Month: June 2012

The spigot is running.  In a 5-4 decision, Kagan wrote for the majority striking down a life sentence for two juvenile offenders who received life sentences in homicides.  Both were fourteen years…

I'm taking a little break here from blogging about UVA alumnus Edgar Allan Poe, Virginia cemeteries, and my work on University, Court, and Slave -- in which UVA, William and Mary,…

I am very saddened to hear that beloved University of Denver Professor Ann Scales suffered an accident and was taken off life support last Friday, according to this article (thanks to…

Dean John Valery White, of the UNLV School of Law, proved too good at his job.  He has been named the new vice-president and provost of the University.  He joined…

Susan Duncan, the current associate dean of academic affairs at the University of Louisville law school, has been named interim dean effective next month.   She has been on the…

What is the essential woman's breast and when is it dangerous? Read this article and comment.

If you've had a chance to read the emails among leaders of the UVa Board of Visitors, you'll know that spin control was on their minds early on.  That, and…

Kurt Schmoke, who currently serves as Dean of Howard University School of Law, will be stepping down next month to take the position of Vice-President and General Counsel of the…

Here's a new online community for folks who want to re-connect with books they've read in the past, but can't remember the author or title. What Was That Book?  is…

Thanks to a pointer from Danny Goldberg I see that it's now very unlikely that victims of the North Carolina's Eugenics Board's sterilization program will be included in this year's…