Month: February 2012

After a grueling three-week contest, we reach the final match today:  The Godfather v. Lord of the Rings (The Return of the King).  The former reached the title match by…

I've been working much of late on Southern constitutional ideas at the time of secession -- what particularly interests me are how much constitutional ideas were raised in debates about…

Tom Sullivan, who served as law dean at Minnesota from 1995 until 2002, has been named the next president of the University of Vermont.  Announcement here.

It's my great pleasure to announce that my friend Derek Black is stepping into the faculty lounge to sit with us for a spell.  Derek teaches at Howard Law School,…

We're down to the final four films in our competition:  Lord of the Rings (The Return of the King), The Godfather, Lawrence of Arabia, and Casablanca. Today we have both…

Hamline University School of Law is hosting a conference in November entitled Honoring Patients Treatment Choices at the End of Life: New Tools, New Challenges, New Limits.  Anyone interested in…

Professor Paula Casey, who began teaching at the University of  Arkansas - Little Rock School of Law in 1978 - taking off eight years to serve as the United States…

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Chapman law professor Katherine Darmer, an expert in criminal procedure, died in recent days.  Story here.  Her life took her through the halls of Princeton and Columbia University law school,…

I've noticed a new trend in recent months that my students have started using Instant Messenger to ask me things:  "Are you there Prof?  I have a question..." Occasionally a…