Month: April 2018

Big Joe Turner:  Martha Davis:  The Clovers:  Cab Calloway:  Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams Band:  Ruth Brown:  Amos Milburn:  Dinah Washington:   

When the ABA released its bar pass spreadsheet recently, there were a few surprises. One of the surprises was that Detroit Mercy, a respectable school, had the lowest ultimate bar…

As Laura Nirider explained so well yesterday, defense lawyers and some courts have been developing a “new, scientifically-driven awareness of the problem of false confessions.”  As though to reinforce Laura’s…

As reported in the ABA Journal, Golden Gate University School of Law this week received notice that they are “significantly out of compliance” with ABA Standard 501(b) and Interpretations, 501-1, ...

I am pleased to report that my colleague Laura Nirider will be joining the Lounge as a guest blogger.  Laura is an assistant clinical professor in the Northwestern Pritzker Law…

From an email message that I received earlier this week. The Harvard Law School Program on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation is pleased to announce the availability of positions of…

Florida International has identified its three finalists for the deanship as Jennifer Bard, Haider Hamoudi, and Antony Page.  More details here.

Here is my essay on The Conversation (coauthored with Brian McGinty) about Lincoln’s choice of counsel, in comparison to Trump’s: When presidents lawyer up: A brief history April 11, 2018 6.46am ...

From colleagues at Texas Tech: Texas Tech University School of Law invites applications from exceptional individuals for a Professor of Practice position teaching Oil and Gas, Energy Law, and related…

By David Frakt and Carolyn Gachet* (Note - this is the second in a two part series on Distance Learning.  Read Part I here.) Why do law school bar preparation ...