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One More Thing on Ginsburg and Retirement 26 Aug 2013 | 09:11 pm
I'm grateful for the discussion on my post about Justice Ginsburg's interview with the Times--especially the criticisms. I had one more, related observation I wanted to make, which is less about the i...
Law School Hiring, 2013-2014, Thread One 26 Aug 2013 | 08:04 pm
We invite those on the market to leave comments on this thread regarding whether they have received: (a) a first round interview at a school (including the subject areas the school mentioned, if any,...
A Clearinghouse for Questions, 2013-2014 26 Aug 2013 | 08:02 pm
In this post, you can ask questions about the law teaching market, and prawfs or others can weigh in. Both questions and answers can be anonymous, but I will delete pure nastiness, irrelevance, and m...
Southeastern Law Scholars Conference: Call for Papers 26 Aug 2013 | 12:03 pm
The Charleston School of Law is pleased to host the fourth annual Southeastern Law Scholars Conference on October 4-5, 2013. This regional conference will bring together junior law sch...
Vaccine Refusers: A Shot at Liability? 26 Aug 2013 | 11:56 am
The pastor at Eagle Mountain Church, a mega-church located in Tarrant County, Texas, has apparently been preaching an anti-vaccine message based on worries that vaccines cause autism in young c...
Two Cheers for the President's "Two-Year" Proposal 25 Aug 2013 | 08:51 pm
I seem to be more favorably inclined toward President Obama's proposal to make law schools two years than Matt, who posts below. I think he raises some sensible concerns and that there is nothing wron...
Unnecessary and Inappropriate 25 Aug 2013 | 07:29 pm
That, in brief, is my take on this interview Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg gave to the New York Times for today's paper. In it, she made clear that she was unmoved by pressure from some liberals for her...
Technical advisers 25 Aug 2013 | 07:15 pm
I have complained before about what a poor job TV and movies do in depicting law, lawyers, and legal issues. Along those lines, this post from Ken Levine (a TV writer/producer-turned-blogger) discusse...
Living Precedent 24 Aug 2013 | 07:45 pm
On November 5, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Bond v. United States. The case involves whether, as seemingly suggested in Missouri v. Holland, a treaty may expand the domestic regulatory po...
The Problems with the President's Two-Year Plan 24 Aug 2013 | 10:49 am
At a town hall event in Binghamton, N.Y. earlier today, President Obama was asked the following question: I'm a faculty member of the computer science department. I'm very excited and encouraged by ...
