Month: March 2014

Professor Mark Adams, of Valparaiso Law, has been named the new dean of the University of Idaho College of Law.   Adams has been vice dean and associate dean at…

Folks who followed the Taxing Eggs symposium here at the Lounge a few weeks ago might also be interested in the most recent episode of Oral Argument, The Astronaut's Hair,…

This time I have one of my rare Civil War monument trivia questions  from north of the Mason-Dixon line.  It's a terrific building and drives home how much wealth there was…

Planet Money on NPR is reporting on how law schools can juice their law school rankings by providing jobs to alumni at graduation.  The article provides a bit of the…

  “It cannot be said that the Employer’s scholarship players are ‘primarily students’” The National Labor Relations Board Region 13 Northwestern University (Employer) and College Athletes Players Association (CAPA) (Petitioner) Case…

From the department of weird.  Professor Tyler Cowen of George Mason Law was teaching Law and Literature yesterday when a man walked in and attempted to take him into custody…

The University of LaVerne School of Law announced that it will reduce its tuition to $25,000 per year for full time students,  guaranteed flat for three years,  with no other…

Among other things, the ABA is considering -  Allowing students to be paid at externships for which they receive credit -  Allowing 10% of an entering class to be admitted…

I'm pleased to announce that my North Carolina neighbor Brian Clarke is stepping into the lounge to sit with us for spell.  Brian is an assistant professor at Charlotte School…

While  Naomi Lamoreaux and Bill Novak are giving an important and extended lesson the history of the corporations and the Constitution over at Slate I want to focus on the ...