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Legal Scholarship Blog

Features law-related calls for papers, conferences and workshops. From the Ohio State Moritz College of Law, University of Georgia School of Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law and University of Washington School of Law.

http://legalscholarshipblog.com

Apr 26
CFP: OGEL Special Issue on “Energy Law and Regulation in Low-carbon and Transitional Energy Markets”

CFP: OGEL Special Issue on “Energy Law and Regulation in Low-carbon and Transitional Energy Markets”

Oil, Gas and Energy Law Intelligence invites submissions for a special issue on “Energy Law and Regulation in Low-carbon and Transitional Energy Markets”. The following is a list of suggested...
Apr 26
Colloquia/Workshop

Colloquia/Workshop

University of Pittsburgh School of Law Jamal Greene, Dwight Professor of Law, Columbia Law School, presents today as part of the Faculty Workshop Series: Rights as Trumps. University of Washington School...
Apr 25
Call for Papers: AIDA Europe Research Series on Insurance Law and Regulation, “Insurance and Human Rights”

Call for Papers: AIDA Europe Research Series on Insurance Law and Regulation, “Insurance and Human Rights”

“The Editorial Board of the new AIDA Europe Research Series on Insurance Law and Regulation hereby issues an invitation for the submission of academic papers that examine the impact of...

Rank this Week: 26

Sentencing Law and Policy

By Douglas A. Berman.

http://sentencing.typepad.com/sentencing_law_and_policy/

Apr 26
Federal criminal justice reform bogs down again in fight over whether prison reform or broader sentencing reform moves forward

Federal criminal justice reform bogs down again in fight over whether prison reform or broader sentencing reform moves forward

Politico has this lengthy and discouraging article about the state of federal criminal justice reform under the headline "Kushner-backed prison reform bill stumbles in House." Here are excerpts: The House Judiciary Committee…
Apr 26
Texas completes its fifth execution of 2018

Texas completes its fifth execution of 2018

As reported in this AP piece, a "prisoner on Texas death row for killing a 5-year-old girl and her grandmother in a gang-related shooting at a child's birthday party in Fort Worth a decade ago was executed Wednesday evening."…
Apr 25
"6 Months Since Trump Declared an Opioid Emergency, What's Changed?" ... other than AG Sessions "strongly" encouraging capital prosecutions?

"6 Months Since Trump Declared an Opioid Emergency, What's Changed?" ... other than AG Sessions "strongly" encouraging capital prosecutions?

The quoted portion of the title of this post is the headline of this notable new Governing article, which provides this answer via a subheadline: "Some health officials say nothing. Members of Congress, meanwhile, are taking matters of…

Rank this Week: 54

ADR Prof Blog

By Andrea Schneider, Michael Moffitt, Sarah Cole, Art Hinshaw, Jill Gross, Cynthia Alkon, Paul Kirgis and Jennifer Reynolds.

http://www.indisputably.org

Apr 23
Intellectual Property and Dispute Resolution at Trade Show

Intellectual Property and Dispute Resolution at Trade Show

FOI Jean Sternlight (UNLV) brings us this conference opportunity from the city that may lay claim to the home of the most trade shows. Have you ever thought about the exciting disputes that can arise at trade shows? In Las Vegas, we…
Apr 20
Upcoming ABA DR Section Program

Upcoming ABA DR Section Program

From Ben Davis, Chair of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Dear Colleagues, Here are the upcoming programs through the end of June for the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution. Advanced Arbitration Series Webinar #6: Ethical Aspects to…
Apr 19
She’s Not Bossy, She’s the Bo

She’s Not Bossy, She’s the Bo

From my fabulous assistant Carrie, here is a lovely video from Disney Junior that I’ll be including when teaching about gender and what changes in society need to be made! For more on this, see Negotiating While…

Rank this Week: 648

Election Law @ Moritz

Information and insight on the laws governing federal, state and local elections. By the Moritz College of Law.

http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/

Apr 16
A Special Master for the Cohen Case?

A Special Master for the Cohen Case?
Mar 29
One Theory or Several?

One Theory or Several?
Jan 26
Filibusters are not for shutdown

Filibusters are not for shutdown

Rank this Week: 1169

Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform

Edited by Douglas A. Berman.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/marijuana_law/

Apr 26
Notable accounting of how hard it is to account for all the new marijuana data in legalization state

Notable accounting of how hard it is to account for all the new marijuana data in legalization state

The AP has this interesting new article about data collection and analysis in the marijuana space. The piece is headlined "Oregon Marijuana: Lots of Data, Few to Analyze and Check It: Oregon is awash in data on its marijuana industry but…
Apr 25
Does the new Medical Cannabis Research Act now have a real shot at becoming law?

Does the new Medical Cannabis Research Act now have a real shot at becoming law?

The question in the title of this post is prompted by this notable new Bloomberg article headlined "Medical Marijuana Bill Gains Backing of Key Republican in House." Here are the interesting details from the piece: House Judiciary…
Apr 25
Making a case for the FDA as the main federal agency on marijuana reform

Making a case for the FDA as the main federal agency on marijuana reform

Paul J. Larkin Jr., a senior legal research fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, has this interesting new Fox News commentary headlined "On marijuana, let the Food and Drug Administration…

Rank this Week: 2675

Law School Innovation

Covers teaching, curriculum, and classroom technology. Edited by Professors Douglas A. Berman, Anupam Chander, Gene Koo and Mark W. Osler.

http://lsi.typepad.com/lsi/

Sep 3
"Tech skills are the key to law students’ future employment ..."

"Tech skills are the key to law students’ future employment ..."

Though I have not blogged in this space for a very long time, my own long history here of discussing how I think technologies should be at the center of law school innovation prompted me to want to blog about...
Oct 20
Unkind Cuts: Shrinking the law school budget

Unkind Cuts: Shrinking the law school budget

Legal education is under strain: Fewer people are applying to law school, and those who apply are less qualified. One result of this dynamic is that law schools are admitting fewer students, in order to keep qualifications up, but that...
Sep 19
Mentoring-- innovative, practical, and achievable

Mentoring-- innovative, practical, and achievable

One of the things we do well here at St. Thomas is establish mentor relationships for our students with lawyers in the community-- every student has a mentor. Neil Hamilton and Verna Monson have done some significant and important work...

Rank this Week: 1520

Equal Vote: Election Law @ Mortiz

Covers election reform, the Voting Rights Act, the Help America Vote Act, and related topics. Special attention to the voting rights of people of color, non-English proficient citizens, and people with disabilities. Publsihed by Dan Tokaji at Moritz Colle

http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/blogs/tokaji/

Dec 18
The Wrong Approach to Election Reform

The Wrong Approach to Election Reform

The Ohio legislature yesterday approved a bill (SB 380) that would eliminate the window for early registration and absentee voting, among other things.
Nov 7
Reforming Registration

Reforming Registration

On Monday, I identified four problem areas to watch out for on Election Day: 1) lines at the polls, 2) voting equipment, 3) voter registration lists, and 4) provisional and absentee ballots. While machine breakdowns and polling place lines…
Nov 4
What We Don't Know

What We Don't Know

We now know that Barack Obama will be the 44th President of the United States of America. In the enormity of this moment in American history, the gritty details of election administration, upon which my Moritz colleagues and I spend so much…

Rank this Week: 4104

Equal Vote

Information and insight on the laws governing federal, state and local elections. By Michael E. Moritz College of Law Professor Dan Tokaji.