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I am one of the 300+ NY law professors who signed an open letter supporting a one-time emergency "diploma privilege" to practice in New York. The letter is addressed to…

Dorothy Brown (Emory) has a new book forthcoming from Crown Press. Pre-orders are available now; issue date is March, 2020. Here is the publisher's description of The Whiteness of Wealth:…

Dr. Anthony Fauci recently recognized the possible link between long-term Post-Covid syndrome and ME/CFS. David Tuller and I have an article on STAT News explaining why this is a very…

  The American Law Institute recently announced the election of 38 new members. Among them are these law professors:   Alabama Jenny E. Carroll, Tuscaloosa – Professor, University of Alabama…

This is a photograph of my nephew, Ari Lubet, with John Lewis.             Ari represented Andrew Aydin, the writer who collaborated on the text for March, Lewis's…

U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman -- a Northwestern alumnus and trial advocacy adjunct -- has an excellent oped in the Chicago Tribune, comparing his experience with polio and the current…

Northwestern University has announced that the law school's vice dean, Professor James Speta, will take over as interim dean on August 1.  He holds a JD from the University of…

We recently have been made aware that certain state bar examiners – including some administering the exam next week – prohibit people from bringing their own menstrual products to the…

Following up on my post from earlier this week, it looks like bar exam takers in Arizona now may bring menstrual products into the test with them. Late yesterday, without…

"Satisfaction" was the Rolling Stones' first number one hit in the U.S. The BBC originally refused to play the song because of its suggestiveness, leaving it to the offshore "pirate" ...