Month: March 2012

Last spring we watched the unfolding saga of the University of LaVerne School of Law.  The then ABA provisionally accredited law school lost its bid for full accreditation and instead got…

Below is an open letter I recently wrote on Rivera's now infamous comments:   As a legal academic, active scholar, and father that writes on issues relating to social justice,…

With thanks to my colleague and sometime Faculty Lounge guest blogger, Cassandra Robertson, for bringing this to my attention, I would like to formally acknowledge the opening of the Hunger…

I wanted to get into the vibrant conversation that AGR and Brian are having over Brian's provocatively titled post, "many slaves were paid overtime."  I must say that I find it…

Through R.B. Bernstein I have just learned the sad news that Paul Boyer, the Merle Curti Professor of History Emeritus at UW-Madison passed away on March 17.  I never had…

The University of Baltimore has named five finalists for its law school deanship.  Story here.

It's Friday afternoon; I'm working furiously to finish my paper on jurisprudence at UVA before the Civil War.  Tons of good things to talk about down the road -- including…

As most of us already know, the recent shooting of an unarmed African-American teenager by a neighborhood watch volunteer has captured the nation's attention. Legal academics have also provided their…

The journal, Violence Against Women seeks original manuscripts for a special issue entitled “Teaching About Domestic Violence.”  The special issue will be edited by Madelaine Adelman (Justice & Social Inquiry, ...

Being based in Cleveland, previously a Continental Airlines hub, I am now a victim, er customer, of the new United Airlines presence in North East Ohio.  Very recently the merger…