The Faculty Lounge

The genius of the First Amendment is that it applies even those who do not respect or believe in it. The same goes for academic freedom, which encourages the broadest…

This just in: The University of Wisconsin Law School seeks applications for the William H. Hastie Fellowship. The application deadline is February 1, 2019. For over forty years, the Hastie…

This just in: Duquesne University School of Law in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, invites nominations and applications for the position of Dean of the School of Law. Under the leadership of Dean…

Next week I’ll be giving a keynote lecture and also participating in a panel discussion on “Allocation Problems in health care” at theMaCCI Law & Economics Conference on The Law…

Written by the immigrant Irving Berlin and introduced by Kate Smith on Armistice Day (now Veterans Day) 1938:  The most significant lyric is the closing line, describing America as "my…

Wanda Jackson released the original recording in 1956 (audio only) Some unique and some straightforward covers after the jump  The Grateful Dead (no kidding) (audio only)  Janis Joplin ((audio only) ...

This just in: ALPS will hold its 10th Annual meeting at Syracuse University, in Syracuse New York, May 16-18. The dates include a pre-conference reception on the evening of May…

A number of states have released bar results from the July 2018 examination over the last several weeks, including New York, Texas and Florida.  Overall, performance on the bar was…

I have this piece today in The American Prospect.  Anti-Semitism Has Consequences STEVEN LUBET NOVEMBER 5, 2018 The massacre in Pittsburgh has a lesson for progressives. Hours before he murderously ...

Duke Ellington and Juan Tizol (1952)