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Green Bag's Deadwood Report

Posted on February 26, 2008
This morning's insidehighereducation brings the news that the Green Bag will be starting an alternative to US News: the "deadwood report." What is that going to be? According to insidehighereducation: Law schools, the editors write, ?generally hold themselves out as...

Fear For Sale: Volvo's Psychokiller Detector

Posted on February 26, 2008
I must not have been paying attention but I've only recently discovered, watching a Volvo ad, that the car now offers an optional "heartbeat sensor" - or psycho killer detector as another arch blogger put it. This neat little product...

02138: The Magazine

Posted on February 25, 2008
Been reading the Harvard student magazine 02138. I always appreciate ways to stay in touch with happenings in Boston. I still check the Harvard Film Archives and the Brattle Street Theater (which opened in that extraordinary year of 1953) periodically,...

The 2008 Law Faculty Lateral Moves List

Posted on February 25, 2008
Updated as of February 25 and moved to the top. I'ved noted the newest changes in red. If you have entry level hiring news, make sure to alert Larry Solum. His request for information, a particular format, is here. It...

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For Marketa Irglova, Once Is Not Enough.

Posted on February 24, 2008
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova won the Oscar for Best Song tonight for Falling Slowly. After Hansard gave his thanks, Irglova started to speak as the music ran her down. This is pretty normal for the Academy Awards which seem...

Brian W. Casey to Lead DePauw

Posted on February 23, 2008
The Harvard Crimson brings the good news that Brian W. Casey will be the next president of DePauw. Brian practiced at Davis, Polk and also holds a Ph.D. from Harvard's History of American Civilization Program, then taught at Brown and...

Racist Prosecution By Design: The Philly DA Training Tape

Posted on February 23, 2008
As we bid adieu to Charles Rosenthal, the Houston DA accused (among other things) of sending racist emails, it's a good time to remind ourselves that race and prosecution is a toxic mix. We need only go back a to...

Law Professor Housing Subsidies: The Rich Really Are Different

Posted on February 22, 2008
The Wall Street Journal reports today that Hans Smit, a legendary Columbia law professor, is holding firm in his efforts to sell his Manhattan home for $30 million. He turned down a $20 million dollar offer for the crib (pictured...

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