Chris Cotropia
@ccotropia
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Law Prof and Attorney
Joined April 2009
It was great to attend the 2024 meeting of the Canadian Law & Economics Association at @UofTLaw. Lee Fennell (@UChicagoLaw) delivered an excellent keynote, and I got valuable feedback on the Judges' Chambers project I'm undertaking with @KevinLynnCope & @ccotropia.
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I had a commission meeting today at the Tuckahoe Area Library in Henrico and look what I spied 👀 …. My very good friends at the @Periodpatch doing great work in the community to ensure that all 📚 visitors have access to menstrual supplies! ❤️
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The Astros are 0-4 in postseason games since Adolis Garcia “Woke up the Houston Astros” 🤡
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It was great to attend the Midwestern Law & Economics Association annual meeting @kulawschool last week. Thanks to everyone for the great feedback on the Judges' Chambers project (coauthored with @KevinLynnCope & @ccotropia).
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Awesome visit with both @HDXSoftball and @HendrixSwimDive - thank you to Coach LeLeux, Coach Brooke and all of the athletes who took time to show me around campus! Go Warriors! @HDXAdmission
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In "The SCALES Project," @ProfDSchwartz of @NorthwesternLaw, Prof. @Kat_Albrecht of @GeorgiaStateU, and their co-authors discuss how SCALES, an AI-powered open data network, aims to provide free access to federal court records, starting with dockets from 2016 to 2017. (1/2).
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2nd Showcase 💫Huge thanks to @Hanover16u for the chance to guest play. My weekend highlights: BA: .667 OBP: .737 RBI: 4 BB: 2 SB: 3 Runner caught stealing. Thanks to the coaches who watched our games! @SoftballDown @CoastRecruits @IHartFastpitch @FastpitchAthRec @SBRRetweets
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Great to see Diversity Pilots Initiative (DPI) researchers' work on gender gaps in patenting by @gaurisubramani, @aa_eastbayabhay, and @PatentScholar (with me, in @ScienceMagazine) featured in the FT and joint work with @ccotropia get a shout too!
Delighted to see our research on gender gaps in patent conversion featured in the Financial Times! @aa_eastbayabhay @oren_reshef
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Thank you to @thehill for publishing my op-ed with @economalex and @FreeOurVoteInc on why all people with felony convictions should be able to vote:
thehill.com
For progressives and conservatives alike, Trump serves as the perfect example of why felony disenfranchisement should be left behind.
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.@KevinWoodson_ presented "Black Access to the Legal Profession After Affirmative Action" at the @law_soc annual meeting. His book "The Black Ceiling: The Black Ceiling: How Race Still Matters in the Elite Workplace" was also featured in an "Author Meets Readers" session.
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Thanks to @njtip, @LauraPedraza_F, and @ProfDSchwartz for putting together this issue remembering Dmitry Karshtedt (and thanks for letting me provide a small contribution).
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Previewing the 2024 softball season around the Richmond area https://t.co/aJPeH8gmNp via @RTDSports @DSFAthletics @VHSLSoftball
#GoMavs
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Kicked off our 10th year of delivering #periodsecurity to #RVA with deliveries to #OARRVA #LighthouseRVA and @StThomasPantry
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From mental health at top-ranked econ programs, to the fallout from the Flint water crisis, to the origin of government in ancient Iraq: here are the 10 most-read Research Highlights of 2023.
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Economists addressed issues related to graduate student mental health, teacher diversity, the origin of government, and more.
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NEW: Richmond mayor @LevarStoney is announcing the National Speech & Debate Tournament will come to RVA in 2026 thanks in part to the @richmondforum
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New article w/@ccotropia, “Boosting Patent Quality and Equity with Access to AI and Automation,” argues that access to technology can advance patent quality and equity (forthcoming in @CatoInstitute's Regulation) Draft here, welcome your comments!
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