Month: April 2019

This just in.  And yes, dear readers.  As a Chicago native I can confirm that "Chicagoland" is a thing.The Northern Illinois University College of Law will host the Second Annual…

[UPDATE: The New York Times has announced that it has ended its relationship with the syndication service, Cartoon Arts, that provided the anti-Semitic cartoon discussed below.] [UPDATE: Scroll to the ...

           

Western Michigan University Cooley Law School has announced that James McGrath, professor of law and associate dean for academic support and bar services at Texas A&M University School of Law,…

Cyra Akila Choudhury (FIU) is coordinating a series of virtual research and writing workshops called CLASIC, the Critical Legal Academics and Scholars International Collaborative. The workshops will be virtual meetings…

The Law School at Case Western Reserve University recently landed a $10 million gift.  Here's an excerpt from the school's announcement: [A]lumnus Coleman P. Burke (LAW ’70) has committed $10…

From colleagues at UVa: Call for Panel Proposals We are currently accepting proposals for panels on issues relating to women in legal academia for the second annual Women’s Leadership in…

Wake Forest University has announced that Jane Aiken will be the next dean of its law school.  Jane, the Blume Professor at Georgetown University Law Center, previously served as the…

The Ohio State University has named Lincoln Davies as its new law school dean.  Davies is the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at the University of Utah College of Law;…

Meyer Lansky was the real life model for the Hyman Roth character in The Godfather Part II. There is no doubt that Lansky was an organized crime figure -- a ...