Faculty Awareness Bulletin
This blawg "alerts faculty to symposia and conferences, calls for papers, library and research information and other tidbits that will enhance the scholarly mission of the law school."
Author: Diane D'Angelo is reference librarian at the Suffolk University Law Library.
Blawg Related Categories: Law Professors • Law Schools • Suffolk University • Librarian
Recent Posts from Faculty Awareness Bulletin
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Temple University Free-Speech Case & The Future of Antiharassment Policies
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that a former sexual-harassment policy at Temple University violated students’ freedom of expression. According to Lawrence White, a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania Law School,…
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Northwestern Offers Two-Year JD Program
Northwestern will be the first top ranked law school to offer both 2 and 3 year programs. See what Northwestern Law School and a number of news outlets have to say about it here. Also,…
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Supreme Court Statistics (OT 07 Term)
SCOTUSblog recently published its ”Super StatPack” compilation. This report includes statistics with charts, lists, and observations about the OT 07 Supreme Court Term. To read the complete report, go here. Topics: Constitutional Law
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Free Public Policy Online Research Archives
The Policy Archives is a new comprehensive digital library of public policy research. It contains over 12,000 documents from over 220 think tanks and other research organizations. Read the press release here. Topics: Technology Trends
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Study Ranks State High Courts
For more details, read the Choi (NYU), Gulati (Duke) & Posner (UChicago) article that was recently posted to SSRN: Which States Have the Best and Worst High Courts? Topics: News & Events
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Men Now Eligible for Maternity Benefits
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly reported this week that the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination will now apply the Massachusetts Maternity Leave Act to both men and women. MLW explained that “in what the employment bar is calling…
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Legal Education - Research Grants
The Law School Admission Council Research Grant Program funds empirical research on legal training and legal practice. Topics include the study of precursors to legal training (including demographic variables), all varieties of legal training itself,…
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Call for Papers: Labor & Employment Law Colloquium
The Third Annual Colloquium on Current Scholarship in Labor & Employment Law will held in San Diego from October 23 to October 25, 2008. This year’s colloquium will be co-hosted by California Western School of…
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Conference - Legal Education at the Crossroads
The University of Washington School of Law is hosting a small conference, from September 5-7, 2008 entitled, Legal Education at the Crossroads — Ideas to Accomplishments: Sharing New Ideas for an Integrated Curriculum. The conference…
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University of Chicago Law School Blocks Internet Access
Dean Saul Levmore of the University of Chicago Law School has blocked student “access to the Internet in classrooms last month to help them concentrate on course instruction.” Apparently, Dean Levmore has received “inquiries from…