Month: May 2016

In my experience, the New York Times provides far more editorial input on opeds than any other newspaper.  The few times I have had pieces appear in the Times, they…

I’ll be giving a “Periodic Tables” talk on Tuesday, May 24 at Motorco in Durham, so folks in the Triangle area should feel free to stop by. I’ll be discussing…

[Cross-posted on Legal Ethics Forum] Writing on the Volokh Conspiracy, Ilya Somin takes issue with Justice Sonya Sotomayor’s recent endorsement of mandatory pro bono by lawyers. (Reported here; non-paywalled summary…

We law professors often complain about law review editors -- and for good reason -- so it can be informative to see the problems that scholars encounter in other fields,…

This just in: The SMU Dedman School of Law is seeking a full-time Director to establish and operate its new Deason Family Criminal Justice Reform Center. This is a full-time…

This just in: The AALS Employment Discrimination Section is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for the section’s program, which will take place Thursday, January 5th from 1:30 pm…

The LSAC is now reporting that "As of 05/13/16, there are 333,855 applications submitted by 51,894 applicants for the 2016–2017 academic year. Applicants are up 1.1% and applications are up…

I want to pass along the following announcement about a Student Research Colloquium run by the American Society for Legal History.  It looks terrific! The American Society for Legal History…

Historical analogies to contemporary political problems are always inexact, but they can perform two useful purposes:  the first is exemplary and the second is explanatory.  In an exemplary analogy, we…

Professor Garry Jenkins, the associate dean of academic affairs at Ohio State Law has been named the new dean at the University of Minnesota Law School.  Jenkins, who joined the…