Kevin Lapp

Loyola Law School Los Angeles

Associate Professor of Law

919 Albany Street

Los Angeles, CA 90015-1211

United States

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1.

Pressing Public Necessity: The Unconstitutionality of the Absconder Apprehension Initiative

29 N.Y.U. Rev. L. & Soc. Change 573 (2005)
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 17 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 07 Dec 2016
Kevin Lapp
Loyola Law School Los Angeles
Downloads 415 (149,308)
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Reforming the Good Moral Character Requirement for U.S. Citizenship

87 Indiana L. J. 1571 (2012), NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 11-23
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 31 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 24 Aug 2016
Kevin Lapp
Loyola Law School Los Angeles
Downloads 411 (150,949)
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immigration, naturalization, citizenship, criminal conviction, consequences, good moral character, INA

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American Criminal Record Exceptionalism

14 Ohio St. J. Crim. L. 303 (2016), Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2015-33
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 03 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2016
Kevin Lapp
Loyola Law School Los Angeles
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4.

Taking Back Juvenile Confessions

68 UCLA L. Rev 902 (2017), Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-34
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 14 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 16 Oct 2018
Kevin Lapp
Loyola Law School Los Angeles
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juvenile, interrogation, Miranda, confession, waiver, contract, infancy doctrine, Fifth Amendment, criminal, juvenile justice, adolescence, brain development

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Databasing Delinquency

67 Hastings L.J. 195 (2015), Loyola Law School Los Angeles Legal Studies Paper No. 2015-31
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 11 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 12 Aug 2016
Kevin Lapp
Loyola Law School Los Angeles
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As Though They Were Not Children: DNA Collection from Juveniles

89 Tulane L. Rev. 435 (2014), Loyola-LA Legal Studies Paper No. 2015-03
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 09 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 24 Aug 2016
Kevin Lapp
Loyola Law School Los Angeles
Downloads 270 (237,509)

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Juvenile, Juvenile Justice, Children, Youth, Adolescents, Crime, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Fourth Amendment, Warrantless Searches, DNA, DNA Collection, DNA Profiling, Juvenile Court, Childhood

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A Better Balancing: Reconsidering Pre-Conviction DNA Extraction from Federal Arrestees

90 N. Car. L. Rev. Addendum 157 (2012), NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 12-14
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 30 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 24 Aug 2016
Kevin Lapp and Joy Radice
Loyola Law School Los Angeles and University of Tennessee College of Law
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Young Adults and Criminal Jurisdiction

American Criminal Law Review, Vol. 56, 2019, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2018-30
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 13 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2019
Kevin Lapp
Loyola Law School Los Angeles
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young adult, criminal law, criminal court, juvenile court

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Critical Immigration Legal Theory

Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2025-01, 104 B.U. L. Rev. 1515 (2024), Temple University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2025-06
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 05 Jan 2025 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2025
Kathleen Kim, Kevin Lapp and Jennifer J. Lee
Loyola Law School Los Angeles, Loyola Law School Los Angeles and Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law
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10.

Sentencing Insurrection

Accepted for publication in the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (publication in 2025)
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 21 Nov 2024 Last Revised: 05 Mar 2025
Kevin Lapp
Loyola Law School Los Angeles
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punishment, criminal justice, sentencing, insurrection, political violence

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DNA for Delinquency: Compulsory DNA Collection and a Juvenile's Best Interest

14 U. Md. L.J. Race, Religion, Gender & Class 50 (2014) , Future of the 4th Amendment at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, October 2013, Loyola-LA Legal Studies Paper No. 2015-04
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 02 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 28 Jul 2015
Kevin Lapp
Loyola Law School Los Angeles
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Juvenile, Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Court, DNA, Criminal Law, Delinquency, Adolescent Brain Science, Best Interest, Childhood, Deterrence, Rehabilitation

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Feminist Judgments: Immigration Opinions Rewritten (Introduction)

Feminist Judgments: Immigration Law Opinions Rewritten , pp. 1 - 14, Cambridge University Press, 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009198950.001, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2023-35, Temple University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2023-24
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 17 Nov 2023 Last Revised: 15 Dec 2023
Kathleen Kim, Kevin Lapp and Jennifer J. Lee
Loyola Law School Los Angeles, Loyola Law School Los Angeles and Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law
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A Child Litigant's Right to Counsel

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, 2019, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2019-10
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 08 May 2019 Last Revised: 15 Aug 2019
Kevin Lapp
Loyola Law School Los Angeles
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right to counsel, juvenile, child, immigration, delinquency, child welfare, abortion, due process

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Brief of Professor Kevin Lapp, et. al., as Amici Curiae in Support of Reversal, C.J.L.G. v. Sessions, No. 16-73801

Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2017-23
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 25 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 25 May 2017
Kevin Lapp
Loyola Law School Los Angeles
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Brief of Professor Kevin Lapp, et. al., as Amici Curiae in Support of Rehearing en banc, C.J.L.G. v. Sessions, No. 16-73801

Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2018-15
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 29 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 09 May 2018
Kevin Lapp
Loyola Law School Los Angeles
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Professor Pillsbury and the Boundaries of Deserved Punishment

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, Vol. 56, No. 1, 2023
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 28 May 2024
Kevin Lapp
Loyola Law School Los Angeles
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