am sitting at a table along with some of the legal publishers at the AALS Workshop for New Law Teachers and the excitement in seeing candidates whom I’ve met at the SALT-LatCrit junior faculty development workshops, the People of Color programs, and the recent SALT “Breaking In” programs walk into the Mayflower Hotel as new law teachers is fantastic!
Illinois Dept. of Revenue Proves Civil Unions are Not Equal
By Anthony Niedwiecki, The John Marshall Law School
In the push for marriage equality, LGBT activists often point to hospital visitation, inheritance rights, and tax benefits as some of the...
Implications of Today’s U.S. Supreme Court Decision in AEP v. Connecticut for Climate Change Regulation
In an 8-0 decision authored by Justice Ginsburg (with Justice Sotomayor recusing herself), the U.S. Supreme Court held that “the Clean Air Act and the EPA actions it authorizes displace any...
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...
High Court Opinions in the Age of Digital Reproduction: Soliciting Sympathy or Antipathy?
Written by SpearIt
Last month in Brown v. Plata, the Supreme Court held that prison overcrowding in California caused conditions that violated the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel...
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...
Teachers as Students — How to Make it Work
By Olympia Duhart
There is a popular adage about teachers that I think of almost every single time I attend a teaching conference or workshop: “Teachers make terrible students.”
And,...
What about an Immig-Corps?
Written by Stacy Caplow, Brooklyn Law School
We need a structured program for recent law graduates to provide legal services to poor, unrepresented...
Courting Justice—Who Teaches Judges?
Written by Hazel Weiser
As the U.S. Supreme Court winds down its term with several more controversial split decisions yet to come, we are reminded once again of how important an independent...
Meet Our Members: A Q & A with Professor Douglas Colbert on Access to Justice
Professor Douglas Colbert
Meet Our Members: A Q & A with Professor Douglas Colbert on Access to Justice
Interview by Olympia...