Call for Papers: “Wills, Trusts and Estates Meets Gender, Race and Class”
From the Legal Scholarship Blog: Call for Papers and Conference: “Wills, Trusts and Estates Meets Gender, Race and Class,” hosted by Oklahoma City University School of Law on Sept. 27-28, 2013. This conference seeks to bring the…
New Article: “New Formalism in the Aftermath of the Housing Crisis”
New Article: Nestor Davidson, New Formalism in the Aftermath of the Housing Crisis, 93 B.U. L. Rev. 389 (2013). Abstract below: The housing crisis has left in its wake an ongoing legal crisis. After housing markets began to collapse…
As I mentioned in my last post, I've been doing some thinking about what it means to be non-state law and looking to different types of non-state law - such as international law or religious law - to consider some common dynamics that…
In the interest of sharing ideas, I wanted to say a word about workshops. Over the last several years I have co-run with Einer Elhauge a workshop in health policy, biotechnology, and bioethics, where leading scholars present works in…
Missing Minorities in a New Publication About Law School Diversity
The publication Lawyers of Color just published a special issue on diversity in the legal academy, apparently aimed at students. It identifies "50 Under 50", the most influential minority law professors under 50 years old, a very…