alexander walker iii

Writing

In Progress

Black English for Lawyers: A Primer, 113 CALIF. L. REV. __ (forthcoming 2025) (providing explanations, examples, and audio of Black English for lawyers to alleviate dialectal misinterpretation)

The Problem of Linguistic Mismatch (providing and analyzing the welfare and distributional effects of language choice in the courtroom)

The Notice Justification and Void-for-Vagueness (arguing that the notice justification for void-for-vagueness challenges makes little sense as currently conceived and that reframing vagueness as an empirical question has important consequences)

Black English and Private Transcription (testing the quality of private transcription services when it comes to Black English)

Published Work

On Taboos, Morality, and Bluebook Citations, HARV. L. REV. BLOG (Jun. 2023)

Dialectal Due Process, 136 HARV. L. REV. 1958 (2023) (arguing that misinterpretation of dialect can give rise to procedural due process claims)

Same Surname Case: Japanese Supreme Court Holds That Forcing Couples to Share a Surname is Constitutional, 135 HARV. L. REV. 1504 (2022) (analyzing deferential nature of Japanese Supreme Court jurisprudence and its possible sources)