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Thursday, April 18, 2024

My writing is 'not very good,' and other reasons you can't get ahead in our not-really-a meritocracy

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Pxhere CC0 A purported mentor once told me that probably I couldn't find a job in academics because my "writing is not very good.&...
Monday, April 15, 2024

Town asserting 'full-on assault of stink' wins latest round in nuisance feud with hot-mix asphalt maker

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Quarry and asphalt manufacturing facility in England. Richard Law via Wikimedia Commons GNU 1.2 An asphalt plant that residential neighbors...
Friday, April 12, 2024

UMass Law inaugurates comparative law study abroad

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UMass Law School has announced a two-week study abroad program in Lisbon, Portugal, in partnership with Universidade Católica Portuguesa (...
Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Women 'knew their place' turns out to be losing union argument to justify discrimination in port jobs

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Herman Melville boarded the Acushnet at New Bedford Harbor in 1841. RJ Peltz-Steele, 2022, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 From the Massachusetts Appeals C...
Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Free torts textbook ready for academic year 2024-25

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TORTZ: A Study of American Tort Law is complete and revised for the coming academic year 2024-25. The two-volume textbook is posted for fr...
Friday, March 22, 2024

Space law program reaps lessons from House Atreides

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Luca Galuzzi via The Wildcat Tribune , Dougherty Valley High School, San Ramon, Cal. CC BY-SA 2.5 My friend and colleague Tracy Reynolds , S...
Wednesday, March 20, 2024

High court construes tenure contract to constrain faculty salary cuts at Tufts medical school

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TUSM Arnold Wing, 2012, Boston John Phelan via Wikimedia Commons CC BY 3.0 Academic freedom won a rare court victory last week when the Mas...
Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Florida A&M moves to fire Latina law prof who spoke on public concern; Hispanic law students resist

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You may review and sign on to a letter of the FAMU Hispanic American Law Student Association opposing Reyes's termination here.   Prof. ...
Monday, March 18, 2024

Mass. attorney board rushes to racialize, shun 'overseer,' ignores word's ancient, biblical usages

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A proposal published for public comment would change the name of the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers to the "Board of Bar Oversi...
Monday, March 11, 2024

Book supports legal privilege for undercover reporting

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Truth and Transparency , a recent book by Professors Alan K. Chen and Justin Marceau , is a comprehensive and gratifying tour of the histor...