Month: March 2017

Chapman Law Review is now accepting direct review submissions for Volume 21 between now and April 3, 2017, 11:59 PM Pacific Time. For all pieces properly submitted between now and…

Today is the 106th anniversary of the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in Manhattan, in which 146 garment workers -- mostly immigrant women -- were killed. The owners of…

This just in: The University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law anticipates hiring a visiting or tenure-track faculty member with a strong commitment to educating lawyers for the twenty-first century,…

The University of Mississippi School of Law has named Susan Duncan as its new Dean.  Duncan has served as Interim Dean at Louisville Law since 2012.  She holds a JD…

If you are not familiar with The Conversation, I urge you to check it out.  It is "an independent source of news and views from the academic and research community,…

Writing at the always interesting PrawfsBlawg, Howard Wasserman links to this Slate article in which Will Oremus explains why reporters should stop asking complex, mulit-part questions at political press conferences.…

Temple University School of Law has announced three finalists for the position of Dean.  They are A. Benjamin Spencer (Virginia), Robert Ahdieh (Emory), and Gregory Mandel (the current Interim Dean.)…

Jonathan Gienapp of Stanford's history department has an essay on "Constitutional Originalism and History" up at process, the OAH's blog.  I think you'll enjoy this.

The Chicago-Kent Law Review has one issue open for the 2017-2018 school year! The Chicago-Kent Law Review uses a symposium-style format, and publishes entire issues pertaining to one subject. For each…

Mercer University School of Law has announced that Cathy Cox will take over as Dean this summer.  Cox is currently the President of Young Harris College.  She was previously the…