Month: April 2014

The AALS Section on Internet & Computer Law and the Section on Defamation & Privacy invite paper proposals for our co-sponsored panel on Automated Decision-Making at the 2015 AALS Annual…

This just in: The AALS Section on Commercial and Related Consumer Law is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for its program during the AALS 2015 Annual Meeting.  …

This just in from the AALS Remedies Section: The Remedies Section panel at the 2015 AALS Meeting in Washington DC will be "The Civil Rights Injunction at 60" (The Supreme…

Professor Donald Tobin of Ohio State University School of Law has been named the new dean of the University of Maryland law school.  He holds a JD from Georgetown.  He…

In honor of National Library Week, perhaps it's time to reprise a post from a while back on a list of books that prisoners wanted added to their library: The ...

It's my pleasure to announce that Ted Shaw will be joining us here in Chapel Hill shortly as the Julius L. Chambers Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of our Center…

I realized that it's been a while since I read a law-related book outside of texts, scholarly articles etc, so I picked up David Dow's "Things I've Learned From Dying"…

Last month, the American Law Institute elected new members.  Among them are these law profs: David McGowan, University of San Diego School of Law Lauren E. Willis, Loyola Law School…

I had the chance to visit a new courthouse (for me) recently.  I am very interested in this county, but alas the courthouse where some pretty exciting (and disturbing) events…

It won't happen until 2015, but William Mitchell College of Law Dean and President Eric Janus is stepping down.  He will have served for almost eight years, having taken the post…