Month: November 2009

Score one for Southern New England School of Law and the rah-rah squad at UMass - Dartmouth.  As we've talked about previously, SNESL trying to merge with UMass Dartmouth.  Put…

No, not the Nicholas Taleb book – Madoff’s investors and the SEC.  From Ashby Jones, two computer programmers for Madoff’s former operation were arrested and charged Friday with creating computer…

Continuing on my posts on monuments around the South Carolina statehouse.... I usually think of nineteenth century monuments as blocks of granite (or if you're in a cemetery, perhaps marble --…

The Seattle University School of Law has announced the four finalists in its dean search.   It's an interesting and impressive list both because the talent pool is pretty exceptional…

Erik Gerding is doing a great series of guest posts over at The Conglomerate, ranging from legal education and law firms to the financial crisis and corporate law scholarship.  Head…

One late observation on the hiring conference (and this happens every year)...When asked about their "teaching style", candidates invariably answer "soft socratic".  In other words, they like to create a…

Via Paul Caron, the Wall Street Journal ran an article on Wednesday, GETTING PERSONAL: Tax Code Lags Growing Body-Parts Market (subscribers only).  The article begins: Organs and blood products, eggs,…

Readers interested  in Kelo and eminent domain may enjoy the most recent "room for debate" column in The New York Times.   Titled "A Turning Point for Eminent Domain?", the commentary…

(A previous post, but timely again.)Did you wake up feeling under the weather?  Got a case of the shakes?  Maybe a bit of breathlessness?  Nausea?  Perhaps excessive sweating and dry ...

Cynthia Tidler graduated from HLS in 1997.  Her first husband, also HLS 1997, died in Afghanistan in 2003 while serving his country.Cynthia married another 1997 classmate from HLS earlier this…