Month: July 2011

While cleaning up some of my son's Star Wars paraphernalia over the weekend, my husband pointed out a typo in a book referring to the history between Obi-Wan and Anakin…

While catching up on the many TV series I've missed over the years, I stumbled on Commander in Chief, starring Geena Davis as the first female American president.  Having recently…

Al's colleague at North Carolina, Gene Nichol (pictured), has a thoughtful editorial in today's local Raleigh newspaper, addressing a state law that permits public school administrators to display "documents and…

From an FT article on international harmonization of derivatives regulation: Gary Gensler, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, who is heading the US reform effort, said: “We’re trying to…

Texas House Bill 372 died quietly at the end of the legislative session last month.  The proposed bill would have modifed Texas Property Code § 112.036, -- essentially the common…

Am I the only one who thinks this story is weird?  ABC has announced that Elizabeth Smart will join ABC as a commentator on missing person and child abduction cases. …

President and Dean Jeff Shields of the independent Vermont Law School has announced that he will step down at the end of the 2011-12 school year.  He has served as…

Nancy Levit and Douglas O. Linder, authors of The Happy Lawyer, which I blogged about last year, have some advice for incoming first years in the National Jurist.  They provide…

It's that time of year when new law profs are making book selections, pondering recitation and attendance policies, looking forward (with a range of emotions) to the first day of…