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Protesters Removed, Arrested as Greece Debates Private Universities

Students protesting against government plans to allow private universities were removed from a law school in Greece. 12 arrests were made, and further demo...

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Thoughts on the Declining Numbers of SCOTUS Clerks Becoming Law Professors

One track became two.

Reason

Prof. Jeannie Suk Gersen (Harvard Law) on The Future of Academic Freedom

An excerpt from this article in Saturday's New Yorker (the whole thing is much worth reading): Sometime in the twenty-tens, it became common for students to speak of feeling unsafe when they heard things that offended them…. [C]olleagues at other schools [besides the law school] within Harvard and elsewhere feared…

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Mandatory DEI Trainings and Academic Freedom

A recent story out of the University of Wisconsin Law School offers an opportunity to consider the potential tensions between mandatory Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) trainings and academic freedom, particularly in legal education.

Reason

How managers can issue a return to office making employees feel untrustworthy

Harvard Law School's Sheila Heen says employers need to think intentionally about why they want staff back in the office.

Fortune

Exonerated after 42 years in prison, two cousins look forward to fresh start in 2024

David Ayala and James Soto, wrongfully convicted of a 1981 double slaying in McKinley Park, get new suits from Project Gentlemen Image & Grooming Studio in Bridgeport.

Chicago Sun-Times

Clarence Thomas: The Best and Most Incorruptible Supreme Court Justice in U.S. History

116 people have served on the Supreme Court and Justices Thomas is the best

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‘The venom of our age’: James Carville on the danger of Mike Johnson’s Christian nationalism

The veteran Democratic strategist discusses the ‘hypocrisy’ of his fellow Louisianan and the solace found in his own Catholic faith

The Guardian - US

OK for Law School to Consider Whether "Students Possess the Mental and Emotional Stability to Join the Bar"

"[T]he wide-ranging conspiracy Doe posits, one that tormented an ordinary law student for months on end using actors, poison, and a weapon that can send electricity wirelessly through brick walls, is too far beyond the pale of human experience to credit without supporting evidence, of which Doe has provided none."

Reason

"Hate Nickels Because They Are Not Dimes"

In MCAD v. Kahalas, decided Nov. 17 by Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination Hearing Officer Jason Barshak, complainant Ambroise claimed she was racially harassed and then fired because of her race and because of her complaints about the harassment. (Ambroise was a paralegal at Kahalas's law office; she had graduated from…

Reason

Excerpts of Supreme Court opinions by Sandra Day O’Connor

Sandra Day O’Connor's influence could best be seen in the Supreme Court's court’s rulings on abortion

The Independent UK

NLSIU launches consumer law project with Meta, IIT Bombay, and DoCA

The National Law School of India University (NLSIU) on Tuesday announced a new research project on consumer law with Meta’s support. The project which will assess how large language models (LLM) can be used for building public solutions for enhancing efficiency in India’s consumer grievance redressal system, will be executed…

The Hindu

Ken Paxton names administrative law expert with conservative bona fides Texas’ solicitor general

Aaron Nielson will take a one-year leave of absence from BYU’s law school to lead the influential unit within the attorney general’s office.

The Texas Tribune

Hiring a Research Fellow in Free Speech Law for 1 or 2 Years, at the Hoover Institution (Stanford)

This was just announced Friday: Opportunity for Post-JD Scholars The Hoover Institution at Stanford University is seeking an outstanding early-career legal scholar who is interested in doing research on free speech law, in preparation for seeking an academic position at a law school or elsewhere. If you are selected, you…

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"The Hidden Life of Law School Adjuncts: Teaching Temps, Indispensable Instructors, Underappreciated Cash Cows,"

"or something else?," now out in the Texas Law Review Online (by T. Markus Funk, Andrew S. Boutros, and me).

Fortune

Billionaire Bill Ackman says it’s 'pathetic' that colleges rely on corporations and law firms to address anti-Semitism on campus

Two dozen law firms sent an open letter to top law schools over concerns about rising anti-Semitism on college campuses.

The Independent UK

House Speaker Mike Johnson was once the dean of a Christian law school. It never opened its doors

Mike Johnson does not typically mention one aspect of his work before being elected to Congress

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Chemerinsky: "Nothing has prepared me for the antisemitism I see on college campuses now"

"I call on my fellow university administrators to speak out and denounce the celebrations of Hamas and the blatant antisemitism that is being voiced."

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The $200 billion playbook that kneecapped Big Tobacco is coming for Mark Zuckerberg and his social media offspring

"Substitute algorithms for Joe Camel," says Fordham Law School professor Kenneth Rashbaum.

Reason

LSAT to Drop the "Logic Games" Section

Good riddance.

Reason

My Move to Yale Law School

After spending more than two decades in the Department of Politics at Princeton University, I'm pleased to announce that I will joining the faculty of Yale Law School in the fall of 2024. At YLS, I also expect to be the faculty director of a new center focused on academic…

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Defense of Hamas Brutality By Seven University of Michigan Law Student Organizations (UPDATED)

[Originally posted on October 13. In light of the updates, I am reposting this and moving it to the to the top of the Conspiracy.] This was circulated to the law school community on Monday [Oct. 10], so no excuses about it being an initial visceral reaction to be re-thought…

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Now Published: "The First Amendment and Refusals to Deal"

It's part of the University of the Pacific (McGeorge Law School) Law Review symposium on Israel, Palestine, and the First Amendment, and it's based on amicus briefs that I had filed together with Profs. Michael Dorf and Andrew Koppelman. You can read the article here; here's the opening paragraph and…

Reason

Two Law School Deans on the Massacre in Israel

Moral clarity from Scalia Dean Ken Randall, and lack thereof from NYU Dean Troy McKenzie.

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NYU Law School Student Bar Association Newsletter Expresses Support for Hamas Attack on Israel

The Daily Mail (UK) (Claudia Aoraha) reports (see also N.Y. Post), and includes this screenshot: I think the student who wrote the message should have every right to express her views, including views that support the killing of civilians. I most certainly don't share the student's views, and I do…

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