Month: June 2014

A major new electronic database for eighteenth century constitutional history has just gone live: the Appeals to the Privy Council from the American Colonies.  This ambitious project was funded by…

I want to mention that a powerful and moving collection, Letters to My Younger Self, is now out from Serving House Press.  It consists of letters written as part of an English class…

Given Randolph Macon College Economics Professor David Brat's stunning victory in the Republican primary in Virginia's 7th Congressional District yesterday I suppose it's time to add to my list of…

This is good news for our friends in Brooklyn Heights.  Moody's Investor Service issued a brief report on Brooklyn Law yesterday, affirming the school's Baaa1 bond rating and concluding that…

It's been a while since the LSAC updated their data on applicants for fall 2014.  They are now reporting that "As of 6/06/14, there are 343,469 Fall 2014 applications submitted by…

Readers with an interest in the FCPA may wish to add a just-published book to their professional library:  The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in a New Era, written by Southern…

Great news for the folks at George Washington Law.  They've named Wake Forest Law Dean Blake Morant as their new dean.  Moran, who holds a JD from the University of…

AALS Program of the Business Associations Section The Future of the Corporate Board AALS Annual Meeting, January 4, 2015   The AALS Section on Business Associations is pleased to announce…

The not very surprising  news is here.  

Thanks to our co-blogger Kevin Maillard, the New York Times' Room for Debate is talking about the case for and against reparations for slavery and the decades of "Jim Crow"…