Month: November 2010

Know how fun it is to talk about a great party for days afterward?  Same thing with Legal History conferences.  Now that everyone has left Philly, (hopefully) having enjoyed the grand…

There are flourishing markets in human bodies and body parts, as Kim Krawiec has documented here, here and here, for example.  Eggs, organs and bodily fluids and sexual services can…

I don't know that lawyers do hate law professors, but if I had to guess, I'd say that most practicing lawyers don't think too highly of legal academics as a group.  Earlier this…

Gonzaga Law School has named four of its five dean finalists: Annette Clark, Jane Korn, Chris Pietruszkiewicz, and Paul McGreal.  Meanwhile, the University of Colorado's Law School dean search committee was announced…

We're very pleased to welcome Bridget Crawford as a guest here at the Lounge.  Bridget is a Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development at Pace…

In an interview at the Women at the Top conference in London, French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde spoke with the FT on video about her conference address (http://video.ft.com/v/677520169001/Lagarde-speaks-out-on-female-quotas). In the…

In my continuing obsession to understand everyone else's continuing obsession with Harry Potter, I came across this week's column by Michael Heaton in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.  Heaton muses about…

In the last 24 hours, two colleagues have brought to my attention cases of academic plagiarism at the professorial level, and another brought to my attention an article from The…

As I noted over at Leiter, Drexel University School of Law is formally hosting the annual meeting of the American Society of Legal Historians starting this afternoon.  The conference looks to be…

They are five, of fifteen, individuals named today by President Obama as recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, our nation's highest civilian honor. The White House press release is…