Month: May 2010

The Austin American Statesman has a lengthy article on the growing controversy over the William Simkins dormitory on UT's campus.  Tom Russell's recent paper has brought attention to the dormitory, named for…

I've previously blogged about new proposals to signficantly limit the practice of student law clinics in Louisiana.  The chemical and oil industries had pushed legislators to prohibit law school clinics…

Readers with an interest in Sadistic Secured Transactions (and who out there doesn't have a soft spot for Article 9?) may enjoy this four-minute news report on high-end repos.

Those of us who've used the Norton Anthology of American Literature will recognize Asher Durand's Kindred Spirits (now owned by Alice Walton's Crystal Bridges Art Museum), which depicts the landscape…

 Lounge readers, particularly those working in the fields of discrimination and employment law, are probably already familiar with the research on “implicit” or unconscious bias.  Many will recall, for example,…

Political TV ads in Alabama are serious business this year.  Below, I've linked to three of note.  The first is Tim James' ad demanding that all drivers license exams be…

BYU Law Professor Carl Hawkins recently passed away at the age of 84.  His list of academic accomplishments is impressive:  a Coif grad from Northwestern (and editor in chief of…

As regular readers know, we’ve been covering the building European crisis here at the Lounge since January, and have at times enlisted the help of a great group of sovereign…

In another razor-thin 5-4 decision (with Roberts concurring in the outcome) about kids who commit serious crimes, the Supreme Court struck down a sentence of life without parole (LWOP) in…

If you're a law school with lousy numbers for students employed at graduation, what do you do?  Do you admit your problems to US News, or simply remain silent?  How…