Month: April 2010

University of Texas law prof Daniel Rodriguez shares his thoughts on the topic in this editorial.

Richard Graving, my friend and colleague, died earlier this week at the age of 81.  Dick, who joined the South Texas faculty in 1983, taught conflicts, international human rights, international…

 In my last two posts, I went through the SEC’s complaint against Goldman Sachs and assessed the strength of the allegations, and began an analysis of the information shared by…

On this day in history -- 1836 -- Sam Houston led his Texan revolutionaries to a resounding victory over Mexico's General Santa Anna in the Battle of San Jacinto (not…

Kyle P. McEntee and Patrick J. Lynch of Vanderbilt Law School have a new paper up on ssrn, "A Way Forward: Improving Transparency in Employment Reporting at American Law Schools."…

In the hopes that it's not too early (or too optimistic of me) to start thinking about summer reading - for fun, not work - I'll make a few suggestions…

 In my last post on this topic, I went through the SEC’s complaint against Goldman Sachs and assessed the strength of the allegations.  At 11:00 am yesterday, Goldman Sachs held…

US News makes lots of money by producing its annual graduate school rankings. But the content US News creates gets repackaged and reported by loads of other media outlets.  US…

Every law school is looking for the same basic talents in faculty: a flair for teaching, a commitment to scholarship, and superb hand-eye coordination.  It helps if you're fearless and…

So far, unchanged from yesterday.  And the day before.  And the day before. I literally got the last flight out at the end of last week. By the time my…