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Taboo Trades Podcast: Prisons, Commodification, & Privatization with Jonathan Peterson

In this episode, I'm joined by UVA Law 3Ls Ryan Fitzgerald and Mary Talkington to interview Jonathan Peterson, an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Loyola New Orleans, about commodification and…

Kim Krawiec October 24, 2022No Comments

Слава Героям Україні! Glory to the heroes of Ukraine!

I posted this clip about four years ago with some American cowboy yodelers, and it seemed worth doing again by itself. The caption is in Russian but the banner behind…

Steve Lubet October 24, 20221

Trusts and Estates Collaborative Research Network (CRN56) CALL FOR PAPERS Annual Meeting on Law and Society San Juan, Puerto Rico June 1-4, 2023 IN PERSON ONLY Abstracts deadline: 8 November…

Bridget J. Crawford October 23, 2022No Comments

Gotta Dance — Part Three

This is the third and last installment. Part one is here. Part two is here. In inclusive music choice for Hee Haw This scene did not make it into the ...

Steve Lubet October 22, 20222

Common Law Season 5 launches with Taboo Trades

My dean, Risa Goluboff, and colleague, Cathy Hwang, launch the fifth season of the podcast “Common Law” by interviewing me about my courses (including a new course, Blood Feud, taught…

Kim Krawiec October 21, 2022No Comments

Do memories of the Meat Market still send a chill down your spine?

This is the second guest post by Steve Epstein, about his book Extreme Punishment: The Chilling True Story of Acclaimed Law Professor Dan Markel’s Murder. The following is an excerpt ...

Steve Lubet October 21, 2022No Comments

Widener Law Commonwealth Seeks Dean

This just in: Widener Law Commonwealth (WLC) invites applications, expressions of interest, and nominations of candidates to be our next Dean. About Widener Law Commonwealth WLC is a small, close-knit, ...

Dan Filler October 20, 2022No Comments

Hiring Announcement: Washington University in St. Louis (John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics)

From an email message that I recently received: The John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics seeks applications from junior scholars and recent Ph.D. graduates for up to four ...

Tim Zinnecker October 20, 2022No Comments

Mathews County, Virginia: Confederate Monument

Mathews County, Virginia Confederate Monument.

Alfred Brophy October 19, 20221

Judge James Ho’s Boycott of Yale Law School Violates the Code of Judicial Conduct

Judge James Ho, of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, has announced that he will no longer hire clerks from Yale Law School. Judge Ho’s boycott, which has been…

Steve Lubet October 19, 2022No Comments