Month: October 2020

The Detroit Mercy Law Review at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law has extended the deadline for proposals for its 105th annual symposium, which will be held March 5, 2021.  This year’s topic is Pandemic:…

The members include Professors Frederic Bloom,Violeta Chapin, Suzette Malveaux, Helen Norton, Scott Skinner-Thompson, and Harry Surden, among others.  Details here.

"The Tracks of My Tears" was written by Smokey Robinson and two other members of The Miracles, who released it in 1965. It has been covered many times since then, ...

The COVID care crisis and other multiplying effects of related shutdowns, embedded inequalities, and health and safety risks are likely disproportionately impacting people with caregiving responsibilities in academia. The division…

From an email message I received earlier today: Drake University Law School invites applications for a temporary appointment as Visiting Assistant/Associate/Professor of Law, to teach a small section of Civil…

An oped in the LATimes, written by retired public defender James Bendat (one of my oldest friends in the world):

In Part One of this series, here, I explained that certain pledges to boycott Israeli academic institutions may create a disqualifying conflict of interest for appointment to a university deanship, ...

 PLEASE NOTE: The date for submission of proposals has been extended to November 1.      CALL FOR PROPOSALS   Transnational Conference on the Future of Legal Education, the Practice of Law,…

Legal academic organizations have not shied away from diversity training, especially in the context of addressing legal academic hiring. While at the federal level, President Trump recently ordered a halt…

"Proud Mary" was written by John Fogarty in 1968, shortly after he was discharged from the National Guard, and released by Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1969. It was recorded only ...