The Faculty Lounge

[UPDATE: In response to a call from the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, webinars featuring Leila Khaled have been scheduled at five universities on Friday, ...

For those of you who adore Hamilton and adore the law - or perhaps just enjoyed Hamilton and have enough interest in law to read this blog - there's a…

The American Law Institute has announced (here) the election of 36 new members, including these professors: Raquel E. Aldana, University of California, Davis School of Law Evelyn Mary Aswad, University…

There is a great article on CNN.com about a Mexican Restaurant in Marshalltown, Iowa, where a customer took offense at this sign. In an anonymous message, the customer complained that…

    Don't miss the interview beginning at 2:25, as Mike explains that "surf music is only beat music with surfing words to it."  

Fans of great Latin American novels would smile at the title above, or perhaps, much like my many other musings, few ever seem to understand them. A function of my…

Writing on the Volokh Conspiracy, Josh Blackman expressed his admiration for Judge Amy Coney Barrett's modesty, in particular her acknowledgement that "I am not the only person who could do…

The Detroit Mercy Law Review at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law has extended the deadline for proposals for its 105th annual symposium, which will be held March 5, 2021.  This year’s topic is Pandemic:…

The members include Professors Frederic Bloom,Violeta Chapin, Suzette Malveaux, Helen Norton, Scott Skinner-Thompson, and Harry Surden, among others.  Details here.

"The Tracks of My Tears" was written by Smokey Robinson and two other members of The Miracles, who released it in 1965. It has been covered many times since then, ...