Month: January 2011

This is a bit of an add-on to Bridget's recent post on Optional Reduced Teaching Load for Increased Faculty Productivity.  And thanks to James Grimmelman for his comment on her…

Above is a short video (approx. 3 minutes) that I made today for my Wills, Trusts & Estates students.  We're now covering the laws of intestacy.  I set out to…

I'm delighted to report that HUP is shipping the second volume of the Morton Horwitz festschrift (Transformations in American Legal History: Law, Ideology, and Methods -- Essays in Honor of Morton ...

Ex-Senator Rick Santorum, speaking out on the issue of Obama and abortion on CNS news, said: Well if that human life is not a person [under the Constitution] then I…

If a faculty member isn't writing as much as he or she "ought" to be (define that as you will), what incentives might help move the faculty member toward scholarly productivity?  Of…

Dr. Jaime Malamud Goti is the former Solicitor General of Argentina.  During his tenure, he was responsible for the trials of Argentine junta members for human rights violations against the people…

Wentong Zheng , an associate professor at University of Buffalo Law, has accepted an junior lateral offer from the University of Florida.  Zheng holds a JD and a Ph.D (economics)…

  Starbucks is about to make two significant changes that will help its loyal customers get more calories more quickly.  What could be better?  First, after the smashing success of…

The fifth finalist for the deanship at Cleveland Marshall College of Law (CSU) has been announced this week:  Neils B. Schaumann, Professor of Law & Vice Dean for Faculty at…

Dear Colleagues,The Duke Law Journal is pleased to announce its 41st Annual Administrative Law Symposium, entitled The FCC and the (Non-)Regulation of the Internet, to be held at Duke University on February 25,…