Month: July 2015

Now that we're playing taps (or maybe it's Dixie) for the final time as we take down Confederate flags for the last time, the conversation is turning to what other…

The LSAC is now reporting that "As of 7/3/15, there are 333,848 fall 2015 applications submitted by 52,506 applicants. Applicants are down 2.0% and applications are down 4.2% from 2014.  Last year at…

Professor Sharona Hoffman (CWRU Law) recently published a book on preparing for aging (Aging with a Plan, 2015) and I had the opportunity to interview her about her impetus for ...

Professor John Pierre, of Southern University Law Center, has been named the school's new Interim Chancellor - effectively, the dean of the law school.  Pierre, an SMU Law graduate, has…

Professor Vikram Amar, of UC Davis Law, has been named the new Dean of the University of Illinois College of Law.  Amar was one of three finalists for the slot…

Citing "major policy differences" with a "vocal" segment of the faculty, LSU Law Chancellor and Dean Jack Weiss is stepping down at the end of the month.  He has served…

I can't vouch for this organization, but the challenge they pose sounds super fun.   More information is available at:  http://poetrybusinessmanager.com/1st-annual-scalia-dissents-formal-poetry-contest/

Here's another way to celebrate July Fourth -- by reading about Nat Turner's rebellion.  Today a new website on the Nat Turner rebellion has gone live -- you may recall…

In thinking about what I wanted to talk about for July Fourth this year, I had a bunch of candidates.  The contrarian in me wanted to put up something on…

In preparation for a post for July 4, I went in search this morning of the house of a civil rights hero, who grew up in my hometown.  I was…