Recent Developments

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Recent Articles

Color and Cultural Functionality

74 Am. U. L. Rev. 1255 (2025).

By Felicia Caponigri*
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UnconstitutioNIL: Name, Image, and Likeness State Laws in the Post-Amateurism World of College Sports

74 Am. U. L. Rev. 1335 (2025).

By Bryan Dearinger*
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The Poorer the Author, the Better Their Art: How For-Profit Fanfiction Can Be Fair Use

74 Am. U. L. Rev. 1403 (2025).

By Jordan Stevenson*
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The IRS’s Misguided Playbook for NIL Collectives

74 Am. U. L. Rev. 1477 (2025).

By Olivia M. Lubarsky*
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Letter from the Forum Editor

Announcing the collection and publication of all American University Law Review archival content and reflecting on what the Forum accomplished this year.

By Lars Emerson
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Dancing About Architecture: A Case for the Attenuation of Trademark Ownership in Favor of Cultural Property

74 Am. U. L. Rev. F. 243 (2025).

By Telia Mary U. Williams*
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Letter from the Editor

74 Am. U L. Rev. (2025).

By Peter T. Sabini
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Expertise, Ideology, and Dissent

74 Am. U. L. Rev. 877 (2025).

By Paul R. Gugliuzza,* Jonathan Remy Nash** & Jason Rantanen***
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Scientific Educations Among U.S. Judges

74 Am. U. L. Rev. 953 (2025).

By Christa Laser*
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Fixing Double Patenting

74 Am. U. L. Rev. 1013 (2025).

By Mark A. Lemley* & Lisa Larrimore Ouellette**
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