Barbara A. Black who was Dean at Columbia Law School in the 1980s (when I there), has died. Black was a colonial American legal historian, and she will be missed.…
This just in: Belmont University invites nominations and applications for the position of Dean of the Belmont University College of Law. Belmont is a private, Christ-centered university located in the heart of…
Emily Suski, a faculty member and Associate Dean for Strategic and Institutional Priorities at South Carolina Law, has been named the new dean of the University of Arkansas School of…
Greg Duhl (Mitchell Hamline) has posted two pieces exploring the intersection of AI and legal education. Here are the abstracts: Teaching Contracts: My Journey with Spellbook and AI Pedagogy (forthcoming,…
Yale University has announced that Cristina Rodríguez will be the new dean of the law school. Rodriguez, who holds a JD from Yale, is currently the Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor…
The Michigan Daily newspaper has a good article (or an amusing one): favorite last lines of novels. For example, The Sun Also Rises has last line: "'Oh, Jack,' Brett said,…
This week’s Taboo & Repugnant Roundup spans human challenge trials, egg donation markets in the United States and Spain, sperm donor genetics, and kidney transplantation. At first glance, these stories…
After Dan Filler's post, I would like to add a note marking the recent passing of William E. Nelson. I can remember that Americanization of the Common Law: The Impact…
Let It Be is presented as renaissance madrigal. And two others and 1960s and 1970s are presented in similar fashion: Stayin' alive, by the Bee Gees. And Simon and Garfunkel's…
Professor Wayne Unger (Quinnipiac Law) is conducting a survey examining how law professors are currently using AI tools in their scholarly work. He writes that "broader participation would significantly strengthen…