Month: December 2016

Academic boycotts of Israel are discriminatory, counter-productive, and antithetical to academic freedom, but some anti-boycott tactics are also deeply objectionable.  First among these is the unfortunate effort to squelch the…

This just in from a concerned reader: To interested law faculty:  The nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions as Attorney General presents a very real threat to civil rights and civil…

The current issue of the American Historical Review has a very favorable review of my book, The "Colored Hero" of Harper's Ferry: John Anthony Copeland and the War against Slavery. Here is a…

I guess I struck a nerve with at least one reader with my recent column Highlights and Lowlights of the 2016 ABA Standard 509 Reports.  An anonymous commenter, with an…

I've been very quiet this fall, as I've been attending to lots of other business -- teaching, scholarship, and otherwise -- and I'm guessing this will continue well into 2017.…

Andy Borowitz is saying untrue things about Donald Trump, including his latest claim that Vladimir Putin is going to sing at the presidential inauguration: WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—After having difficulty…

The 2016 ABA 509 reports are out and there are some interesting things to report: Let's Start with the "Hall of Shame" headed up, not surprisingly, by InfiLaw's three law schools:  ...

Rep. Keith Ellison (D. MN) is in the running for chair of the Democratic National Committee.  He has been endorsed by many party leaders -- including Chuck Schumer, Bill DiBlasio,…

The July 2016 California Bar Examination results by law school were recently released. See the story here  and more granular data here.  The overall performance of the the 21 (!) ...

From Diane Ammon of the University of Georgia: The blog IntLawGrrls: voices on international law, policy, practice, will celebrate its first decade with“IntLawGrrls! 10th Birthday Conference” on Friday, March 3,…