Month: March 2010

It's that time of year when many of us have to put together our proposals for summer grant money or otherwise turn our minds to our summer writing plans.  So…

I'm in Iowa City today, workshopping my favorite chapter from University, Court, and Slave -- it's about Thomas R.R. Cobb.  This chapter is at the center of the book, physically as…

Mercer Law School has ann0unced that the following six individuals are finalists in its dean search: Rick Bales, from Northern Kentucky Law;  Richard Gershon, from Charleston School of Law; Alfred…

Readers may have an interest in the forthcoming book, When Money Was In Fashion:  Henry Goldman, Goldman Sachs, and the Founding of Wall Street.  The book is authored by June…

Justice John Roberts visited my former home, the University of Alabama, yesterday.  He gave a 30 minute talk about the history of the Supreme Court.   Then students started asking questions. …

Every once in a blue moon I talk about American studies here.  Seems like it's time for one of those posts now.... For a long time American studies scholars had…

Though Tim Zinnecker is the resident baseball expert, I'm going to weigh in here and urge you to check out Aaron Zelinsky's fun essay in the Yale Law Journal Pocket…

I wrote a couple weeks back about the preponderance of Whigs among the UNC graduation speakers before the Civil War.  I'd now like to turn from that quantitative assessment to give…

  Law School is reaping a reward for its recent move to Raleigh, NC.  The school has agreed with NC State to develop a joint JD/MPA degree.  This is a nice…

I sent out an article today via the Expresso service.  I declined the option to include my CV with the manuscript.  I see no legitimate purpose for adding my CV…