Leah Roemer
Lawyer and writer. Fiction, satire, and legal journalism.
The Ghosts of California's Gang Policy: The Unconstitutional Gang Hearsay Exception | California Lawyers Association Criminal Law Journal | Spring 2023, Vol. 23 Ed. 1
The Long Campaign to Turn Birth Control Into the New Abortion | Reveal | October 8, 2022 (additional reporting by)
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Inside Anti-Abortion Groups' Campaign to Sell Women on Unreliable Birth Control "Alternatives" | Mother Jones | September 30, 2022 (additional reporting by)
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BigLaw Is Making America's Gun Violence Crisis Worse | Balls and Strikes | July 6, 2022
Learn more about this project and my work here. This story was also published with Reveal as "Mastermind of the Texas 'Heartbeat' Statute Has a Radical Mission to Reshape American Law."
A Strike at the Heart of Roe | Reveal | February 12, 2022 (additional reporting by)
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Organic, fair-trade, carbon-neutral hypocrisy: Berkeley's policing practices increase homelessness | The Daily Californian | April 6, 2021
The Biden Administration is from Mars, the American Public is from Venus: A Practical Relationship Guide | Functionally Dead | February 1, 2022
Calling All Baseball Game Popcorn Vendors, Pharmaceutical Reps, and Bar Mitzvah DJs: We Need You to Hand Out Covid Vaccines | Points in Case | April 6, 2021
ICED IN is an adult mystery novel for fans of Lucy Foley, Clue, and Search Party.
Six tight-knit college seniors have been looking forward to their Poconos getaway for months. Gently falling snow, cozy knit blankets, Moscow Mules by the fire--it'll be the perfect ski vacation. That is, until an old friend with some unfinished business talks his way onto the trip. As a blizzard approaches, the group plays a game called "Mousetrap," where a "murderer" picks them off one by one. But when the lights go out, a real murderer sees a golden opportunity to strike...
This novel is an Author Mentor Match Round 9 selection, mentored by mystery author Alexa Donne.