Lackland H. Bloom, Jr.

Full-time faculty
Larry and Jane Harlan Senior Research Fellow and Professor of Law
Email: lbloom@smu.edu
Biography
Areas of Expertise
- Constitutional Law
Education
J.D., University of Michigan Law School
Courses
Freedom of Speech, Press and Religion
Books
METHODS OF INTERPRETATION: HOW THE SUPREME COURT READS THE CONSTITUTION (Oxford University Press 2009)
Articles
John Stuart Mill and Political Correctness, 56 University of Louisville Law Review 1 (2017)
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Copyright Under Seige: The First Amendment Front, 9 Computer Law Review 41-61 (2004)
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Grutter and Gratz: A Critical Analysis, 40 Houston Law Review 459-513 (2004)
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Interpretive Issues in Seminole and Alden, 55 SMU Law Review 377 (2002)
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Bad Consequences, 55 SMU Law Review 69 (2002)
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NEA v. Finley: A Decision in Search of a Rationale, 77 Washington University Law Quarterly 1 (1999)
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Long Live the Bill of Rights! Long Live Akhil Amar's The Bill of Rights, 33 University of Richmond Law Review 313 (1999)
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Hopwood, Bakke and the Future of the Diversity Justification, 29 Texas Tech Law Review 1 (1998)
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Other Publications
Joe McKnight and the Oxford Summer Program, 71 SMU Law Review 15 (2018)
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A Meeting of the Minds: SMU and NYU Host Historic Summit with Russian, U.S. and Texas Justices, 33 The Brief 3 (Summer 2001)
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Media
Interview
NBC Today Show
(January 22, 2008)