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This just in: VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY CHARLES WIDGER SCHOOL OF LAWANNUAL NORMAN J. SHACHOY SYMPOSIUM, OCTOBER 25, 2019VILLANOVA LAW REVIEW “GENDER EQUITY IN LAW SCHOOLS” Call for Papers: The Villanova Law…

My old friend and colleague Jeff Rice has an oped in today's Chicago Tribune, explaining why he has reconsidered his 1960s-era opposition to ROTC. It's not so much that times…

"I Can't Help It If I'm Still in Love with You" was originally released in 1951 as the B side of an immediately forgettable tune. It has since become one ...

This just in: AALS Section on Agricultural and Food LawCo-sponsored by the Sections on Minority Groups and Environmental Law Race and Racism in Food and AgricultureFood and agriculture play important…

Call for Papers: The AALS East Asian Law & Society Section invites submissions for a panel being organized to present at the 2020 AALS Annual Conference. The topic of the panel…

The University of San Francisco School of Law announced that Interim Dean Susan Freiwald has been named to the position permanently.  Freiwald, who holds a JD from Harvard, took over…

The University of Miami School of Law has named American University law professor Anthony Varona as its new dean. Varona previously served as both vice dean and associate dean for…

Commercial Law in the Digital Age   Program Description:   Emerged and emerging technological developments have created the potential for commercial transactions that may not be adequately addressed by existing…

University of Tennessee College of Law Dean Melanie Wilson has announced she will step down at the end of the 2019-20 school year.  She has been in the position since…

I have the below essay today on Social Science Space, explaining how the error in Leon Redbone's obituary can help ethnographers understand the need to fact check their informants: Leon ...