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29 Jan 2020, 5:12 am by Michael Simkovic
A draft judicial ethics advisory opinion would discourage judges and their clerks and staff attorneys from being members of either the conservative/libertarian Federalist Society or... [read post]
28 Jan 2020, 5:00 am by Michael Simkovic
At Taxprof blog, Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine) covers a study by James Lindgren (Northwestern) about the religious beliefs and practices of law professors. [read post]
24 Jan 2020, 9:37 am by Michael Simkovic
From Consumer Reports: "A Trump administration plan to lower automotive mileage targets for future model years that could be approved in a matter of weeks... [read post]
16 Jan 2020, 4:00 am by Michael Simkovic
Professor Lawrence Lessig recently sued The New York Times Company for defamation for incorrectly suggesting in a headline and lede that Lessig advocated soliciting donations... [read post]
15 Jan 2020, 1:15 pm by Michael Simkovic
Pro-market, a blog at the Stigler Center at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, recently published a retrospective by Robert Van Horn discussing... [read post]
6 Jan 2020, 5:59 am
Joseph Warburton (Syracuse University) and Michael Simkovic (University of Southern California), on Monday, January 6, 2020 Editor's Note: A. [read post]
20 Dec 2019, 6:38 pm by Michael Simkovic
Brian Leiter recently noted problems with Elizabeth Olson’s uncritical coverage of “Law School Transparency” (LST) in an article published in Bloomberg. [read post]
17 Dec 2019, 11:22 am by Michael Simkovic
Brian Leiter has an extremely helpful post about things that entry level candidates should think about when they receive a tenure track offer. [read post]
5 Dec 2019, 8:38 am by Michael Simkovic
The Financial Times recently published an excellent profile of Esther Duflo, a French economist who shared the Nobel Prize in Economics with two of her... [read post]
17 Aug 2019, 5:00 am by Michael Simkovic
From an essay I recently published at "The Conversation": "Students can use federal financial aid to attend any college they want, whether public or private.... [read post]
10 Jul 2019, 1:03 pm by Michael Simkovic
Citation counts and other metrics can be a useful starting point for identifying scholarship and scholars that seem promising. [read post]
13 Jun 2019, 4:00 am by Paul Caron
Panel #1 David Gamage (Indiana-Maurer), Wealth Taxation for the Super Rich Commentator: David Hasen (Florida) Michael Simkovic (USC), Wealth Taxes Commentator: Miranda Perry Fleischer (San Diego) Miranda Perry Fleischer (San Diego), Taxing Old Money Commentator: Darien Shanske (UC-Davis) Panel #2 David Hasen (Florida), Inequality and Spending Commentator: Michael Simkovic (USC)... [read post]
3 Jun 2019, 11:43 am by Michael Simkovic
In a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, Professor Philip Hamburger of Columbia calls on the federal government to impose restrictions on access to student loans... [read post]
18 Apr 2019, 8:33 pm by Michael Simkovic
In the United States, both Democratic and Republican politicians sometimes attempt to bolster their populist credibility by going after easy targets--attacking pharma companies, or doctors,... [read post]
10 Apr 2019, 5:00 am by Michael Simkovic
A rigorous new study by Ghazala Azmat and Rosa Ferrer finds that much of the difference in employment outcomes between male and female law firm... [read post]
9 Apr 2019, 12:45 pm by Michael Simkovic
AccessLex Institute released a new report, Examining Grad PLUS: Value and Cost, showing the primary criticisms of the Grad PLUS loan program—unchecked rises in tuition... [read post]
22 Mar 2019, 2:11 pm by Michael Simkovic
The advocacy group UnKoch my campus, which seeks to promote academic freedom and integrity by limiting donor control over university research, has sued George Mason... [read post]