Megan S. Wright

Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Dickinson Law

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University Park, PA 16802

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Inside the Black Box of Prosecutor Discretion

55 UC Davis Law Review 2133 (2022), Penn State Law Research Paper No. 19-2021, University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 459
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 28 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2022
Megan S. Wright, Shima Baradaran Baughman and Christopher T. Robertson
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Dickinson Law, Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School and Boston University
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prosecutors, charging, crime, sentencing, discretion, empirical legal studies, mass incarceration, prison, decision making

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Dementia, Autonomy, and Supported Healthcare Decision Making

Penn State Law Research Paper No. 05-2019, 79 Maryland Law Review 257 (2020)
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 10 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2020
Megan S. Wright
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Dickinson Law
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dementia, autonomy, supported decision making, healthcare decision making, disability

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Prosecutors and Mass Incarceration

Southern California Law Review, Forthcoming, University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 392, Penn State Law Research Paper No. 20-2021
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 11 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 24 Aug 2021
Shima Baradaran Baughman and Megan S. Wright
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School and Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Dickinson Law
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prosecutors; mass incarceration; charging; crime; supreme court; police; arrest; sentencing; prison; randomized controlled trial

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Race and Class: A Randomized Experiment with Prosecutors

16 Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 807 (2019), Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 19-26
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 30 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2021
Christopher T. Robertson, Shima Baradaran Baughman and Megan S. Wright
Boston University, Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School and Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Dickinson Law
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prosecutors, race, class bias, criminal justice, experiment

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Perceptions of Efficacy, Morality, and Politics of Potential Cadaveric Organ-Transplantation Reforms

77 Law and Contemporary Problems 101 (2014), Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 13-44
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 07 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2014
Christopher T. Robertson, David V. Yokum and Megan S. Wright
Boston University, University of Arizona - James E. Rogers College of Law and Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Dickinson Law
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cadaveric organs, transplant, market for organs, organ shortages, policy, reforms

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Resuscitating Consent

Boston College Law Review, Vol. 63(4), 2022, 887-956., Penn State Law Research Paper No. 8-2022
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 01 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2022
Megan S. Wright
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Dickinson Law
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informed consent, autonomy, medical decision making, rule of law, tort, bodily integrity, bioethics, capacity, disability

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End of Life and Autonomy: The Case for Relational Nudges in End-of-Life Decision-Making Law and Policy

Maryland Law Review, Vol. 77, No. 4, 2018
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 24 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 01 Jul 2018
Megan S. Wright
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Dickinson Law
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End-of-Life, Healthcare Decision Making, Law and Medicine

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Severe Brain Injury, Disability, and the Law: Achieving Justice for a Marginalized Population

Florida State University Law Review, Vol. 45, 2018
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 26 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2018
Megan S. Wright, Nina Varsava, Joel Ramirez, Kyle Edwards, Nathan Guevremont, Tamar Ezer and Joseph Fins
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Dickinson Law, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Independent, Yale University, Law School, Yale University - Law School, University of Miami - School of Law and Weill Cornell Medical College
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disability, severe brain injury, disorders of consciousness, ADA, ACA, FDA, CRPD, IDEA, tort

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Supplemental Materials: National Prosecutor Survey

UC Davis Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 07 Sep 2021
Megan S. Wright, Shima Baradaran Baughman and Christopher T. Robertson
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Dickinson Law, Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School and Boston University
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Installment Housing Contracts: Presumptively Unconscionable

Berkeley Journal of African American Law & Policy, Vol. 18, No. 1, 2016
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 16 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2018
Megan S. Wright
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Dickinson Law
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Equality of Autonomy? Physician Aid in Dying and Supported Decision Making

63 Arizona Law Review 157 (2021), Penn State Law Research Paper No. 10-2020
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 08 May 2020 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2021
Megan S. Wright
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Dickinson Law
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supported decision making, physician aid in dying, disability, autonomy, advance directives

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Dimensions of Prosecutor Decisions: Revealing Hidden Factors with Correspondence Analysis

BYU Law Research Paper No. 24-18, UC Irvine Law Review, Volume 15, No. 1 Pp. 271-321.
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 13 Mar 2024 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2025
Megan S. Wright, Cindy Cain and Shima Baradaran Baughman
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Dickinson Law, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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prosecutor decision making, prosecutor discretion, correspondence analysis, criminal procedure

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Heterogeneity in IRB Policies with Regard to Disclosures About Payment for Participation in Recruitment Materials

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Vol. 42, No. 375, 2014, Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 14-32
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 05 Nov 2014
Megan S. Wright and Christopher T. Robertson
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Dickinson Law and Boston University
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human subjects, recruitment, informed consent, disclosure, Common Rule, paternalism

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Nothing Generic About It: Promoting Therapeutic Access by Overcoming Regulatory and Legal Barriers to a Robust Generic Medical Device Market

North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 98, No. 3, 2020
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 01 May 2020
Zachary Shapiro, Adam Pan, Keturah James, Megan S. Wright and Joseph Fins
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Yale University, Law School, Students, Yale University, Law School, Students, Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Dickinson Law and Weill Cornell Medical College
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FDA, generic drugs, medical devices, products liability, patentability

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When Biomarkers Are Not Enough: FDA Evaluation of Effectiveness of Neuropsychiatric Devices for Disorders of Consciousness

Stanford Technology Law Review, Vol. 21, No. 2, 2018
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 16 Oct 2018
Megan S. Wright, Keturah James, Adam Pan and Joseph Fins
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Dickinson Law, Yale University, Law School, Students, Yale University, Law School, Students and Weill Cornell Medical College
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FDA, medical devices, neurotechnology, neuroethics, disorders of consciousness, biomarkers

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A Case for Randomized, Double-Blinded, Sham-Controlled Class III Medical Device Trials

Yale Law & Policy Review, Vol. 34, No. 199, 2015
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 10 Apr 2016
Megan S. Wright
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Dickinson Law
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FDA, Medical Devices, Research Ethics

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Rehabilitation, Education, and the Integration of Individuals with Severe Brain Injury into Civil Society: Towards an Expanded Rights Agenda in Response to New Insights from Translational Neuroethics and Neuroscience

Wright, Megan S. & Fins, Joseph J., Rehabilitation, Education, and the Integration of Individuals with Severe Brain Injury into Civil Society: Towards an Expanded Rights Agenda in Response to New Insights from Translational Neuroethics and Neuroscience, 16 Yale J Health Pol'y, Law, & Ethics 233 (201
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 07 Jul 2017
Megan S. Wright and Joseph Fins
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Dickinson Law and Weill Cornell Medical College
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The Neglect of Persons with Severe Brain Injury in the United States: An International Human Rights Analysis

Health and Human Rights Journal 22(1):265-278 (2020)
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 14 Jul 2020
Tamar Ezer, Megan S. Wright and Joseph Fins
University of Miami - School of Law, Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Dickinson Law and Weill Cornell Medical College
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Guardianship and Clinical Research Participation: The Case of Wards with Disorders of Consciousness

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, Vol. 27, No. 1, March 2017
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 02 Jul 2018
Megan S. Wright, Michael R. Ulrich and Joseph Fins
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Dickinson Law, Boston University - School of Law and Weill Cornell Medical College
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research ethics, guardianship, traumatic brain injury, state law, capacity, consent, clinical research, consciousness, common rule

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More Choosers, Fewer Choices? Supported and Medical Decision-Making Law Post- Dobbs

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 26 Nov 2024
Megan S. Wright
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Dickinson Law
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supported decision making, medical decision making, bioethics, law, autonomy

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Planning for Cognitive Decline: Combining Formal Supported Decision-Making Agreements and Healthcare Power of Attorney 

Health Matrix, Volume 35, No. 1, Pp. 225-244.
Number of pages: 21
Megan S. Wright
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Dickinson Law
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supported decision making, decision-making capacity, elder law, disability law, power of attorney, healthcare agent, health law, bioethics and law, substitute decision making, surrogate decision making