Month: February 2010

I'm always pleased when I see additional efforts to boost quality at the AALS annual conference.  In that vein, here's a call for papers from the AALS Section on Women ...

Today's question, courtesy of friend and co-blogger Jacqui Lipton:  Name the youngest and the oldest winners in the Best Actress and Best Actor categories.Pictured:  Paper Moon (1973), which brought Tatum…

I know we've been talking a lot about the Oscars lately, but it's shifted my focus from other awards shows going on.  I just noticed that the BAFTAs were held…

Now that Massachusetts has added a law school to its state university system, prior graduates of Southern New England School of Law are eagerly seeking new JD diplomas showing that…

Today's question:  This director, and this actor (gender neutral), have collaborated on over a dozen films.  Each has won at least one Oscar.  Name these two individuals.Pictured:  Out of Africa…

I'm deep, deep in things antebellum and literary, getting my Hutchins lecture ready for March 16.  I'm dealing with thirty-some addresses given to the joint meetings of the Philanthropic and…

The Office of Legislative Audits of the Maryland Assembly has taken the University of Maryland to the woodshed over its compensation of former dean Karen Rothenberg.  According to this report,…

From The Chronicle: February 19, 2010, 09:00 AM ET Amy Bishop's Lawyer Says She Is Probably Insane   Amy Bishop's court-appointed lawyer says the professor accused of killing three of…

Via Reuters: “The launch of the first template for an over-the-counter Islamic derivative contract is "imminent" and will encourage more companies to hedge their risks, an executive at a bank…

Today's question (a variation of yesterday's query):  name the three films that won every Oscar for which they were nominated (minimum six nominations).Pictured:  Ben-Hur (1959), which won eleven of the…