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In the course of preparing remarks for an upcoming roundtable, I was searching back through my old posts and came across this still-relevant blast from the past, How Is An…

The Statement with a frequently updated list of signatories is here. Statement from Jewish faculty and staff at Northwestern University As Jewish faculty and staff at Northwestern University, we write…

Date: Thursday, May 8 from 1 – 2 pm ET/12 – 1 pm CT/11 am – 12 pm MT/10 – 11 am PT The event is free and open to ...

Call for Proposals for the Seventh Annual Equality Law Scholars’ Forum November 7-8, 2025 LMU Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Building on the success of the Equality Law Scholars’ Forum…

The latest black market body parts scandal is here. Admittedly it's not the body parts use case I generally imagine when it comes to black market biological material:  A former…

Is here, via Al Roth. See my prior discussion here.  More on medical aid in dying[image or embed]— Kim Krawiec (@kimkrawiec.bsky.social) April 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM

The House Ways and Means Committee has published a Request for Information on the Activities of Tax-Exempt Organ Procurement Organizations. The screenshot below of page 3 is probably enough for…

Paul Butterfield's iconic "Born in Chicago," the first cut on his first album, was written by Nick Gravenites (who was in fact born in 1938; but that didn't rhyme with ...

I asked ChatGPT to describe what it knows about me from conversations so far. The results were both fawning (which I appreciate -- flattery will get you everywhere!) and hilarious.…

From a recent email message: The University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law (UNH Law), a national leader in practical legal education with a commitment to inclusion, diversity,…