Ryan H. Nelson
@RyanHNelson
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Employment Law/Discrimination & Civil Procedure Law Professor @STCL_Houston, husband, dog dad, Florida Gators fan, trivia nerd, he/him/his
Houston, TX
Joined October 2020
Just posted a draft of my new article arguing that we don’t really know how far work law reaches, such blindness causes significant problems, and overcoming those problems would be especially difficult: Feedback welcome!
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My new essay in @GB2d explains why the Supreme Court actually didn't misspell the defendant’s name in Dred Scott v. Sandford. Check it out!
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@gracabi Agree completely. It also may depress non-SH claims. I was talking yesterday with a group of attys about possible impact litigation involving SH and arguably related race discrim. We’re leaning towards SH litigation over SH+race arbitration; the race claims may never be heard.
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Honored to have my @FordhamLRev article, An Employment Discrimination Class Action by Any Other Name, highlighted by Charles Sullivan this morning in @IReadJotwell:
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RT @COSELLWorkLaw: It's a wrap on a marvelous @COSELLWorkLaw 2024 hosted by @USanDiegoLaw+@CWSL_News! See you next year @SetonHallLaw🏙️ Tha…
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The Houston Chronicle just published my op-ed explaining why the Texas Department of Public Safety violated Texas law earlier this week by refusing to accept state court orders that change a Texan's sex. Link below.
By denying trans people's court orders, Texas DPS flouts the Constitution | Opinion
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My essays found homes! Is Snap Removal Unconstitutional? will be published in @PeppLawReview (, and Article III Standing in Federal Prosecutions of "Victimless Crimes" will be published in the online companion to @FordhamLRev (.
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RT @BetseyStevenson: It's the wages, not the taxes, that need to be fixed for restaurant workers.
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RT @katie_eyer: 1/X What's going on with Title IX and LGBTQ rights? For those who haven't been able to keep up with the many developments,…
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RT @MrSethHarris: The labor movement has an important role to play in securing and protecting LGBTQ+ rights. Joanna Wuest's new post for @M…
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RT @nicolebporter: @ChicagoKentLaw symposium, All About Accommodations. Group photo and excellent presentations by two of the speakers, @…
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RT @DorfmanDoron: It’s a wrap on the All About Accommodations symposium @ChicagoKentLaw! W @nicolebporter @KatAMacfarlane @sachinspandya @R…
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RT @nicolebporter: I'm excited about this symposium, All About Accommodations, @ChicagoKentLaw on Mar. 22. If you're near Chicago, please c…
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My new paper, published today in the Labor Studies Journal, shows that political partisanship is strongly correlated with union representation election voting behavior and the magnitude of that correlation increased from 2008 to 2020. Feedback welcome!
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RT @SoCalTaxProf: Ability Diversity In The First-Year Law School Classroom, 71 J. Legal Educ. 202 (2021) by @RyanH…
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RT @STCL_Houston: "...Pride began...as a political and cultural uprising where queer people and allies demanded equality. Pride Month is an…
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RT @STCL_Houston: STCL Houston Prof. Ryan Nelson spoke to the Houston Chronicle about the TX Dept. of Agriculture dress code that requires…
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@gracabi Most significant (but never fully realized) win: Griggs v. Duke Power Most significant loss that just seems to be getting worse and worse over time: McDonnell Douglas v. Green
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