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Becher & Alarie: Superjustice: Law in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Samuel I. Becher (Victoria U. Wellington) and Benjamin Alarie (Toronto), Superjustice: Law in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (forthcoming 2026): J…
Read MoreFrom the Bookshelves: How to Lead Academic Departments Successfully
It struck me that this book might be of interest to law school leaders. How to Lead Academic Departments Successfully Second Edition 2025 Edited by Ad…
Read MoreRamamurti on the Democrats’ Ambitious, Controversial New Tax Proposals
Perry Bacon (The New Republic) interviews Bharat Ramamurti on “all this tax news on the Democratic side—big tax plans, federal, state, wealth ta…
Read MoreNational Jurist: Top law schools for estate planning law
On April 1, National Jurist listed its Top law schools for estate planning law. Here is a selection from that list compiled by the National Jurist: To…
Read MoreSSRN Review & Roundup: Marks Reviews Georgakopoulos, Tarkington & Crawford’s Spousal Economic Abuse: Tax Complicity and Solutions
This week, Noah H. Marks (UNC) reviews a new article by Nicholas L. Georgakopoulos (Indiana), Margaret Tarkington (Indiana), and Bridget Crawford (Pac…
Read More2026-27 U.S. News Clinical Training Rankings
The new 2026-27 U.S. News Clinical Training Rankings include the clinical training law programs at 185 law schools (the faculty survey had a 60% respo…
Read MoreBook of the Week
What lessons should we draw from the fact that so many of our routine ways of building legal culture (e.g. powerful appellate courts; law schools as s…
Read MoreHackney: Arts Tax Policy
Philip Hackney (Pittsburgh), Arts Tax Policy: Democracy or Plutocracy?, 60 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2026), U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Resear…
Read MoreLSAC: 2025 1L Class Was Largest in Recent Years, but First-Gen College Grad Representation Declines Again
The Quote of the Day from Above the Law offers much food for thought: This should serve as a wake-up call to everyone in legal education. This shift i…
Read MoreDOJ Independence
In the week when our President fired the Attorney General amidst speculation that her sin was failure to more aggressively prosecute his political ene…
Read MoreGoulder: Can Consumers Recoup IEEPA Tariffs From Importers?
Robert Goulder, Can Consumers Recoup IEEPA Tariffs From Importers? (Tax Notes Today, Int’l, April 10, 2026) The one-year anniversary of Presiden…
Read MoreWho’s Woke Now
Elise Stefanik has penned a new book, Poisoned Ivies: The Inside Account of the Academic and Moral Rot at America’s Elite Universities, which sh…
Read More2026-27 U.S. News Business/Corporate Law Rankings
The new 2026-27 U.S. News Business/Corporate Law Rankings include the business/corporate law programs at 195 law schools (the faculty survey had a 47%…
Read MoreTeaching Tidbit of the Week: Navigating the Dog Days of the Spring Semester
I begin this post from the premise that law teachers have the best job imaginable. We have reasonable teaching loads compared, for example, to our und…
Read MoreCauble Presents “The Channels of Tax Law (Mis)Information” Today At Duke
Emily Cauble (Wisconsin) presents The Channels of Tax Law (Mis)Information at Duke today, as part of its Tax Policy Seminar hosted by Larry Zelenak: T…
Read MoreLi Presents “State-Centrism in International Taxation: Rationale and Ramifications” Today At Toronto
Jinyan Li (York University) presents State-Centrism in International Taxation: Rationale and Ramifications at Toronto, as part of its&n…
Read MoreEdutopia: Effective Ways to Facilitate PD for Teacher Growth
Kasey Short (Edutopia), Effective Ways to Facilitate PD for Teacher Growth: To help teachers realize their potential, school leaders can create system…
Read MoreLow-Income Families, High-Income Taxpayers, and a Looming Fiscal Crisis: A Tribute to Len Burman
Donald C. Lubick Symposium to honor the career of Len Burman, cofounder of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center and its director for many years. …
Read MoreEd Week: Dear Administrators: Here Are 7 Things Teachers Want You to Know
Madeline Will (Education Week), Dear Administrators: Here Are 7 Things Teachers Want You to Know (May 24, 2023) In this short essay, a K-12 teacher i…
Read More2026-27 U.S. News Tax Rankings
The new 2026-27 U.S. News Tax Rankings include the tax programs at 194 law schools (the faculty survey had a 52% response rate). Here are the Top 50: …
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