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First Amendment Challenges to Public University DEI Programs

11 May 2023, 9:00 pm by Vikram David Amar

But that notion is inconsistent with the seminal compelled-speech case, Wooley v. [read post]

More Developments in Moore (v. Harper), and the Central Role Justice Anthony Kennedy Has Played in Addressing the “Independent State Legislature” Theory (ISL) that Moore Raises

4 May 2023, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar

Immediately prior to taking the position at Illinois in 2015, Amar served as the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and a Professor of Law at the UC Davis School of Law. [read post]

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The Court Should Maintain Optionality in Resolving the So-Called “Independent State Legislature” (ISL) Theory by Granting Cert. in Huffman v. Neiman Right Away as the Justices Chew on Whether Moore v. Harper is Moot

30 Apr 2023, 9:00 pm by Vikram David Amar and Jason Mazzone

Supremes are reviewing in the pending Moore v. [read post]

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Friendly Advice for Law Schools Seeking to Inculcate Proper Free-Speech Values and Understandings in Light of the Stanford Episode with Judge Kyle Duncan: Part Two in a Series

16 Apr 2023, 9:02 pm by Vikram David Amar and Jason Mazzone

For example, a university taking and announcing a position on the (contested) issue of how easy it should be for foreign graduate students to obtain visas (something that distinctively affects the university itself—and not just its population—as an institution) seems very different to us than weighing in on the correctness of last year’s Second Amendment ruling by the Supreme Court ruling striking down New York’s public-carry law or the Court’s Dobbs ruling overturning… [read post]

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What Law Students Should Take Away from the Stanford Law School Controversy Involving Disruption of a Federal Judge’s Speech: Part One in a Series

10 Apr 2023, 9:00 pm by Vikram David Amar and Jason Mazzone

If we were to view it this way, the law would survive, according to cases such as Ward v. [read post]

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Weekend Roundup

7 Apr 2023, 9:30 pm by ernst

Penn names first female law school dean in 170-plus year history (Philadelphia Inquirer). [read post]

Legal History Blog - http://legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com/

My Report on the Baltimore Report

7 Apr 2023, 4:45 am by Leslie C. Griffin

Father Alfred Dean 30. [read post]

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[Eugene Volokh] Prof. Mark Crispin Miller's Libel Suit Against NYU Colleagues Rejected by Appellate Court

9 Mar 2023, 2:24 pm by Eugene Volokh

Congratulations to Jeremy Chase of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, who represents defendants. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

Reference Manual – Desiderata for 4th Edition – Part IV – Confidence Intervals

10 Feb 2023, 4:44 am by admin

Putting aside the idiosyncratic chapter by the late Professor Berger, most of the third edition of the Reference Manual presented guidance on many important issues. [read post]

Tortini - http://schachtmanlaw.com/blog/

Symposium Announcement—“Deeply Rooted”: Discussing the Aftermath of Dobbs 3/9

9 Feb 2023, 4:16 pm by Bridget Crawford

Wade and Planned Parenthood v. [read post]

The Faculty Lounge - https://www.thefacultylounge.org/

Secession, Marriage, and Counseling

8 Jan 2023, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger

Now former-Dean Ward Farnsworth, who generated the idea and then elicited the willing cooperation of one of the truly most remarkable people in the worldwide legal academy, Richard Albert. [read post]

Balkinization - http://balkin.blogspot.com/

Who's likely to benefit from the new USNWR law school rankings formula?

2 Jan 2023, 8:22 am by Derek T. Muller

Again, focusing just on the existing USNWR “top 50” for now:POTENTIAL LOSERS, PEER CHANGE:UC-Irvine (20 v. 37)Washington (36 v. 49)Colorado (36 v. 49)UC-Davis (24 v. 37)Wisconsin (31 v. 43)Boston College (27 v. 37)Emory (20 v. 30)There are a few others in the middle of some interest, because near the top smaller variations matter more. [read post]

Excess of Democracy - https://excessofdemocracy.com/

Who's likely to benefit from the new USNWR law school rankings formula?

2 Jan 2023, 8:22 am by Derek T. Muller

Again, focusing just on the existing USNWR “top 50” for now:POTENTIAL LOSERS, PEER CHANGE:UC-Irvine (20 v. 37)Washington (36 v. 49)Colorado (36 v. 49)UC-Davis (24 v. 37)Wisconsin (31 v. 43)Boston College (27 v. 37)Emory (20 v. 30)There are a few others in the middle of some interest, because near the top smaller variations matter more. [read post]

Excess of Democracy - http://excessofdemocracy.com

Weekly Roundup: December 16-22, 2022

23 Dec 2022, 6:30 am

Posner, Cooley LLP, on Monday, December 19, 2022 Tags: board diversity, California, Crest v. [read post]

Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance - https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu

Weekly Roundup: December 16-22, 2022

23 Dec 2022, 6:30 am

Posner, Cooley LLP, on Monday, December 19, 2022 Tags: board diversity, California, Crest v. [read post]

The Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Blog - https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/

[Eugene Volokh] Fashion Institute of Technology Ex-Dean's Libel Claim Related to Allegedly Racist Fashion Show Can Go Forward

16 Dec 2022, 8:17 am by Eugene Volokh

From the trial court decision in the case, Davis v. [read post]