Taboo And Repugnant Weekly News
This week’s Taboo and Repugnant Recap covers pushback against the New York Times’ reporting on organ donation, Jeff Skopek’s fascinating arguments about animals that are “created to be killed,” and…
Lincoln Alexander Law (Toronto Metro U) Seeks 2 Faculty
Lincoln Alexander School of Law (formerly Ryerson) seeks faculty: Located in downtown Toronto, the largest and most culturally diverse city in Canada, and on the territory of the Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee…
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No CommentsTaboo Trades Podcast: The Law of Intimate Obligations with Emily Stolzenberg
My guest today is Emily Stolzenberg, an Associate Professor of Law and Reuschlein Emerging Scholar at Villanova University’s Charles Widger School of Law. Her research focuses on conflicts between individual…
Harper Lee’s next book … and the book after that?
Harper Lee's Go Watch a Watchman was a big hit -- you may recall a bunch of the faculty lounge readers were publishing on it. I think Go Set a…
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No CommentsIllinois Law Seeks VAP’s
This just in: The University of Illinois College of Law (Urbana-Champaign) invites applications for its Academic Fellowship Program for 2026-2027. The program helps new legal academics obtain tenure-stream faculty positions…
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No CommentsLynne Cheney’s Ph.D.
I did not realize that Dick Cheney's wife had a Ph.D. Her title was "Matthew Arnold's Possible Perfection: A Study of the Kantian Strain in Arnold's Poetry." And her university,…
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2Arkansas Law Announces Dean Finalists
The University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) has announced four finalists to succeed the incomparable Cynthia Nance as dean. They are Oren Griffin (formerly dean of Tulsa Law), Emily Suski (formerly associate…
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No CommentsTaboo Trades Podcast: Jeff Skopek on Created To Be Killed
My guest today is Jeff Skopek, a Professor of Law and the Deputy Director of the Centre for Law, Medicine, and Life Sciences at the University of Cambridge. He holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School…