PrawfsBlawg
"Where intellectual honesty has (almost always) trumped partisanship—albeit in a kind of boring way until recently—since 2005." The authors post about books and papers, law school job openings, concerns of working professors, and "a variety of topics related to law and life."
Author: The authors are law professors: Dan Markel of Florida State University; Ethan Leib of the University of California, Hastings; Paul Horwitz of the University of Alabama; Rick Garnett of the University of Notre Dame (who also contributes to Mirror of Justice and The Religiously Affiliated Law Schools); Matt Bodie of St. Louis University; Stephen Vladeck of American University; Orly Lobel of the University of San Diego; Roderick M. Hills of New York University; and Howard Wasserman of Florida International University. Wasserman also contributes to Sports Law Blog.
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Recent Posts from PrawfsBlawg
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Campaign Finance, Shareholders' Rights and the Chamber of Commerce
It's an interesting coincidence that the Supreme Court is considering what to do about corporations' rights to engage in political speech just as one of the main justifications for such regulation is getting at least…
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Ouch
The University of California has put faculty and staff on furloughs amounting to an average 8 per cent pay cut, and yesterday voted to raise student by 32 per cent. That's a huge increase. It's…
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Hope v. Fear
Could there be any better index of the relative strength of hope and fear in a polity than spending on universities and prisons? For the American "states", who have no armies, universities and prisons are…
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Best Practices for Appointments Committees
Though it's been a few years since I had to go on the meat market, I'm still pretty keen to make the process for newbies as relatively painless as possible, and this blog has been…
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For Whom Do We Teach?
As the semester winds down and preparation for next semester gears up, I've had some thoughts about topic selection for my courses. For example, this year I cut "Defenses I" from the course - it…
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Work Email: "I Always Feel Like ... Somebody's Watching Me"
No, this post is not about the singer Rockwell or that annoying Geico commercial, but about whether you should just assume that your boss monitors your email. A new Wall Street Journal article suggests that…
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Law School Hiring Thread, 2009-10, Thread Three: The Next Phase
This thread will be moved to the front every ten days or so. Please add comments to this thread, not Threads One or Two (where comments are now closed). This thread is for both law…
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Widespread Employer Under-Reporting to OSHA
So finds a new astonishing and disturbing report released by the GAO this past Monday and reported on by the New York Times: Employers and workers routinely underreport work-related injuries and illnesses, calling into question…
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The Joy of Casebooks
Marc's posting about legal textbooks resonates with me at this particular time because I'm hustling, with my co-authors, to finish the second edition of our First Amendment casebook. It's tough work, but exceptionally rewarding, and…
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Hear the Health Bill
Don't want to wade through the Senate's new 2,074 page health bill? Wait a few days and you can hear the whole thing online. It should be available at hearthebill.org , a website started in…