Month: January 2012

Emory University's law school is starting a jurist master program, aimed at professionals in such areas as accounting and tax, architecture, business, diplomacy, energy, engineering, finance, health care, journalism, politics,…

The 7th Annual International Conference on Contracts will be hosted by the Thomas Jefferson School of Law (San Diego) in early March.  Click here for details.

Richard Matasar, who has just left the deanship at New York Law School, has set up shop a few blocks away at NYU.  He has assumed the position of Vice…

I have just learned from my colleague Tom Hazen that Hans Smit, who taught at Columbia Law School for more than fifty years, has passed away.  Cribbing now from his…

At the AALS conference last week there was a panel on Derrick Bell's legacy.  It's looks like it was terrific.  Here's the description from the AALS program:  This 2012 Annual ...

Texas Wesleyan, North Carolina Central, St. Thomas (MN), and Drexel became the newest members of the AALS this week.  Story here.  Kudos to all!   (And special congrats to our…

It's a pleasure to mention that Donald Tibbs' new book, From From Black Power to Prison Power: The Making of Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union, was published last week.…

I've been doing a little research into the book publishing industry lately - an industry which like many content industries has been going through dramatic changes over the last decade…

Brian Tamanaha wonders over at Balkinization.

If you're like me, you want to hear Erwin Chemerinsky talk at any conference he is attending.  Since I first heard him speak at an AALS "Workshop for New Law…