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Thursday, August 29, 2024

ACUS seeks consultant on access to public records

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The Administrative Conference of the United States ( ACUS ) has posted a request for proposals (RFP) seeking "a consultant to produce ...
Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Religious talk touches on Jewish law, legal writing

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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore RJ Peltz-Steele CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 On Sunday, I had the privilege of delivering the message at my home church...
Monday, August 19, 2024

Law student leads protests in Kenya

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Socioeconomic unrest and youth protests are roiling Kenya, and President William Ruto seems unable to get a grip on the discontent. Freelanc...
Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Curators decry parody souvenirs, claim quasi-copyright

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D 'n' me at the Accademia in June. RJ Peltz-Steele CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 David's genitals are all the rage in Florentine touristic fas...
Monday, August 5, 2024

Trademark feud centers on unsolved double murder

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Lizzie Borden House, left; Miss Lizzie's Coffee, right. A museum and a coffee shop are locked in trademark litigation over the name of a...
Sunday, August 4, 2024

Wood wins Rappaport Fellowship

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Rebecca Wood BC Law Rebecca Wood, a survivor of my 1L torts classes, has won a prestigious Rappaport Fellowship in law and public policy. W...
Saturday, August 3, 2024

New book examines 'rise of classical legal thought' through experience of South Asia, British Empire

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Professor Chaudhry UMass Law Professor Faisal Chaudhry has published a book on history and the development of classical legal thought. Sout...
Friday, August 2, 2024

'Faculty are the least important people on a campus,' but don't worry; administrators will be all right

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Adaptation of Joe Loong via Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0 A recent item in The Chronicle of Higher Education ( subscription ), excerpted by Paul Ca...
Thursday, August 1, 2024

Rule of law seems absent, western powers impassive, as civil war inflicts horrific suffering in Sudan

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I know it's hipster hot right now to be up in arms over Gaza and lukewarm over Ukraine . I'd like for a moment to set aside both tho...
Thursday, July 25, 2024

1901: Disgruntled laborer shoots, kills President

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Assassination of President McKinley by T. Dart Walker, c. 1905 Library of Congress In Buffalo , New York, this week, I felt obliged by recen...