University of Iowa law professor Lea VanderVelde didn’t want to use a textbook in last spring’s employment law class because the material can quickly become dated. Her solution: Let the…
After a change in dean, Harvard Law School is reportedly making it difficult for a student to continue working on a high-profile file-sharing case that she says she has “lived…
University of California law professors are facing pay cuts of 4 percent to 10 percent under a new furlough plan that affects faculty and staff at all UC schools beginning…
Former Justice Department official John Yoo is facing criticism and a lawsuit over legal memos approving harsh interrogation techniques of terrorism suspects, but that hasn’t caused him to retreat from…
A comedian who interrupted the class of former Justice Department lawyer John Yoo, now a visiting law professor at Chapman University law school, didn’t…
A law professor has concluded that data reported to U.S. News & World Report for its law school rankings apparently tracks the information provided to the…
A Singapore law professor under fire for her statements about homosexuality has decided not to teach a human rights class at New York University law school.
A group of 16 tenured professors at DePaul University College of Law has complained to the American Bar Association about the recent ouster of their former dean, Glen Weissenberger, who…
Corrected: Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. says his arrest for trying to break into his own home is leading him on a new path: He is planning a documentary…
University of Missouri-Kansas City law professor Kris Kobach is supporting tougher measures to fight illegal immigration in several court cases throughout the country.
Updated: Harvard University’s Henry Louis Gates Jr. is facing a disorderly conduct charge, after being arrested by Cambridge police on Thursday while trying to enter his own locked home near…
If your law professor suddenly sports an unusual tattoo, he could be the person who reported a UFO sighting while riding a motorcycle near Lake of the Ozarks.
The Ave Maria School of Law claims in court papers that three former professors suing the school were ministerial employees, making the Catholic institution exempt from…
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