Month: January 2016

Today the ALI announced the election of 61 new members.  Among the new members are these academics: California Donald J. Kochan, Orange – Professor, Chapman University, Dale E. Fowler School…

The ABA Standard 509 reports came out a few weeks ago, and there are many alarming statistics in them, but none quite so disturbing as the admissions information from Western ...

Professor Jerry Anderson of Drake University Law School has been named the school's new dean, effective July 1, 2016. He succeeds Ben Ullem, who is currently serving a two-year term as…

From an email message which I received a few days ago: Visiting Assistant Professor 2015-2016 Academic YearCriminal Law and Procedure The University of Oklahoma College of Law invites applications for…

 The University of Pittsburgh School of Law invites applications for two 2016-17 visiting faculty positions for one or two semesters.  The first is primarily in health law. The position would…

The Council of The American Law Institute has voted to elect Duke Law School Dean David F. Levi as President of the ALI, succeeding Roberta Cooper Ramo at the close…

Today at Sundance, Nate Parker's new movie, Birth of  a Nation, premieres.  What a great name for a movie about Nat Turner's rebellion.  It's a terrific response to D.W. Griffiths, and…

American University Law has announced four finalists in its search for a new dean.  They are: Robert Ahdieh, Vice Dean and K.H. Gyr Professor of Private International Law, Emory University…

Ta-Nehisi Coates is taking Senator Sanders to task for not supporting reparations. I must confess that I found Sanders' reasons for not supporting reparations sound remarkably like what a lot…

I am sad to learn from the New York Times that Forrest McDonald has passed away in Tuscaloosa.  He was a leading historian of the founding era.  My relationship with…