Month: January 2011

I posted on this back at the beginning of December, but I thought that I'd post another reminder now...   Emory University's transforming community project, run by history professor Leslie Harris,…

The Cleveland Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University has just announced four of its five dean candidate finalists (the fifth is still to be confirmed).  Announcement is here. …

Over the next several months, many new faculty hires will be transitioning from the world of practice to the start of an academic career.  Just in time, Maryland law professor…

Perhaps you have authored a casebook, study aid, or other law-related work.  Congratulations!  May your royalties propel you into a higher tax bracket. Do you have a co-author? If so,…

Like many parents of young children, I am being pressured to spend time and money taking the little ones to see the new Disney On Ice production of Toy Story…

Freakonomics has a recent (12/29) interesting podcast on repugnant transactions.  Though most of the show is dedicated to organ markets and its alternatives, other repugnant transactions, including prostitution and egg…

As part of its Concise Hornbook Series, West has just published Principles of Counter-Terrorism Law, co-authored by my South Texas colleague, Geoff Corn, and Notre Dame law professor Jimmy Gurule. …

Jane Korn, the Vice Dean and John K. Lyons Professor of Law at the University of Arizona, has been named the new dean at Gonzaga School of Law effective this…

Baseball fans may be interested in reading this analysis of who will (and won't) receive an invitation on Wednesday to join baseball's elite in the Hall of Fame. This topic…

To get us all prepped for Tim's Oscar Trivia Countdown (yes, I'm throwing down the gauntlet, Tim - you have to do it again this year!), here's a pre-Oscar trivia…