Month: December 2015

The LSAC has posted its first report of this admissions season on applications for the class of fall 2016.  The LSAC is reporting that "As of 11/27/15, there are 70,863…

I was pleased to see Professor Sheldon Lyke's attempt to defend Whittier's admission practices. His post raised many questions in my mind.  In this reply, I will pose some questions…

I am pleased to announce (a little belatedly) that Sheldon Lyke, who is a professor at Whittier Law School, is stepping into the faculty lounge to sit with us for…

In the post-Windsor, post-Obergefell world, the Internal Revenue Code needs to be revised to take same-sex marriage into account.  The ABA Section of Taxation has submitted to the IRS comments…

The past few weeks have seen two more American academic associations join the boycott of Israeli colleges and universities. The American Anthropological Association (AAA) and that National Women’s Studies Association…

Our friends at The Conglomerate are hosting a book club discussion on Mehrsa Baradaran's How the Other Half Banks: Exclusion, Exploitation, and the Threat to Democracy.   Posts so far include:…

My former colleague David Epstein has sent along the sad news that very long-time SMU law professor Joseph Webb McKnight passed away a few days ago.  William Bridge of SMU ...

Law School Transparency’s recent report, the 2015 State of Legal Education, led to numerous articles in the national media about the trend of law schools admitting large numbers of poorly ...

From BioNews: Egg donors are suing the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) and the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) in a class-action lawsuit for setting a 'price cap'…

I have this letter in today's New York Times: To the Editor: Dr. Sandeep Jauhar undermines his argument for physician-patient confidentiality by referring to an instance in which he accepted…