Columbia Law Graduates Confident Despite Conservative Judges' Boycott Columbia Law School stands firm in supporting graduates amidst conservative judges' boycott over Israel-Palestine conflict stance. Top News · May 8, 2024
Protesters Deface GWU Statue With Palestinian Flag And Notes Protesters at GWU Law School express discontent with President Biden's support for Israel amidst escalating tensions. Top News · May 4, 2024
‘Media firestorm’: Israel protest at professor’s home sparks heated free-speech debate Controversy followed a viral video of pro-Palestinian students interrupting a dinner held by a Berkeley free-speech defender The Guardian - US · Apr 20, 2024
NLSIU announces Rajiv K. Luthra Foundation grant The National Law School of India University (NLSIU) on Friday announced the Rajiv K. Luthra Foundation grant which will support the renovation of the academic wing of the Old Academic Block (OAB) and the endowment of two gold medals in lawyer Rajiv K. Luthra’s name and the establishment of an… The Hindu · Apr 19, 2024
NLSIU announces grant from JSW Group for research centre, redevelopment and expansion of academic block The National Law School of India University (NLSIU) on Friday announced a grant from the JSW Group which will fund the establishment of the ‘JSW Centre on the Future of Law,’ a research centre. The Hindu · Apr 12, 2024
Students Don't Have a Right to Use Public University Social Events for Their Own Political Orations, whether at administrators' homes or in law school classrooms. Reason · Apr 11, 2024
First Thing: US to require background checks for gun sales online and at shows Historic action closes loophole and bolsters Biden administration’s fight against gun violence. Plus: the true price of Indonesia’s booming nickel industry The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2024
He got a college degree in prison. Now he’s off to a prestigious law school In a historic achievement, Benard McKinley, 39, was accepted to Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Chicago The Guardian - US · Apr 11, 2024
Suzanna Sherry on DEI/Critical Race Theory and Antisemitism Professor Sherry is an emerita professor at Vanderbilt Law School. Back in 1997, she and Professor Daniel Farber wrote a book, Beyond All Reason, critiquing Critical Race Theory. Perhaps their most controversial argument was that Critical Race Theory, in denying that there was such a thing as objective merit, and… Reason · Apr 2, 2024
Voices for Liberties Papers on Freedom of Speech, Civil Rights, and Social Progress I am the Executive Director of the Scalia Law School's Law & Liberty Center. Our most significant current project at the Center is "Voices for Liberty," which our website describes as follows: "While some view freedom of speech as detrimental to minority groups, others champion it as a necessary condition… Reason · Apr 1, 2024
"Seven Questions on Section 3: A Response to Professor Kurt Lash" A reply to Prof. Kurt Lash's response to the brief by Profs. Akhil Amar & Vikram Amar. Reason · Feb 8, 2024
Universal Injunctions, Congressional Capacity, and Filibuster Reform Today I participated in a Rappaport Forum discussion at Harvard Law School titled "Rule by One Judge: The Question of Universal Injunctions." My fellow participant was Professor Mila Sohoni, and our moderator was Professor Guy-Uriel Charles. It was an excellent discussion, and you can watch it here. Two of the… Reason · Feb 8, 2024
ABA Adopts New Academic Freedom / Freedom of Expression Requirement for Law School Accreditation This apparently just happened; here's the full American Bar Association standard (and see this ABA Journal article): Standard 208: Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression [a] A law school shall adopt, publish, and adhere to written policies that protect academic freedom. A law school's academic freedom policies shall: [1] Apply… Reason · Feb 7, 2024
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... Top News · Feb 5, 2024
Reason · Feb 1, 2024 Thoughts on the Declining Numbers of SCOTUS Clerks Becoming Law Professors One track became two.
Reason · Jan 30, 2024 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…
Reason · Jan 22, 2024 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.
Fortune · Jan 5, 2024 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.
Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 27, 2023 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.
Reason · Dec 23, 2023 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
The Guardian - US · Dec 16, 2023 ‘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
Reason · Dec 13, 2023 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 · Dec 5, 2023 "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…
The Independent UK · Dec 1, 2023 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 Hindu · Nov 28, 2023 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…