Posts by jacquelinelipton

Well, I started the summer reading binge with two celebrity autobiographies:  Bossypants by Tina Fey and Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe. Surprisingly, I enjoyed both of…

With the impending release of Cowboys and Aliens, which I understand is based on a comic book (?), I started to think of how many other movies or TV shows…

One of my colleagues recently noticed that a number of law review articles are available for sale (or rather digital download) at amazon.com  An example is here.  She asked me…

An interesting law suit has been brewing between the tattoo artist who created Mike Tyson's famous facial tattoo and the Warner Bros studios in respect of Ed Helms' character in…

I am very sad to report the passing of my colleague Professor Laura Chisolm who battled metatstatic breast cancer for some years with quiet dignity.  When I joined the faculty…

The Benesch law firm has just released an app for iPhones and iPads to notify recent law grads and lawyers potentially interested in lateraling to the firm of upcoming job…

Folks thinking of going on the teaching market this year may be interested in taking a look at David Perlmutter's new book, Promotion and Tenure Confidential.  It may also be…

Brian Leiter reports that the Northwestern law dean search has, to date, not resulted in a decanal appointment and that the search will continue into next year with Kim Yuracko…

With all due deference to my colleague, Jon Adler, I remain a little disappointed at the list of upcoming summer movies.  My tastes are pretty eclectic, but I haven't seen…

A colleague asked me if I had any thoughts about the distracting use of PDAs (eg iPhones, iPads, Droids etc) during scholarly presentations.  I must admit I hadn't given it…