Month: June 2013

From the communitylibraries.net project:  We are delighted to announce the launch of a new AHRC-funded international research network on Community Libraries, which aims to establish a dynamic, interdisciplinary research forum to…

Further to my occasional commentary on the display of captured ordnance... and how much I'm uneasy with the display of ordnance used against the United States during the Civil War.... Umm,…

I want to talk a little bit about the news that my friend and mentor Ken Randall is retiring from the University of Alabama at the end of the month.…

Carla Spivack of Oklahoma City University School of Law has posted a call for papers for the conference “Wills, Trusts and Estates Meets Gender, Race and Class,” which will be…

One of the interesting questions coming out of the Supreme Court's decision today in United States v. Windsor is whether states allowing gay marriage will reap an economic benefit for…

The organzicers of the 8th Annual CELS conference (which will be held in Philly this October) have extended the deadline for submission of papers.  It is now Friday July 12,…

In today's decision, Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, the Supreme Court held that the Indian Child Welfare Act did not apply to the particular facts of a case where a…

Texas A&M is working furiously to finalize its acquisition of Texas Wesleyan University School of Law.  Among other things, it is seeking a speedy accreditation approval fom the ABA.  Meanwhile,…

The BBC has an fascinating story today about the Voynich Book, a book dating from the early 1400s written in an unknown language.  Since no one has yet been able to decipher the…

I'm delighted to report that Terry Meyers' article, "Thinking About Slavery at William and Mary" is now out in the William and Mary Bill of Rights Law Journal.   While…