Posts by Bridget J. Crawford

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                            I'm no economist, but I have a basic understanding of supply, demand and pricing. Still, there's…

UPDATE BELOW, as of 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 15. It's less than a month away from the AALS Annual Meeting in San Francisco, and as far as I know,…

The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario ruled earlier this month that two lawyers and a law student had been victims of racial profiling at the Peel Law Association, a voluntary…

  Before I became an Associate Dean, I never contemplated that taking a faculty headcount could be complicated.  But I have become (too) familiar now with the ABA Annual Questionnaire…

A California high school student has been charged with sexual battery for his actions during a wrestling practice.  The Fresno Bee explains (here) that the accused boy  "intensely grab[ed] his opponent's…

This past weekend marked the 41st anniversary of the murder of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton.  Mr. Hampton, age 21, was shot by FBI agents while he slept in a…

Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities.  December 1 was World AIDS Day.  There are many other "international days" that you may have marked on your calendar for the…

Fertility and taxes are seemingly unrelated topics with surprising intersections.  Consider this example. Taxpayers can exclude up to $250,000 (if single) or $500,000 (if married and filing jointly) of gain…

  Six hundred students in Professor Richard Quinn's class at the University of Central Florida are retaking a mid-term exam after a cheating scandal (reported here, here and here, e.g.) that…