Month: July 2012

I have an op/ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer today arguing that one overlooked takeaway from the Jerry Sandusky - Penn State child sexual abuse scandal is that current sex laws…

From an email that I received earlier today: The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law announces a tenured or tenure-track position as Associate or Full Professor/Director of…

The AAUP is seeking a new Staff Counsel, its senior general counsel position.  The application deadline is short.  The full job listing is after the jump. The American Association of ...

From an email that I received a few days ago: Tenth Annual LatCrit-SALT Junior Faculty Development Workshop October 4-5, 2012 University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law Baltimore,…

In my recent post about the new PA voter ID law, I noted that a very, very significant number of registered voters - up to 18% of all registered voters ...

Because I just can't get enough of distance education, I'm taking an online writing class over the summer that, as  many other courses do, uses Blackboard as the main form…

When I was up in Lynchburg a few months back I had the chance to visit their Spring Hill Cemetery.  Jubal Early is buried there; so is General James Dearing.…

How many law professors are on Twitter?  Here's a very, very beta version of a census of law prof Twitter users, similar to the law prof blogger census begun by…

Continuing on my theme of talking about scholarship that I've been reading .... Thanks to a pointer from Dan Ernst at Legal History Blog, I've been enjoying Mary Ziegler's "Grassroots ...

This year the AALS Section on Women in Legal Education will award, for the first time, a Lifetime Achievement award. The purpose of the Lifetime Achievement Award is to honor…