Month: November 2009

Law fellowships: Paul Caron More Fellowships for Aspiring Law Professors, put together by the Harvard Legal Theory Forum (using, I gather, Caron’s initial list of fellowships as a launching pad)…

A big shout-out to Elmo, Cookie Monster, Grover, Big Bird, and all of our other friends over at Sesame Street.  The television show, which premiered on this date in 1969,…

From Courthouse News Service: A couple who sought fertility services to prevent passing on a genetic disorder says doctors at the Reproductive Genetic Institute carelessly commingled their eggs and sperm…

A few days ago I received "legal education abstracts" from our friends at SSRN.  Catching my eye is the abstract of an essay by Professor Scott Taylor (pictured), of the…

The fourth annual Survey on Retention and Promotion of Women in Law Firms by the National Association of Women Lawyers is out and reports that: women are significantly under-represented in…

Last summer I blogged some about the monuments around the Tennessee statehouse.  Among the things I noted were that Tennessee has, in recent years, placed a monument to the slave…

Jeff Lipshaw on Louis Menand on the Marketplace of Ideas. The Daily Mail: South African athletics issue apology to Caster Semenya over handling of gender tests (HT: Doriane Coleman) ABA…

Ian Ayres has doubts: I’m not sure if NOTA is unconstitutional. It’s pretty hard to convince a court that a statute is unconstitutionally irrational. But I’m pretty sure the United…

From Ashby Jones at the WSJ.com: Law Blog on the latest law professor complaint: Can we call this a trend: law professors tucking their grievances not into law review articles, but…

So we've made it half way through the AALS hiring conference.  Any stories anyone wants to share?  Best interviews?  Worst interviews? (no names necessary)One anonymous candidate shared the following with…