Law Professors

Exploring the contours of context in using the N-word in class

While this may serve a pedagogical purpose for non-African-American students, it can create an abusive and degrading learning environment for African-American students, whose very reaction to the word is used as a teaching point.

Aug 28, 2018 6:05 AM CDT

Halting the hover: Dealing with helicopter parents in law school (podcast)

As an associate dean of the University of Houston Law Center, Sondra Tennessee has witnessed her share of helicopter parents. She’s seen parents ask law schools to switch their child’s professor, because they didn’t think he or she was a good fit.

Aug 27, 2018 6:05 AM CDT

Law students less likely to get A’s from professors who are a different gender or race, study finds

An AccessLex Institute-funded research paper has found that first-year law students are 3 percent less likely to get A's or A-minuses in classes taught by someone of the opposite gender, and 10 percent less likely to earn A's or A-minuses when the class is taught by someone of a different race.

Aug 9, 2018 3:01 PM CDT

Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh got mostly glowing evaluations from his law students

Law students who evaluated Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s classes gave mostly glowing evaluations to the future U.S. Supreme Court nominee.

One student at Georgetown was so impressed that the 2007 evaluation read: “I honestly believe I took a class that was instructed by a future Supreme Court justice." Others rated Kavanaugh as their best professor ever. Students said he was accessible outside of class, evenhanded, fair-minded, well-versed in the materials and smart. One noted his “great hair!”

Jul 23, 2018 7:05 AM CDT

Can law students improve contracts drafted by accomplished lawyers?

I had had great teachers of contracts, but they emphasized theory, not practice. I resolved to prepare law students to tackle the costly, time-consuming problems of contract ambiguities. Many years of practice allowed me to make good on this resolution.

Jul 16, 2018 7:15 AM CDT

Is the NFL’s anthem policy constitutional? Not in some states, law prof argues

State constitutions may protect players who are fined for violating the NFL's ban on protests during the national anthem, according to incoming Harvard law professor Nikolas Bowie.

Jun 6, 2018 7:05 AM CDT

Was law prof part of a lawsuit-plotting ‘cabal’? State ridicules ‘imagined conspiracy’

A cable provider sued by the state of New York for allegedly overpromising internet speeds has notified the judge that it intends to claim the state of New York conspired with a law professor and technology companies to bring the lawsuit.

May 30, 2018 4:12 PM CDT

After previously defending lower pay for female profs, DU Law School enters EEOC consent decree

Seven female professors at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law will receive back pay, compensatory damages and compensation increases stemming from an equal pay lawsuit brought in 2016 by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

May 17, 2018 4:49 PM CDT

Judge who sued neighbor over urinating cat got case records sealed; law prof seeks access

A judge in Washington state who sought a restraining order against his neighbor’s urinating cat was able to get court records sealed in the case.

May 3, 2018 11:44 AM CDT

2 Center for Constitutional Rights officials are denied entry into Israel

Two officials with the Center for Constitutional Rights say that on Sunday they were interrogated and denied entry into Israel for a fact-finding tour with U.S. human rights leaders. Israel denied entry to executive director Vincent Warren and board chair Katherine Franke, a Columbia University law professor on the executive…

May 2, 2018 11:07 AM CDT

Professor with anti-discrimination expertise appointed dean at Northwestern Law

Kimberly Yuracko has been appointed as the dean of Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, starting Sept 1.

Apr 23, 2018 3:32 PM CDT

Law professor says Uber driver tried to abduct her on ride to the airport

A law professor said an Uber driver tried to take her to a hotel against her will on her way to the airport.

Apr 18, 2018 3:20 PM CDT

Yale law professor wins Pulitzer Prize for book on mass incarceration

Yale law professor James Forman Jr. won the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction on Monday for his book examining the role that African-American political leaders played in mass incarceration affecting the black community. The book is Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America, report Yale News, the National…

Apr 17, 2018 8:33 AM CDT

Pace law dean steps down, evades questions on whether the move was voluntary

Pace University law dean David Yassky is stepping down at the end of the academic year, going on a sabbatical and planning to return to the school as a faculty member.

Apr 6, 2018 8:00 AM CDT

Yale’s civil litigation clinic aims to train law students and make a difference

Yale Law School has set up a law clinic for first-, second- and third-year students to work on novel lawsuits with the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office. This approach makes the subject easier and more meaningful, according to students.

Apr 1, 2018 1:45 AM CDT