Month: April 2015

It's not often that people are interested in the history of trusts.  But this week is different.  Brandy Zadrozny over at the Daily Beast broke the news that Ben Affleck's…

The LSAC is now reporting that "As of 4/24/15, there are 317,748 fall 2015 applications submitted by 47,577 applicants. Applicants are down 2.5% and applications are down 4.6% from 2014.  Last year…

I received an email recently announcing the Chapman Law Review's symposium on Cybersecurity.  Cribbing now from the CFP: Cybersecurity has become a critical national security and corporate security problem in the…

This is the season for planning symposia for next year, it seems.  I've just received the Savannah Law Review's call for papers for their September symposium, called "The Walking Dead."…

I am incredibly sad to report that a wonderful colleague of ours in the Philadelphia area - Professor Gregory Lastowka, of Rutgers-Camden Law - has passed away.  He was 46.  Greg…

Pr0fessor Laura Rosenbury of the Washington University in St. Louis School of Law has been named the new Dean of University of Florida Law. She has previously been vice-dean for…

(Cross posted on The Legal Ethics Forum) With one glaring exception, every judicial system in the United States has adopted some version of the Code of Judicial Conduct – and ...

Dean Andrew Morriss of Texas A&M Law has a piece up with the above title at Library of Law and Liberty.     Brian Tamanaha,   Sam Estreicher, and Ken Randall offer…

Professor and Associate Dean Kathleen Boozang of Seton Hall Law has been named the school's new dean, taking over from longtime dean Patrick Hobbs this summer.  She has a JD…

This just in: The AALS Section on Law and Sports is pleased to announce the inaugural AALS Section on Law and Sports Award to recognize an individual that has made…