Legal Commentary

Happy New Year everybody. It's hard to believe Prawfs will be turning six this spring. How did *that* happen? Sunrise, sunset...

In truth, it would be impossible for this sprezzatura to exist without the wonderful guests who join us each month to share their wit and insight. As always, I'm grateful to this past month's contributors, who will be making their exit over the next few days.  Additionally, I wanted to take a moment to introduce Mary Anne Franks from UMiami, who is making her debut at Prawfs this month, and to welcome back three other guests for the month of January: Ian Bartrum (Drake); Carlton Larson (UCDavis); and Jessie Hill (Case). We're thrilled to have you here!

With the new year,the AALS annual meeting is around the corner and that means it's time for the Prawfs community to come together in person to hoist a glass of cheer with our friends from Concurring Opinions and other blogs. Please join us for some drink specials in San Francisco this Thursday evening from 9-1130pm or so at the Parc 55 Hotel Bar "Cityhouse."

Last, later this month, on Jan 25th from 4-6pm at Brooklyn Law School, Mike Cahill and I will be hosting the first colloquium in our monthly NYC criminal law theory series to take place at BLS and NYU this coming year. We're thrilled to have papers by Claire Finkelstein (Penn) and Adam Kolber (BLS) to kick things off, and future presenters will include Doug Husak, Miriam Baer, Kyron Huigens, Marc DeGirolami and Stuart Green. We think we invited most of the extended NYC and area crim law theory people we know about but if you're interested in attending this session or the future iterations, please drop me an email. Happy new year again to all our contributors and readers. May the new year bring purpose and possibility for all good things.