Month: February 2018

Long-time and beloved Alabama Law Professor Camille Wright Cook passed away earlier this week.  There will be a memorial service on Friday.  I have heard so many alumni talk glowingly…

As I start to work more to push publishers — and journals — to take account of their contribution to white supremacy in the early twentieth century I want to…

Amy Barnhorst in the New York Times: "The Mental Health System Can't Stop Mass Shooters" Saul Cornell in The Conversation: "Five Types of Gun Laws the Founding Fathers Loved" Steven…

I'm very sorry to hear that long-time Tuscaloosa News columnist Ben Windham has passed away at age 68.  Ben was a real treasure for this southern university town.  I thought…

Howard University School of Law’s Thurgood Marshall Center for Civil Rights offers 2 Fellowships to support the research and professional development of candidates pursuing a career in law teaching.  Launching…

From colleagues at Gonzaga: Gonzaga University School of Law seeks an LRW visitor. This position is a visitor appointment that begins August 2018 and ends May 2019. This position is…

The Dixie Cups:  The Neville Brothers:  The original recording by Sugar Boy Crawford (on Chicago's Checker label, owned by the Chess brothers):  Cyndi Lauper:  Dr. John:   

PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT Wake Forest University School of Law invites applications for two Professors of Practice (POPs) to begin in the 2018-19 academic year. We seek candidates with…

Because this is Friday and spring has arrived in Tuscaloosa I thought I'd post something a little lighter than usual around these parts. A friend sent me a link to…

My friend Kirk Savage will deliver the lecture, "Beyond the Confederacy: The Challenge of White Supremacy in the Memorial Landscape" at Pitt on March 15 as part of the celebration…