The Latest Breaking News from Law School

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 · Nov 13, 2023

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…

Reason · Nov 13, 2023

"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).

Reason · Nov 6, 2023

LSAT to Drop the "Logic Games" Section

Good riddance.

Reason · Oct 18, 2023

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…

Reason · Oct 16, 2023

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…

Reason · Oct 13, 2023

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 · Oct 12, 2023

Two Law School Deans on the Massacre in Israel

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

Reason · Oct 10, 2023

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…

Reason · Oct 10, 2023

It's not just FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried. His parents also face legal trouble

FTX's lawyers allege Sam Bankman-Fried's mom and dad helped shape their son's crypto empire and received millions of dollars worth of gifts and benefits from the now-bankrupt company.

WEKU · Oct 2, 2023