Month: March 2010

From Anna Gelpern, It’s All Greek to Me FAQ (Parts I and II) Dealbook, Greece Moves Ahead With Bond Sale Dealbook, Governments Press Funds on European Bets Bloomberg, U.S. Said…

Today's question, courtesy of Garrett Levin:Name the four actors and one actress who have been nominated for playing the same character in two different films.Pictured:  A Man for All Seasons…

Scott Matheson Jr., the Hugh B. Brown Presidential Endowed Chair in Law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney School of Law, has just been nominated to the U.S. Court…

Not since Casablanca beat nine other film nominees for the Best Picture award in 1942 has the Academy honored more than five films with Best Picture nominations.  That changed this…

Today's question, courtesy of Kelly Anders:Sidney Lumet has received nominations for Best Director for two top legal dramas, and he has directed 17 actors (men and women) in Oscar-nominated performances…

As the hiring season draws to a close, I've been pondering the merits of our current approach to hiring both entry level and lateral candidates - as I'm sure many…

Larry Solum has begun his annual survey of entry level law faculty hiring over at Legal Theory Blog.  The introductory post is here.  You can hop right over to the…

Red Families v. Blue Families: Legal Polarization and the Creation of Culture, by Naomi Cahn (GW, law) and June Carbone (UMKC, law) is now available from Oxford University Press.  From…

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports today that Phyllis Crocker has been appointed Interim Dean at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University.  She replaces Geoffrey Mearns who stood down…

Today's question, courtesy of Colin Miller:What two actresses have been nominated for an Oscar and a Razzie in the same year in the same role? Pictured:  The Blind Side, up…