Paul L. Caron
Dean
Pepperdine Caruso
School of Law
Faith
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No Earthly Cross Is Borne In Vain, For The Darkness Of Good Friday Is No Match For The Radiance Of Easter Sunday
American Greatness Op-Ed: Standing Back to See More Clearly, by Mike Kerrigan (Hunton Andrews Kurth, Charlotte, NC): I had occasion recently to reflect on the nature of suffering while consoling a friend grieving the loss of his beautiful young daughter. Like gazing at “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte,” Georges Seurat’s most famous painting in pointillist style,…
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NY Times Op-Ed: What Will American Religion Look Like On Easter 2050?
New York Times Op-Ed: It’s Easter 2050. Here’s What American Religion Looks Like., by Ross Douthat: Another Easter, another survey showing religion’s recent ebb: This one is from Gallup, confirming a deepening of the 21st-century decline in church attendance. But diminishment coexists with transformation. The kind of Christian practice that’s likely to endure and thrive…
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WSJ Op-Ed: Why Churches Are Packed On Easter Sunday
Wall Street Journal Op-Ed: Why Pews Are Packed on Easter Sunday, by Timothy Cardinal Dolan (Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York): There’s no denying it. Many Americans no longer consider themselves members of any particular religion. They may believe in God and the power of prayer, and many say they seek “spirituality,” but more and…
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This Week’s Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
Legal Education: The Atlantic, The War At Stanford LawProfBlawg, What Do Law Professor Campaign Contributions Say About Their Politics? Will Baude (Chicago), Teaching Constitutional Law In A Crisis Of Judicial Legitimacy. Law.com, ABA Proposal To Allow Accreditation Of Fully Online Law Schools Receives Overwhelming Support Chronicle of Higher Education Op-Ed (Kevin McClure), Your Pay Is…
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Palm Sunday: The Donkey, The Lion, And The Lamb
Christianity Today Devotional: Palm Sunday: The Donkey, the Lion, and the Lamb), by Mick Murray (Antioch Community Church (Waco, TX): To better understand Palm Sunday’s stark contrast—Jesus the King riding through the streets of Jerusalem on a lowly donkey—we look to Revelation. In Revelation 5, John dictates a dramatic scene where God presents a scroll…
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Grieving Without God Is One Thing. Grieving Without God’s People Is Another.
Los Angeles Times Op-Ed: Grieving Without God Is One Thing. Grieving Without God’s People Is Another., by Paul Thornton (L.A. Times Editor): How does someone grieve without God? As an atheist whose devoutly Christian mother died in August, I can answer this question with alacrity: We grieve just fine. By “fine,” I mean we run…
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Truth And Law: The Role And Mission Of A Christian Law School In Africa
Craig A. Stern (Regent; Google Scholar), Truth and Law: The Role and Mission of a Christian Law School in Africa: Integrating biblical truth into teaching the law equips students to practice law as a ministry. It also brings other considerable intellectual and professional benefits. Biblical integration should inform the role and mission of the Christian…
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This Week’s Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
Legal Education: Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), 2024-25 U.S. News Law School Rankings Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Preview Of The 2024-25 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Overall Ranking Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Reading The U.S. News Law School Rankings Tea Leaves Law.com, 2024 Law School Rankings By Graduates In BigLaw Jobs Memphis Commercial Appeal, Provost Says Former…
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Easter Devotional: Be Still In The Middle Of The Battle
Christianity Today Easter Devotional: Be Still in the Middle of the Battle, by Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt (Covenant College): The well-known instruction of Psalm 46:10, “Be still, and know that I am God,” is a popular refrain. It appears on bumper stickers, hand-lettered signs, and shareable social media content. We invoke it as an encouragement to…
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WaPo Op-Ed: The Two Best Gifts Of Aging? Softness And Illumination.
Washington Post Op-Ed: All That Is True About Aging Is Illuminated on a Walk, by Anne Lamott (Author, Somehow: Thoughts on Love (2024)): I was out today in the early morning walking with a close friend of 64 years named Shelley Adams. Despite some huge losses over time, she is always overtly positive. I don’t…
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Justice Alito Delivers Keynote Address At Dinner Celebrating Launch Of Ken Starr Institute For Faith, Law, And Public Service At Pepperdine Caruso Law
Washington Examiner, Samuel Alito Says US Legacy Is ‘Mutual Respect’ Between Religions During Speech at Ken Starr Institute Dinner: Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito believes the everlasting legacy of the United States is the “mutual respect” of diverse religious viewpoints, according to his keynote speech for the launch of Pepperdine University’s Ken Starr Institute for…
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This Week’s Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
Legal Education: Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Preview Of The 2024-25 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Student Outcomes Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Preview Of The 2024-25 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Ultimate Bar Passage Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Preview Of The 2024-25 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Employment Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Preview Of The 2024-25 U.S. News Law School…
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Purpose: What Evolution And Human Nature Imply About The Meaning Of Our Existence
Publisher's Weekly, Samuel T. Wilkinson: Humans are Meaningful by Design: Imagine a book about God with no pronouns for the deity. No mention of Jesus, heaven, hell, or salvation. Is it an atheist's dream? Not really. It's a debut trade book by a psychiatrist who embraces the science of evolution with an asterisk*. The *…
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NY Times: Men Are From Mercury, Women Are From Neptune
New York Times Op-Ed: Men Are From Mercury, Women Are From Neptune, by David French (Author, Divided We Fall: America’s Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation (2020)): Last week I had the pleasure of delivering a chapel talk at Asbury University, a Christian college in a charming small town outside of Lexington, Ky. The theme of my…
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NY Times: Biblical Beauty, Human Evil, And The Idea Of Israel
New York Times: Marilynne Robinson on Biblical Beauty, Human Evil and the Idea of Israel, by Ezra Klein: Marilynne Robinson is one of the great living novelists. She has won a Pulitzer Prize and a National Humanities Medal, and Barack Obama took time out of his presidency to interview her at length. Her fiction is…
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The Atlantic: I Didn’t Expect The Chosen To Enrich My Faith
The Atlantic: Jesus of the Small Screen: I Didn’t Expect to Find a Television Series Drawn From the Bible So Compelling, by Peter Wehner (Senior Fellow, Trinity Forum): The third season of The Chosen, a television series about the life and ministry of Jesus, includes a moving scene between Jesus, played by Jonathan Roumie, and his disciple…
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WaPo Op-Ed: A Superpower of Older Age — Powerlessness
Washington Post Op-Ed: A Superpower of Older Age: Powerlessness, by Anne Lamott (Author, Somehow: Thoughts on Love (2024)): [A] great old friend from childhood [called] to say he was hurt by something I’d done. He insisted I had dissed him to an unnamed friend. I expressed how terrible I felt that this had hurt him,…
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NY Times Op-Ed: What Is Christian Nationalism, Exactly?
New York Times Op-Ed: What Is Christian Nationalism, Exactly?, by David French (Author, Divided We Fall: America’s Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation (2020)): If you’re alarmed by the rise of Christian nationalism, the single worst thing you can do is define it too broadly. If you define it too broadly, then you’re telling millions of…
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This Week’s Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
Legal Education: New York Sun, Donna Adelson Feuded With Murder Victim Dan Markel Over Kosher Meals For Her Grandchildren Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Preview Of The 2024-25 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Median LSAT Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Preview Of The 2024-25 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Median UGPA Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Preview Of…
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What A Murdered Russian Dissident Can Teach Us About Moral Courage
Russell Moore (Christianity Today Op-Ed), What a Murdered Russian Dissident Can Teach Us About Moral Courage: Alexei Navalny was willing to stand alone—knowing he’d never be alone in the bigger story. Russian president Vladimir Putin murdered another Christian this week. It was just another day in Putin’s supposed project of protecting “the Christian West” from…
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Jordan Peterson, God, And Christianity
Religion News Service, Jordan Peterson Wrestles With God: In a new lecture tour to support a forthcoming book, the psychologist and public intellectual hews ever closer to Christianity, tantalizing fans who take their cues on converting from his secular but religiously curious thought. Jordan Peterson, the controversial Canadian psychologist, bestselling author and champion of manhood,…
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NY Times Op-Ed: ‘Grace Is A Participation In The Life Of God’
New York Times Op-Ed: To Deepen Love, Consider Duty, by Valerie Pavilonis: Is [it] a sign of adulthood, to become aware of your own limitations, as well as to welcome someone to witness those limitations? When I was around 13, my grandparents, nearly 90 years old, had reached the point that they could no longer…
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Christian Legal Society Law School Fellows Washington, D.C. Program (May 19-25) For 1Ls And 2Ls
Designed for first- and second-year law students, the Fellows program is a one-week, all expenses paid opportunity to join Christians from across the country in a formative time of lectures, group discussions, and community building activities in the heart of our nation's capital. Join top instructors and legal practitioners as we delve together into the…
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This Week’s Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
Legal Education: Chronicle of Higher Education, Former Penn President Shatters Record For Highest-Paid College President: $22,866,127 Philadelphia Inquirer, Amy Wax Appeals Sanctions Imposed By Penn Faculty Senate (1-Year Suspension At 50% Pay, Loss Of Chair) Inside Higher Ed, Colorado Settles Discrimination And Retaliation Lawsuit By Paying Senior Tenured Law Prof $60,000 Plus $100,000 Attorney’s Fees …
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NY Times Op-Ed: Finding God Through The Divine Language Of Mathematics
New York Times Op-Ed: Math Is the Answer to More Than One Question, by Alec Wilkinson (Author, A Divine Language: Learning Algebra, Geometry, and Calculus at the Edge of Old Age) (2023): I am surprised at this late stage, in my 70s, to be thinking about God. In my defense, I might say that I…