Month: July 2016

In an article in the Valparaiso Law Review, reported here, here, and here, former University of Chicago professor Al Alschuler descibes “eight falsehoods” in Judge Easterbrook's opinion in the Illinois Gov. George…

The Savannah Law Review is hosting a symposium on "American Legal Fictions" on September 22.  Cribbing now from their call for papers:  The law is enmeshed with fictions. The judiciary as…

Paul Simon is a tough act to follow, but here is Tim Kaine playing Dylan's Don't Think Twice:   And here is Will the Circle Be Unbroken:   The fiddle player is…

From an email message which I received yesterday: The University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law seeks a 75% FTE faculty fellow to serve as the Associate Director of its…

I'm delighted to say that University, Court, and Slave, which has been in the works for years and years, is now available.  If you're willing to read it on kindle,…

[Cross-posted on Legal Ethics Forum] The “Ethicist” column in the New York Times Magazine was originated by a humorist, but it has lately been written by Kwame Anthony Appiah, a ...

It's Friday in late July, so time for something a little different.  You know what I haven't had -- I think ever?  A modern courthouse trivia question.  So digging into…

Ted Cruz’s non-endorsement speech at the Republican National Convention drew boos from Trump delegates and (it has been reported) a rebuff from Sheldon Adelson, but it strikes me as a…

Deborah Gordon of Drexel Law has posted "Mor[t]ality and Identity: Wills, Narratives, and Cherished Possessions" on ssrn.  Cribbing now from her abstract: Franz Kafka is credited with observing that “the…

University of Akron Law Dean Matthew Wilson, who joined Akron in 2014,  has been named interim president of the university.  He will serve for 18 months as the school searches…