Month: January 2011

Today I asked my students to tweet me their questions and live feedback during class.   It was an experiment that I'm willing to repeat.  Here's how it unfolded. My Wills,…

Sarah Ludington has an article in the February 2011 issue of the Journal of Legal Education, "The Dogs that Did Not Bark: The Silence of the Legal Academy During World…

It is my pleasure to introduce my colleague, Sharona Hoffman, who will be guest blogging with us in February.  Sharona's work focuses on health law (and most recently electronic health…

The Kids are All Right has been nominated for a number of Oscars this year.  It tells the story of a lesbian couple raising a family and the introduction of…

Today's question comes from Colin Miller: Last year, I asked, "Name the actor who appeared in multiple films, every one of which was nominated for Best Picture."  The answer was…

Update (January 28):  Professor Onwuachi-Willig has made the list of nine finalists (for three slots).  Story here. Iowa law prof Angela Onwuachi-Willig (pictured), together with five dozen other state citizens,…

Frank Elkouri, who joined the Oklahoma University law faculty in 1952, and taught until 1985, has donated $6 million to OU Law.  The money will be used to fund scholarships. …

Name the first Best Picture nominee to be based on a television series. Pictured:  The Untouchables (1987), based (at least in part) on the 1959 television series.  The movie brought…

 The state capitol in Raleigh is covered with monuments -- five, I think, to the era of Confederacy -- though none to the enslaved people of North Carolina, so far…

Georgia State University College of Law is looking for a podium visitor in the taxation field for Fall 2011 or possibly the entire 2011-2012 academic year. The visitor would be…