Month: May 2016

Readers of this blog may recall that I am no fan of Prof. Jasbir Puar, who teaches Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers.  I think that her constant critique of…

My colleagues Steve Drizin and Laura Nirider represent Brendan Dassey, who was convicted at age 16 of a murder that he did not commit, and who is a key figure…

The AALS Sections on Animal Law, Disability Law and Law and Mental Disability have issued a call for papers for their 2016 panel, Animals as Living Accomodations.    This panel…

A Lounge reader reached out to let me know that Penn State Law’s dean search has been unsuccessful (announced to the faculty by the provost) and that at least some…

I'm delighted to post this announcement of the call for submissions for the Kathrey Preyer Scholars program of the American Society for Legal History: Named after the late Kathryn T.…

The LSAC is now reporting that "As of 05/20/16, there are 335,605 applications submitted by 52,363 applicants for the 2016–2017 academic year. Applicants are up 1.2% and applications are up…

I have an oped on that subject (coauthored with my undergrad classmate Jim Bendat) on CNN.com.  Here are the opening paragraphs: On a warm August night in 1968, the two…

Pamela Oliver (University of Wisconsin) has an excellent and comprehensive article in The American Sociologist on the problems of peer review in sociology. Here is the abstract: The sociology review…

Gerard Magliocca has an interesting post at Balkinization about Stephen A. Douglas's split with southern Democrats in 1860, which helped Abraham Lincoln win the presidency. This provides me with an…

This just in: The AALS Section on Legislation and Law of the Political Process is pleased to announce that it will host a "New Voices in Legislation" program during the…