Law School At The Top Of The Constitutional Law Game
Above The Law
APRIL 14, 2022
The constitution is kinda important for lawyers. The post Law School At The Top Of The Constitutional Law Game appeared first on Above the Law.
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Kim Kardashian Aces Midterms, Conquers Constitutional Law Class
Above The Law
MAY 18, 2023
Slay, Con Law queen! The post Kim Kardashian Aces Midterms, Conquers Constitutional Law Class appeared first on Above the Law.
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The Author Of Your Constitutional Law Textbook Thinks Supreme Court Justices Are ‘Partisan Hacks’
Above The Law
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
This law school dean knows what he's talking about.
“How Professors Can Teach Constitutional Law While the Supreme Court Is Wrecking It; The law school version of constitutional law taught students that lawyers and judges are at the vanguard of protecting people who lack political power; As the Court’s most recent term has demonstrated, they are not”
HowAppealing
AUGUST 22, 2022
“How Professors Can Teach Constitutional Law While the Supreme Court Is Wrecking It; The law school version of constitutional law taught students that lawyers and judges are at the vanguard of protecting people who lack political power; As the Court’s most recent term has demonstrated, they are not”: G.S.
“Canadian Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Abella appointed Pisar Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School; Justice Abella is world-renowned for her decisions and theories on equality, human rights, and constitutional law”
HowAppealing
APRIL 7, 2021
“Canadian Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Abella appointed Pisar Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School; Justice Abella is world-renowned for her decisions and theories on equality, human rights, and constitutional law”: Rachel Reed of Harvard Law Today has this report.
SOS: Kim Kardashian Needs Help Learning Constitutional Law
Above The Law
MAY 12, 2023
The post SOS: Kim Kardashian Needs Help Learning Constitutional Law appeared first on Above the Law. Looks like the celeb could use a study buddy.
“Leading scholar of civil procedure, constitutional law, Stephen Sachs joins HLS faculty”
HowAppealing
APRIL 14, 2021
“Leading scholar of civil procedure, constitutional law, Stephen Sachs joins HLS faculty”: Harvard Law today has a report that begins, “Stephen E.
Texas Tech University School of Law Seeks Visitors to Teach Constitutional Law, Evidence, and Criminal Procedure
EvidenceProf Blog
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas Texas Tech University School of Law invites applications from exceptional individuals to fill a visiting faculty position for the 2021-22 academic year (Requisition 22902BR/Visiting Professor). It is anticipated that the law school.
Justice Thomas told GW Law he is ‘unavailable’ to teach constitutional law seminar after student outcry
ABA Journal
JULY 29, 2022
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas won’t be teaching a constitutional law seminar at the George Washington University Law School after thousands of students asked…
Kim Kardashian Dissents: The Reality Star HATES This Law School Subject
Above The Law
MARCH 2, 2023
The post Kim Kardashian Dissents: The Reality Star HATES This Law School Subject appeared first on Above the Law. She's not alone in her struggles with this one.
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Shut Up And Stop Heckle Vetoing Me, Law School Prof Yells At Clouds
Above The Law
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Botching the Constitution for fun and profit!
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9 Things you need to know before choosing a law school
SimplyLawJobs
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
In this Simply Law article, our partner’s Lawyer Monthly discusses the 9 things you need to know before choosing a law school. The prospect of going to law school is not only one that requires a lot of hard work and money but also some thorough research. Do you really need a law degree? Business Law.
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Law Student’s Gen AI Product, Lexplug, Makes Briefing Cases A Breeze
LawSites
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
It was a bathroom break that inspired Bradley Neal , a 3L at The George Washington University Law School , to develop a product that uses generative AI to help law students better understand and brief cases. Returning to class after a visit to the bathroom, he had lost the thread of the case the professor was discussing.
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Jonathan Turley Is So, So Close To Figuring Out Free Speech… And Yet So, So Far Away
Above The Law
APRIL 26, 2024
The constitutional law dilettante laments USC canceling its graduation, but doesn't quite grasp the basic problem. The post Jonathan Turley Is So, So Close To Figuring Out Free Speech… And Yet So, So Far Away appeared first on Above the Law.
No, They’re Not Going To Stop Teaching Dred Scott
Above The Law
JUNE 9, 2021
The article, written by Harvard Law School prof Jeannie Suk Gersen — we’ll get back to why that’s significant in a second — leans into the sad state of […]. Last night, the New Yorker tweeted out an alarming legal story: Oh my! That would be problematic.
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Calling New Patent Law Professors
Patently O
AUGUST 11, 2022
Every year, law schools advertise open faculty positions via a Faculty Appointments Register sponsored by the American Association of Law Schools (AALS). This year’s list was just released, and lots of schools are looking to hire patent and IP professors. by Dennis Crouch.
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Q&A With Elena Kohn: Balancing the Fundamentals
Attorney at Work
APRIL 28, 2022
Attorney at Work’s “Women in Law” series focuses on successful women lawyers who have carved a path for themselves in the legal industry and beyond. Stetson University College of Law, J.D. It was this experience that first ignited my passion for the law. What was your experience like after graduating from law school?
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Think Learning Con Law Is Hard? Try Teaching It!
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
The post Think Learning Con Law Is Hard? appeared first on Above the Law. You aren't the only one crying about what's going to be on the test. Try Teaching It!
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ICYMI: Three Hot Topics from Dark Money Politics to Free Speech and COVID-19
LegalTalkNetwork
OCTOBER 14, 2020
Modern Law Library host Lee Rawles explores the world of dark money campaigns and election chicanery in Wright’s book “The Coyotes of Carthage.” He and Rawles talk about his journey to creative writing, teaching his University of Wisconsin Law School classes remotely, and his plans for a TV series based on his book.
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UC Law SF offers moot courts to prepare for Supreme Court arguments
At the Lectern
JUNE 7, 2023
Leah Spero — Director of the California Appellate Advocacy Program at the newly renamed UC Law San Francisco — has told us about moot courts available through the Program to help practitioners prepare for their California Supreme Court arguments in civil cases. Other law schools also have moot court programs for attorneys.
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Who’ll Shoot First? How Relaxed Gun Rules Fuel a ‘Small Arms Race’
The Crime Report
MARCH 18, 2022
A handful of high-profile cases has sparked a larger public debate about the impact of self-defense laws. According to law professors Guha Krishnamurthi of the University of Oklahoma College of law and Peter Salib of the University of Houston Law Center, this public concern is warranted. Vigilante Justice Firearm Laws.
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New Historical Society Review is available
At the Lectern
JUNE 30, 2021
California Constitutional Law — The Casebook , foreword to book by Professor David Carrillo and Judge Danny Chou, foreword by Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye. UCLA School of Music Endowment Honors Selma Moidel Smith by Molly Selvin. Racism, Birthers and the Rule of Law in Early California by Judge Michael Stern.
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Cherry-picked history and ideology-driven outcomes: Bruen’s originalist distortions
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 27, 2022
Saul Cornell is the Paul and Diane Guenther chair in American history at Fordham University and adjunct professor of law at Fordham Law School. It is particularly noteworthy that Justice Stephen Breyer called out his colleagues for engaging in the most rank form of law-office history in his dissent.
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Revue Critique de droit international privé – issue 2023/4
Conflict of Laws
JUNE 10, 2024
Written by Hadrien Pauchard (assistant researcher at Sciences Po Law School) The fourth issue of the Revue critique de droit International privé of 2023 (available here ) was released online some time ago. Private international law and fundamental rights). It features two articles and several case notes.
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JonathanTurley
APRIL 13, 2024
We recently discussed the students who conducted a protest inside the home of Berkeley Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and his wife, law Professor Catherine Fisk. The students, including UC Berkeley law student Malak Afaneh, refused to stop disrupting the dinner as Chemerinsky and Fisk reminded them that this is their home, not a public forum.
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Berkeley conference about the Supreme Court
At the Lectern
JUNE 13, 2022
Sixth Circuit Chief Judge Jeffrey Sutton discussed his book “ 51 Imperfect Solutions: States and the Making of American Constitutional Law ” and his views on state constitutions, federalism, and securing protections for individual liberty by focusing on state constitutions. Related: here and here.)
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USD Law Professor Under Investigation For Column Criticizing Chinese Government
JonathanTurley
MARCH 22, 2021
University of San Diego Law Professor Thomas Smith has been put under investigation for the use of an offensive term in a column criticizing the Chinese government and its role in the pandemic. A core value of the University of San Diego School of Law is that all members of the community must be treated with dignity and respect.
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Emory Law Professor Denounces the Late Antonin Scalia as “Basically a Klansman”
JonathanTurley
JANUARY 11, 2023
That appears to be the case of Emory law professor, Darren Hutchinson , who has claimed that the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was “basically a Klansman.” Hutchinson recounted on Twitter how he taught a difficult lesson at Emory Law School on how “Justice Scalia was basically a Klansman.”
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University of Idaho Loses Major Free Speech and Religious Freedom Case
JonathanTurley
JULY 7, 2022
The University of Idaho has lost a major free speech and religious freedom case after a federal judge ruled in favor of three Christian law students at College of Law. Students, faculty, and staff from the law school gathered in front of the Moscow, Idaho, campus to express support for all students. This lawsuit followed.
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Rutgers Professor and Law Student Under Fire for Reading Racial Slur From Judicial Opinion
JonathanTurley
MAY 21, 2021
The New York Times is reporting that a Rutgers Law Professor and law student are under fire after the student reluctantly read the n-word in a 1993 legal opinion. That triggers a petition from students to demand action from the law school and apologies from both the professor and the student.
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UNC Law Student Who Questioned Racial Incident Is Disqualified From Running For New Office
JonathanTurley
MARCH 20, 2021
We recently discussed the case of University of North Carolina law student Sagar Sharma, a student of color, who faced a recall election as the first-year class co-president. The charges are connected to the prior controversy and raise serious free speech and retaliatory concerns at the law school. .
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University of Illinois (Chicago) Law Professor Sues Over Exam Controversy
JonathanTurley
JANUARY 29, 2022
The use of the censored references led to a complaint in a letter from the Black Law Students Association and later a petition which called for Kilborn to be stripped of his committee assignments and other reforms.
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Do or DEI? Federal Judge Finds DEI Policies are Mandatory and Unconstitutional in California Case
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
Law schools are also facing controversial mandates. In 2022, the American Bar Association required law schools to “provide education to law students on bias, cross-cultural competency, and racism: (1) at the start of the program of legal education, and (2) at least once again before graduation.” and Maurice C.
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Start Hitting Yourself: Chemerinsky Considers The Interesting Question Of When A State Can Sue The State
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
The post Start Hitting Yourself: Chemerinsky Considers The Interesting Question Of When A State Can Sue The State appeared first on Above the Law. Between the suits and gerrymandering, I'm not so sure people even like this democracy thing anymore.
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Turley to Testify before the Senate on Presidential Records
JonathanTurley
MARCH 15, 2022
Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law. The George Washington University Law School. Outside Counsel for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. and the Project on Government Oversight. Jonathan Turley. and Maurice C. Turley.Testimony.Senate Homeland.
CLAT/AILET PG WORKSHOP BY IDIA KERALA CHAPTER: Register by 17th December
LexForti
DECEMBER 10, 2021
IDIA – Kerala Chapter functions from its base at The National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS), Kochi, which is the only National Law University in Kerala. Important areas relating to law must be clearly understood by the aspirants. She is currently pursuing LLM in Business Laws at National Law University, Delhi.
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Turley Testifies on the Foreign Agents Registration Act
JonathanTurley
APRIL 5, 2022
We largely agree on areas of possible reforms, including the potential dangers of registration laws like FARA for free speech and association. Program, International Center for Not-For-Profit Law. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law; Director, Environmental Law Advocacy Center, The George Washington University Law School.
Turley Publication on the Compulsion of Free Speech is Now Available
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
I am happy to announce the publication of my latest law review article, The Unfinished Masterpiece: Compulsion and the Evolving Jurisprudence Over Free Speec h. The article is the outgrowth of remarks that I gave a Maryland Law School at a Supreme Court symposium. Board of Trustees of North Carolina State University.
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“I’m Holding Myself Accountable”: California Teacher Cancels Herself As A White Person Teaching Spanish
JonathanTurley
JUNE 2, 2021
Last year, we discussed the controversy over the acting Northwestern Law Dean declaring publicly to “I am James Speta and I am a racist.” At CUNY, the Law Dean Mary Lou Bilek cancelled herself for once referring to herself as a “slaveholder” in a meeting jn arguing for greater protections for minority students.
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Turley Testifies on Secret Orders Targeting The Media In Recent Leak Investigations
JonathanTurley
JUNE 30, 2021
Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law, The George Washington University Law School. Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, Hearst Corporation. Lynn Oberlander. Of Counsel, Ballard Spahr LLP. Mr. Jonathan Turley. and Maurice C. Here is my testimony: Turley Testimony.Final.
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JonathanTurley
APRIL 1, 2021
Today, I will be speaking to lawyers and law students in Utah on the history of impeachment. The event is organized by the Utah State Bar litigation section in conjunction with the University of Utah and Brigham Young University law schools.
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Jonathan Turley Rewrites Constitution To Include ‘Congressional Backsies’ Clause
Above The Law
JUNE 2, 2023
Jonathan Turley botches basic constitutional law. The post Jonathan Turley Rewrites Constitution To Include ‘Congressional Backsies’ Clause appeared first on Above the Law. I'd say 'don't quit your day job,' but.
Law School Con Law Class Shows Porn So You Know It When You See It
Above The Law
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Radical concept, but maybe the students could figure out the law without having to experience the fact pattern first-hand. The post Law School Con Law Class Shows Porn So You Know It When You See It appeared first on Above the Law.
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Morrison: Time to Give DC Residents A Vote in Congress
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 12, 2021
I have repeatedly testified and written on the constitutional barriers to such a vote absent statehood. See Jonathan Turley, Too Clever By Half: The Partial Representation of the District of Columbia in the House of Representatives , 76 George Washington University Law Review 305 -374 (2008). I was delighted when he accepted.
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