Crossposted from Jurist Forum - http://jurist.org/forum/2011/07/davis-duff-ware-debt-ceiling.php
JURIST Contributing Editor Benjamin Davis of the University of Toledo College of Law, joined by...
Under-educated State Legislatures? (Part I): Do They Explain Funding Cuts to Higher Education?
By Lisa R. Pruitt
The Chronicle of Higher Education this week released data summarizing the tertiary education (or lack thereof) of state legislators across the...
Downsides to Class Privilege? Hardly a Trend
By Lisa R. Pruitt
Two recent news reports from very different parts of the world shared this theme: Affluence can have its drawbacks.
The first story was Michael Wines, “Execution in a...
False Dichotomies of Class (Part II): Material versus Cultural
By Lisa R. Pruitt
I responded last month to Martha McCluskey’s ClassCrits post, “Class as a Category of Vulnerability and Inequality.” In that initial response, I asserted that...
A Tribute to Professor Margaret Alarid Montoya
This semester marks the end of Professor Margaret Montoya’s law teaching career at UNM School of Law. Professor Montoya will leave the Law School to serve full-time as Senior Advisor to Chancellor Paul Roth at Health Sciences for one more year prior to her retirement. This is my final salute to an inspiration, a valued colleague, a fierce voice, an innovative teacher, a renowned and prolific scholar and a friend. Her remarkable achievements are truly tremendous and she leaves both a legacy and a huge impression in our legal landscape that will take an effort to fill.
Elitism and Education (Part IV): Admission Office Bias Against Rural Students?
By Lisa R. Pruitt
In a prior post about Thomas Espenshade and Alexandria Walton Radford’s book, No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal: Race and Class in...
Elitism and Education (Part III): Working Class Whites and Elite College Admissions
By Lisa R. Pruitt
Parts I and II of this series appeared in August, 2010 here and here.
Ever since Ross Douthat discussed No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal: Race and Class in Elite College...
False Dichotomies of Class (Part I): Mobility versus Mobilization
By Lisa R. Pruitt
Martha McCluskey wrote a couple of weeks ago on the ClassCrits Blog about some questions regarding class that arose at Martha Fineman’s recent workshop, Masking and...
Widening Spatial Inequality and What to Do About It
by Lisa R. Pruitt
Wealth and income inequality have been getting a lot of attention in recent months--at least in the New York Times. Op-Ed columnist Bob Herbert has been especially...
Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say: A Lesson in Clear Communication
By Olympia Duhart
In my legal research and writing class, I spend a great deal of time trying to teach my 1Ls to steer clear of ambiguity in their communication. At the core, I...