Posts by jacquelinelipton

For anyone missing the politicking of the last U.S. presidential election, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has just called a general election in the U.K. for May 6.  The British Labour…

As usual, many bloggers - profs and law review editors -  have been commenting on the spring submission window and strategies for article placement, including best times to submit articles. …

So I guess it's that time of year that all professors and students are turning their minds to the dreaded spring examination period. For courses where I utilize end-of-semester exams,…

I've just been enjoying a piece by Charles Isherwood in the NY Times Arts section blog about broadway plays starring British actors doing bad American accents and vice versa.  At…

A couple of people have mentioned to me (and have blogged about) the recent NY Times Magazine piece on "Building a Better Teacher" (by Elizabeth Green).  While the article focuses on…

Over at Volokh, in the comment feed on a post made by my colleague Jon Adler about banning laptops on the classroom, Simon Karpen posted the following comment: "As a…

As Miriam points out, many lawyers dislike daylight savings time because of their loss of a billable hour.  But the Cleveland Plain Dealer on the weekend invited those of us…

It's that time of year when many of us have to put together our proposals for summer grant money or otherwise turn our minds to our summer writing plans.  So…

For anyone teaching - or interested in - bioethics, property rights in human tissue etc, I can recommend The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, which I've just read on recommendation…

As the hiring season draws to a close, I've been pondering the merits of our current approach to hiring both entry level and lateral candidates - as I'm sure many…