Paul L. Caron
Dean
Pepperdine Caruso
School of Law
Faith
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Taste And See If The Show Is Good: How A Christian Can Revel In Breaking Bad And Better Call Saul
Christianity Today, Taste and See If the Show is Good: Taste. As the saying goes, there’s no accounting for it—but Christians are certainly inclined to try. We’re told to turn our thoughts to “whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable” (Phil. 4:8). So which…
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The Young Catholic Women Bringing Back Veils
Madeleine Kearns (The Free Press), The Young Catholic Women Bringing Back Veils: Nicole Moore, 30, wears a veil to church every Sunday. Sometimes called a mantilla, these sheer head coverings are usually made of lace or silk. … Worn by women throughout the Catholic church’s history, chapel veils fell out of favor during the late…
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Over 300 Christian Leaders Sign ‘Confession Of Evangelical Conviction’ Ahead Of 2024 Election
A Call to Revival, Our Confession of Evangelical Conviction (signatories): ONE: We give our allegiance to Jesus Christ alone. We affirm that Jesus Christ is God’s Son and the only head of the Church (Colossians 1:18). No political ideology or earthly authority can claim the authority that belongs to Christ (Philippians 2:9-11). We reaffirm our dedication…
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This Week’s Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
Legal Education: Inside Higher Ed, Female Law Deans, Faculty, And Students Across The Country Are Getting Unsettling Texts Judicial Council for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, 11th Circuit Joins 5th Circuit In Dismissing Complaint Against Judges For Refusing To Hire Columbia Law Clerks Chronicle of Higher Education, These 90-Something Professors Are…
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What Bluegrass-Loving Friars Taught Me About A Life Of Faith: Put First Things First
Fox News Op-Ed: What a Rollicking Band of Billboard Charting Bluegrass-Loving Friars Taught Me About a Life of Faith, by by Mike Kerrigan (Hunton Andrews Kurth, Charlotte, NC): In August, my eyes welled with tears … as I heard The Hillbilly Thomists perform live in concert for the first time. This sensational bluegrass band, which took its name…
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Evangelicals In A Diverse Democracy: Is It Time To Let Jesus Take The Wheel?
Christianity Today: How to Find Common Ground When You Disagree About the Common Good, by John Inazu (Washington University; Google Scholar): How do Christians live faithfully and as good neighbors in a world we don’t control? In 2020, Tim Keller and I coedited a book titled Uncommon Ground. Our project convened a group of evangelical and evangelical-adjacent…
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What Is The Difference Between A Church And A Religious Organization?
Darryll K. Jones (Florida A&M), What is the Difference Between a Church and a Religious Organization? Amici line up in Support of Catholic Charities: Friends of the Court are lining up in support of Catholic Charities Bureau's Petition for Certiorari. Here is a brief recap: Wisconsin denied a religious exemption from employment taxes to the Wisconsin Catholic…
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This Week’s Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
Legal Education: Jennifer Kindred Mitchell (Baltimore) & Charlie Amiot, Rethinking Legal Education: Demystifying Neurodiversity And Building An Inclusive Future Harvard Gazette, If You Want To Be Dean, You Probably Won’t Be Good At It AccessLex, Predicting Bar Success — The Mediating Effects Of 1L Law School GPA On Undergraduate GPA And LSAT Steven Calabresi (Northwestern),…
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Fordham Conference: Forming Lawyer-Stewards — The Special Role Of Religious Law Schools
Fordham hosts a conference on Forming Lawyer-Stewards: The Special Role of Religiously Affiliated Law Schools today and tomorrow (registration): Join us at the 2024 Religiously Affiliated Law School (RALS) biennial Conference, delving into the vital concept of stewardship — a principle deeply rooted in many of the world’s major religions. Our aim is to explore…
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WaPo Op-Ed: Living For The Unremarkable Moments
Washington Post Op-Ed: Living for the Unremarkable Moments, by Anne Lamott (Author, Somehow: Thoughts on Love (2024)): Age grants us permission to be curious about every ordinary day. In the year since I began writing these little columns on getting older, I’ve seen death up close a few times. One man I know has the…
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It Is Not Best For Man To Eat Alone
Christianity Today op-ed: It Is Not Best for Man to Eat Alone, by Anna Broadway (Author, Solo Planet: How Singles Help the Church Recover Our Calling (2024)): When the waiter brought out my long-awaited high tea that day, I didn’t expect I’d still be grieving it decades later. I was 21 and enjoying my first…
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The Unbearable Lightness Of Choosing Children
Dispatch Faith, The Unbearable Lightness of Choosing Children, by Michael Reneau (The Dispatch) & Hannah Anderson (Author, Life Under the Sun: The Unexpectedly Good News of Ecclesiastes (2023)): Pronatalist arguments—that in order to be a well functioning society we need to be having more babies—are nothing new. But the resurfacing of Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance’s…
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This Week’s Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
Legal Education: Patrick Lynch (Law & Liberty), Yale Law School's Keith Whittington: ‘A Conservative Free-Speech Rock Star’ ABA Journal, St. Thomas College of Law Reinstates Fired Tenured Professor, Will Start Termination Hearings Chronicle of Higher Education Op-Ed (Noah Feldman, Harvard), Radical Legal Academics May Regret Their Attacks On The Constitution Steven Chung (Tax Attorney, Los…
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Jesus And The Powers: Christian Political Witness In 2024
Christianity Today Book Review: T. Wright: What Jesus Would Say to the ‘Empire’ Today (reviewing N.T. Wright (University of St Andrews) & Michael F. Bird (Ridley College), Jesus and the Powers: Christian Political Witness in an Age of Totalitarian Terror and Dysfunctional Democracies (2024): In a year seeing over 50 countries at the polls—half of which could shift…
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NY Times Op-Ed: Catholic Converts Like JD Vance Are Reshaping Republican Politics
New York Times Op-Ed: Catholic Converts Like JD Vance Are Reshaping Republican Politics, by Matthew Schmitz (Founder & Editor, Compact): Despite institutional decline and internal conflict, Catholicism retains a surprising resonance in American life — especially in certain elite circles. It has emerged as the largest and perhaps the most vibrant religious group at many top universities. It…
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Fall 2024 Pepperdine Law & Religion Workshop Series
Surf Report, Nootbaar Institute Course, Current Issues in Law, Faith, and Religion, Invites Leading Scholars to Pepperdine Caruso Law: Expanding on Pepperdine Caruso School of Law’s many law, faith, and religion courses, the Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion, and Ethics offered a groundbreaking new course in fall 2023, Current Issues in Law, Faith, and Religion.…
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This Week’s Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
Legal Education: USA Today Op-Ed (John Yoo, UC-Berkeley), The Leftward Ideological Slant Of Law Schools Will Degrade American Law And Erode Fundamental Rights Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), The Fall 2024 Law School Admissions Season: Applicants Are Up +5.7%, With Smallest Increase Among White Applicants Chronicle of Higher Education, Nearly 20% Of University Of Florida Faculty…
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WSJ: Elon Musk’s Walk With Jesus
Wall Street Journal, Elon Musk’s Walk With Jesus: Elon Musk is publicly offering his own interpretation of Jesus’ teachings with an Old Testament twist. “Christianity has become toothless,” the billionaire posted recently on his X social-media platform. “Unless there is more bravery to stand up for what is fair and right, Christianity will perish.” As Musk tweeted…
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NY Times Op-Ed: What The Olympics Can Teach Us About Excellence
New York Times op-ed: What the Olympics Can Teach Us About Excellence, by Brad Stulberg (Michigan; Author, The Practice of Groundedness: A Transformative Path to Success That Feeds — Not Crushes — Your Soul (2021)): We are drawn to stories of individuals who not only embody the pursuit of excellence, but also have humility. Think…
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WaPo Op-Ed: Why Don’t I Have Any Close Friends? I Live In Los Angeles.
Washington Post Op-Ed: Would You Be Mine? Could You Be Mine? Won’t You Be My Friend?, by Allison Raskin (MPsych 2023, Pepperdine): My dad was in town recently, and one morning I had to take him to urgent care. He had felt a shooting nerve pain in his arm for a few months, and it…
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This Week’s Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
Legal Education: Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Fellowships For Aspiring Law Professors (Updated 2024-25 Edition) ABA Legal Ed Counsel Changes to Proposed Accreditation Standards On Diversity, Rights Of Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Proposed Accreditation Standards On Learning Outcomes, Assessment, And 1L Faculty Sent To ABA House Of Delegates Summary Of Actions Taken At August 16 Meeting Gregory Sisk…
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The Olympics’ Most Iconic Photo Has A Christian Message
Christianity Today, The Olympics’ Most Iconic Photo Has a Christian Message: There’s a hidden Christian message behind what may be the most celebrated image of the 2024 Olympics. On July 29, in round three of the shortboard surfing competition, Brazil’s Gabriel Medina faced off against Japan’s Kanoa Igarashi, who eliminated Medina in the last Olympics.…
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Religious Teens Are Happier Than Their Secular Peers — Dramatically So For Religious Conservatives
Zach Rausch (NYU; Google Scholar), Why Are Religious Teens Happier Than Their Secular Peers?: Seth Kaplan, an author [Fragile Neighborhoods: Repairing American Society, One Zip Code at a Time (2023)] and lecturer [Johns Hopkins], spent more than two decades traveling the world. He lived or worked in 75 countries before settling down in a small…
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Inazu: Not Everything Is Cancel Culture
Dispatch Faith: Not Everything Is Cancel Culture, by Michael Reneau (The Dispatch) & John Inazu (Washington University; Google Scholar): Michael Reneau: A recent Newsweek story proclaiming “Conservative Campuses Are Facing Campus Culture Problems” became a topic of conversation in The Dispatch’s Slack channel last week, and for good reason. For years, it was mostly conservatives complaining…
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This Week’s Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
Legal Education: Chronicle of Higher Education, Federal Court Issues Injunction Prohibiting UCLA From Allowing Antisemitic Encampments To Block Jewish Students From Areas Of Campus Chronicle of Higher Education Op-Ed (Mark Moyar, Hillsdale College), A Conservative Professor On Academe’s Political Conformity Nachman Gutowski (UNLV), Ashley London (Duquesne), Steven Foster (Oklahoma City) & Taylor Israel (Thomas Jefferson),…