Month: February 2013

On February 26 I had the chance to be on a really fun and thoughtfully-organized panel over at Davis Library, our main library at UNC.  The idea was to get…

From an email that I received earlier today: Duquesne University School of Law invites application for a faculty position for the 2013-2014 academic year, which will be, depending upon the…

Paul Lombardo, the Bobby Lee Cook professor of law at Georgia State, has a terrific op-ed, "When Heroes Stumble," over a controversy about an award given by the American Sexuallty…

Today's New York Times has commentary from five distinguished scholars -- historians and law professors   -- on the three-fifths compromise.  The discussion begins: Emory University students marched in anger last…

Professor Gilbert Holmes, who previously served as the dean of the University of Baltimore School of Law has been named the new leader of the University of LaVerne College of…

Today, the GW Hatchet - which has a banner boasting "An Independent Student Newspaper" - offers the first extensive account of the departure of GW Law Dean Paul Berman in…

It's my pleasure to welcome Ben Barros to the faculty lounge.  Ben is the Dean of Faculty Research and Development and Associate Professor of Law at Widener's Harrisburg campus, where he…

I'm coming late to the discussion of Ted Cruz' allegations (at a Fourth of July address, no less!) that there were a bunch of communists on the Harvard Law School…

A friend yesterday forwarded me this story from Salon magazine which contains some interesting recent studies on the kinds of competitive situations in which women versus men tend to thrive. …

Brian Tamanaha and I have a couple of takes on David Rabban's Law's History in the February issue of the Texas Law Review.  First, though a little bit about Rabban's ...