Month: November 2013

I'm delighted to report that Pippa Holloway's Living in Infamy: Felon Disfranchisement and the History of American Citizenship has just appeared from Oxford University Press.  Cribbing now from the book's webpage:…

President and Dean Eugene Milhizer, who has led the Ave Maria School of Law since he was appointed acting dean in 2009, is stepping down at the end of the…

Seven score and ten years ago today our nation's greatest president brought forth the Gettysburg Address.  I hope you will celebrate by reading about the dozens of other addresses given…

I want to talk about Twelve Years a Slave as another of the non-fiction "keys" to Uncle Tom's Cabin.  One of the many things intrigues me about Twelve Years is that it was dedicated…

Two weeks after Wyoming Law dean Stephen Easton resigned due to conflict with the University's president, that president - Robert Sternberg - announced his resignation.  The announcement followed a 9…

You can't make this stuff up.  Cleveland State Law gave several faculty members $666 raises.  Some of these individuals filed an Unfair Labor Practice complaint with the Ohio State Employment…

Dean Jim Rosenblatt, who has lead the Mississippi College of Law since 2003, will be stepping down in August 2014.  He will return to the faculty.  In addition to his day-to-day…

Michael Scharf and Jessica Berg have been named c0-Acting Deans of Case Western University School of Law.   Now move along.  There's nothing to see  here. Update: As Sharona Hoffman notes…

Jennifer  Schuelsser had an excellent article on Craig Wilder's Ebony and Ivy in the New York Times recently.  The book is a great capstone to work that's been done on a lot of…

Wayne State's announcement is here. Nova Southeastern's  is here.