Month: June 2009

According to the Daily Californian:In attempt to offset the state's $24 billion deficit, the governor proposed last week to eliminate all state funding for the UC Hastings College of Law,…

When I teach the insanity defense in Criminal Law, I often talk about the strategic component of the defense.  Before any (good) attorney raises this claim, she has to consider…

When it comes to law school dean searches, you usually find two types: those that publicize their finalists and those that provide no information.  At Harvard Law School, there is…

Over at the legal history blog Sally Greene--whom I frequently describe as our nation's most thoughtful politician--has a series of posts on Thomas Ruffin's 1830 opinion in State v. Mann.…

Last weekend's  Chicago Tribune has an interesting story about how Illinois politicians pressure the University of Illinois - including the U of I School of Law - to admit comparatively…

 We're thrilled to send congratulations and good karma to our co-blogger Laura Appleman and her law prof husband, David Friedman, who are now the happy (and soon to be perpetually…

A couple of weeks ago we had the sad news that David Herbert Donald has passed away.  Now comes the news that long-time Harvard history professor Ernest May passed away…

We've been talking a lot about Harvard of late--particularly the belt-tightening in light of the recession.  So it's a real pleasure to talk about an expansion there: a new chair…

Members of law school admissions committees face lots of challenges each year.  Can they hit LSAT and GPA targets?  What kind of yield can they expect?  How can they best…

Yesterday, the National Arbitration Forum handed down a decision in a domain name dispute involving three domain names corresponding with former President Bill Clinton's name - williamclinton.com, williamjclinton.com, and  presidentbillclinton.com. …