Month: June 2009

From the L.A. Times (June 18, 2009): Court denies benefits for girl conceived from dead father's sperm “A 10-year-old Los Angeles girl conceived from the frozen sperm of a dead…

I am the son of a potato farmer.I attended Notre Dame University.I was the last player to achieve one of baseball's rarest accomplishments.I was a first-ballot electee into MLB's hall…

Recyclying another post from propertyprof back in June 2007:  This much talk recently at the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal about the impending opening--tomorrow--of Philip Johnson's Glass House in New Canaan,…

Brian Leiter and ATL are both reporting that DePaul Law Dean Glen Weissenberger has been ousted by university provost, Helmut Epp.   From a quick and dirty review of available materials ...

With thanks as usual to Patricia Sanchez Abril for drawing this case to my attention, I was intrigued by a small issue when reading the 2004 British House of Lords…

A big shout-out to fathers everywhere, as we honor you on Sunday. For many of us, our father is a hero, an inspiration, a teacher, a role model, a mentor,…

I was taking a look at this weekend's line up at City Stages in Birmingham.  Lynyrd Skynyrd (such as it is.)  REO Speedwagon.  38 Special.  Hey, wait!!  This is sounding…

A few days ago, in My Tenure’s For Sale. How About Yours?, I blogged about the purported costs and benefits of tenure, and the extra salary I would demand in…

Every law school career planning office wants to help students find summer work.  For many 1L's, a summer internship - albeit unpaid - is a good choice.  So it was…

Wilkes University's board of trustees is moving ahead with plans to open a law school, according to this story from the Times Leader.  We've previously mentioned that they hired Loren…