Month: February 2014

For those who haven't kept up with the state of law school tuition in Ohio, the NLJ reports that four schools there - Toledo, Ohio Northern, Akron and Cincinnati -…

The William Nelson Cromwell Foundation offers an annual prize of $2,500 for the best article in American legal history published by an early career scholar.  Articles published in 2013 in…

Thanks to Paul Caron, I came across Perez v. Commissioner, No. 9103-12 (Feb. 14, 2014) (Holmes, J.) the first case addressing the inclusion in taxable income (and perhaps the proper…

This week, Brooklyn Law School sold off  six residential buildings, accounting for a combined 110 residential apartments totalling approximately 56,342 gross square feet.  It grossed $36.5 million in the deal.…

US News, ever the list maker, has come out with its list of the 100 best jobs in 2014.  Lawyers are #51. The authors report that: Lawyers earned a median…

I'm delighted to report on the University of Pittsburgh Law Review's sympoisum in honor of Derrick Bell, which will be held on March 27 and 28.  There will be a…

The New York Law School Law Review is calling for papers to be published in connection with its April 25, 2014 symposium, Combating Threats to the International Financial System: The…

On Saturday UNC Law School is hosting the 17th annucal Conference on Race, Class, Gender, and Ethnicity.  Cribbing now from the Conference's website: The 2014 Conference on Race, Class, Gender…

Details of the school's search and a call for applications and nominations are here.

This just in from the folks at Arizona State Law: On March 14-15, 2014, the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law will host the fifth annual ASU Legal Scholars Conference.…