Month: April 2017

As I said yesterday, this is the season where we hear about a lot of exciting lateral moves, like this one: my friend Eleanor Brown is moving from George Washington…

I recently came across the site Science-Based Medicine, devoted to "exploring issues and controversies in science and medicine."  It include current reports, debunkings, reviews, and other interesting stuff. For example,…

THE SMU DEDMAN SCHOOL OF LAW is seeking applications from qualified persons for a visiting professor position in the areas of Criminal Law and Evidence for either the Fall 2017…

Well, it's close to the end of the spring semester and that means it's time for faculty move announcements.  From the UNLV comes the announcement that retired Senator Harry Reid…

I'm pleased to report that UNC Law School will be hosting a one day conference on the April 3, 1948 Jeju massacre (also known as the uprising).  This is part…

Named after the late Kathryn T. Preyer, a distinguished historian of the law of early America known for her generosity to young legal historians, the program of Kathryn T. Preyer…

This just in:  New York Law School invites applications for full-time visiting faculty to teach in its Legal Practice program. Legal Practice is a foundational two semester course that all…

Jonathan Gienapp of Stanford's history department has a response to the recent discussion of originalism at process, the OAH's blog.

I’m looking forward to this upcoming event at William & Mary, Morality, Markets, and Contract Law, celebrating the publication of Nate Oman’s new book, The Dignity of Commerce: Markets and…

My friend and colleague Eugene Kontorovich is the originator of the ultra vires theory of combating academic boycotts of Israel.  First raised in an oped in the Wall Street Journal,…