Month: April 2020

Today is Israeli Independence Day – Yom Ha’atzmaut on the Hebrew calendar, but why is the Jewish state called Israel? When David Ben-Gurion made the announcement on May 14, 1948,…

This just in: Western Michigan University Cooley Law School’s Tampa Bay, Florida campus invites applications for a full-time Visiting Professor for fall 2020. This is a one-year position. We are…

My friend Nina Barrett, owner of Evanston's Bookends and Beginnings, has an excellent column in the Chicago Tribune, explaining the current difficulties of small businesses, especially bookstores. Here is the…

Funding for the University Press of Kentucky has been in limbo for almost two years, ever since Gov. Matt Bevin recommended terminating it in his 2018 budget. UPK is unique…

Come for topicality, stay for tradition. [UPDATED with another topical song at the bottom of the post]      

Andy Koppelman and I have a piece at Just Security pointing out that the action/inaction distinction, accepted by CJ Roberts and four other justices in the Obamacare case, could make…

Remote will executions are temporarily permitted in New York, courtesy of Governor Cuomo's Executive Order 202.14. Here is the relevant excerpt: For the purposes of Estates Powers and Trusts Law…

From an email message that I recently received: Faculty Position – New England Law Teaching Fellow New England Law | Boston is currently accepting applications for the position of New ...

"Tzena, Tzena, Tzena" is often called an Israeli folk song, but in fact it was written in 1941 by Issachar Miron (music) and Yechiel Chagges (lyrics) during the period of ...

The University of Hawaii has announced that Camille Nelson, currently the dean of American University's law school, will be heading to Honolulu as the dean of Hawaii Law.  Nelson is…