts that seek to improve access to courts and access to justice. In some states, reformers might have more success targeting individual jurisdictions than in others. 7/🧵

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It looks different because the tools of court administration may not be controlled from the top down — control over things like court personnel, facilities, data processing, and records management — may be concentrated in individual jurisdictions. 4/🧵

Alyx Mark
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The consequence of this is that, especially in more administratively decentralized states, directives from high courts and state court administrators take on features of encouragement and suggestion as opposed to of mandate. 5/🧵

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In the book, I examine state courts’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, but do so with an eye to bigger questions about the distribution of the power to make decisions about court operations. 2/🧵

Alyx Mark
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Even though state supreme courts tend to have administrative authority assigned to them by their states’ constitutions (and sometimes via statute), the ability to exercise this power looks really different across the states. 3/🧵

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