Month: May 2014

The University of Maryland law professor says law faculty should get serious about scholarship by embracing more rigor (read: peer review), obtaining better training in the tools of this rigorous…

Today was graduation here in Chapel Hill.  This is almost the conclusion of my twentieth year in teaching (I still have some essay questions to read).  I'm astonished at how…

I usually stay out of blogging (or commenting) about the law school reform movement.  I'm guessing that I will regret entering this discussion, but I'm very interested in a debate…

Professor Zach Kramer of ASU Law was sued for defamation based on both his Washington University Law Review article, Of Meat and Manhood,  and a lecture he delivered at Western…

You can get your portrait at Wal-Mart.  You can get a new pair of specs.  Now, in Toronto, you can also get a will for $99.  The Toronto Star reports…

Shavar Jeffries, a member of the faculty at Seton Hall University School of Law, is running for Newark mayor.  His opponent is Ras Baraka, son of poet Amiri Baraka.  Professor…

The American Law Institute has announced the nominees to serve on its Council.  They are: Scott Bales (Vice-Chief Justice, Arizona Supreme Court)Evan Chesler (Chairman of Cravath)Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar (Professor, Stanford)Elizabeth Garrett…

There are some things law profs apparently hold sacred.  One of them is a student's right to purchase and own her casebook.  A few days ago, Aspen publishing (i.e., Wolters…

This post fleshes out my prior posts on Moody's new report on law schools.  This post includes links to the list of law schools in the 2nd, 3d and 4th…

Using Moody's methodology of calculating law school employment percentages for 2013, set out here, this is the first quartile of schools.  For efficiency, I copied the name as used by ...