Month: December 2013

The announcement is here.

I see that the screenplay to 12 Years a Slave is now up on the net (at Fox Searchlight Picture's website).  I agree with the smart money (the odds makers) that…

The Legal History and Rare Book section of the American Association of Law Libraries is seeking submissions for its annual Morris L. Cohen essay competition.  The prize is named for…

Jennifer Johnson, the Erskine Wood Sr. Professor of Lewis & Clark Law School, will become the school's new dean this summer.  She succeeds Robert Klonoff who will step down at…

Yesterday, Standard and Poors issued a new report, As Law School Demand Drops Credit Quality Among U.S. Schools Diverges.  In addition to noting the drop in demand for legal education…

Wayne State Law Interim Dean Jocelyn Benson has decided not to pursue a run for U.S. Congress.  I had reported a few weeks ago on the possibility that she might…

The Regents of the University of Iowa approved a 16.4% cut in both resident and non-resident law school tuition.  The new non-resident tariff will be $39,500, down from $47,200  The…

OK - don't shoot me for the wording of the title of this post. We can all argue about what "better" means.  I opened this thread in response to comments…

I am sorry to hear that long-time Cornell history professor Michael Kammen passed away this weekend.  He greatly influenced my understanding of American constitutional thought and Americans' obsession with our constitutional…

This month's Journal of Civil War History will publish an issue devoted to the Emancipation Proclamation.  It will feature scholarship put together for the University of Michigan Law School's October…