Posts by jacquelinelipton

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports today that Phyllis Crocker has been appointed Interim Dean at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University.  She replaces Geoffrey Mearns who stood down…

I know we've been talking a lot about the Oscars lately, but it's shifted my focus from other awards shows going on.  I just noticed that the BAFTAs were held…

Posted on behalf of John Doyle (Washington & Lee) re recent LexOpus policy change for law review submissions: "http://lexopus.wlu.edu has changed its policy on simultaneous submissions. Authors can select as…

Recently, a class action lawsuit was filed in the Northern District of California alleging a series of privacy law violations against Facebook.  It's an interesting action for all the claims…

Does anyone else get the feeling that lateral hiring is really not happening much this season?  Usually the blogosphere and the conference circuit is rife with gossip about lateral moves…

As we're about to enter the spring submission season, I wanted to recommend a couple of "submitting surveys" on other blogs. For those who actually are going to submit something…

A while ago I posted about the joys of my new Kindle.  Absolutely terrific for commuting - don't have to carry piles of books and can download whatever, whenever etc.What…

CNN today posted the news that Walter Morrison, the original inventor of the Frisbee, died at age 90 at his home in Utah.  The article gives an interesting history of…

A while ago I was reading Malcolm Gladwell's Blink and I was taken with two logic puzzles that readers of this blog might enjoy.  They are found on pages 120 ...

So this one's for Tim who thoroughly beat me to the Oscar countdown.  I was in a plane when the nominees were announced.Here is a question I should know the…