Posts by Alfred Brophy

Err, that's President Obama's mother's next book.  The Duke Chronicle is reporting that Duke University Press--well known for its anthropology books--will publish a revised version of Ann Dunham's dissertation.From the…

Over at Co-Op, Kaimi Wenger's polling about readers' knowledge of events during the Jim Crow era. 

As promised,  now that I've seen the Yale Biographical Dictionary of American Law, I have a few thoughts.  First off, it's a wonderfully creative volume, with essays on all sorts…

Lots of students are protesting these days--in Chapel Hill it was over former Attorney General Michael Mukasey, who was UNC Law School's graduation speaker; in Indiana, it's over President Obama's…

Coming on the heels of news that Harvard Law School's budget is being trimmed 10%, comes news that Harvard College will be increasing the size of sections taught by graduate…

The University of Alabama has announced plans to renovate Foster Auditorium (where Governor Wallace made his stand in the school house door) and return it to use as an athletic facility.  …

This news from the Chronicle that LSU Press may lose its funding from the LSU system (which is in the neighborhood of $100,000 per year) is particularly hard because I was…

The Cardozo Law Review's on-line companion, de novo, is up, with an inaugural essay by Judge Jack Weinstein, "Preliminary Reflections on Administration of Complex Litigations."De Novo has a broad mandate.   The…

Here's some more sobering news.  According to the Harvard Crimson, staff cuts are impending at Harvard Law School in the wake of a 10% budget cut at the law school.…

From a press release from the Tenth Circuit today, comes this important news:Circuit Judge Michael W. McConnell, 53, of Salt Lake City, Utah, has submitted his resignation from the bench, effective…