Month: June 2011

I'm in Athens for a couple of days for a fabulous workshop for teachers at the Cobb House.  This is my first outing since I finished a very, very long…

Our sister school in Canada, the University of Western Ontario School of Law, has just announced the appointment of its new dean, W. Iain Scott.  Press release here.  Our best…

As Jacqui noted in a post last week, Elon Law won full ABA accreditation last week.  But as one commenter added to her post, Charlotte Law did as well -…

The AALS Section on Women in Legal Education will hold a program during the AALS 2012 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., with paper presentations by the winners of the 2012…

The AALS Executive Committee has agreed to reinstate (temporarily, at least) childcare services at the next two Annual Meetings.  The action is in response to a request by the section…

... I keep blogging about pop culture books and movies.  Obviously, I'm busily and importantly attempting to finish a draft conference paper that is due next month so I'm distracted…

Well, I'm out of the office for a few days.  I hope to return with lots of photos of Confederate monuments, as well as tons of research that'll be useful…

Returning to one of my favorite topics, I was thinking about recent movies where "the movie wasn't as good as the book".  There seem to be quite a few of…

Some time back, I posted ten tips on “How To Act Busy And Important.”  Luckily, a university campus provides innumerable opportunities to observe people acting busy and important.  So, during…

Several friends have remarked to me lately about how sad it is to see so many bricks and mortar bookstores going out of business.  It appears that one obvious reason…