Paul L. Caron
Dean
Pepperdine Caruso
School of Law
Legal Ed News
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Feb. 14 Dan Markel Murder Trial Postponed Until May To Give CIA Analyst Time To Analyze Recording Of Conversation Between Katherine Magbanua And Charlie Adelson
Tallahassee Democrat, Dan Markel Murder: Magbanua Trial Postponed Until May; Judge Says 'I Don't Have Any Choice': Katherine Magbanua’s murder trial won’t happen until May after a Leon County Circuit Judge reluctantly granted a continuance just two weeks from when jurors were to be seated. After both Magbanua’s defense team and prosecutors with the State…
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NY Times: Georgetown Suspends Lecturer Who Criticized Biden’s Vow To Put Black Woman On Supreme Court
Following up on my previous posts (links below): New York Times, Georgetown Suspends Lecturer Who Criticized Vow to Put Black Woman on Court: Georgetown University’s law school placed a newly hired administrator on leave on Monday after he said on Twitter that President Biden would nominate not “the objectively best pick” but a “lesser Black…
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Legal Ed News
Above the Law, An In-Person Bar Exam With No COVID Precautions? Yikes! Above the Law, Bar Tabs: Let’s Talk About Debt, Baby! Above the Law, New Bar Exam Will Be Entirely Digital, Kick Paper To The Curb BU Today, White House Honors Angela Onwuachi-Willig, Other Law School Deans for Helping to Avert Eviction Crisis Law.com,…
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Georgetown BLSA Demands Incoming Professor’s Job Offer Be Rescinded Over Tweet That Biden’s SCOTUS Pick Will Be A ‘Lesser Black Woman’
Following up on Friday's post, Ilya Shapiro, On Heels Of Georgetown Law Hiring, Faces Uproar Over Tweeting That Biden's SCOTUS Pick Will Be A 'Lesser Black Woman':
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More Commentary On The Amy Wax Controversy At Penn (Part 2)
Following up on last week’s post, More Commentary On The Amy Wax Controversy At Penn, Part 1: Philadelphia Inquirer Op-Eds: Should Penn Revoke Tenure For Controversial Law Professor Amy Wax Over Racist Comments? | Pro/Con: Apratim Vidyarthi (Penn 3L), Yes: Amy Wax Cannot Fulfill Her Duties as a Professor Keith Whittington (Princeton), No: Academic Freedom Cannot…
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Pepperdine Pixie Dust
One of my favorite things about my job is having the opportunity to go to AALS and ABA dean meetings. I love to rub elbows (albeit virtually the past two years) with great people and learn things that I can take back to use at Pepperdine. At this year's AALS Deans Forum on Transitions: Crisis…
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The Deflating Reality Of Life On The Tenure Track: Teaching, Scholarship, Service, Faith — And Dog-Walking To Pay The Rent In L.A.
Chronicle of Higher Education op-ed: The Deflating Reality of Life on the Tenure Track, by Sarah Emanuel (Assistant Professor, Loyola Marymount University): Outside are the dogs. Revelation 22:15 On Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, at around 7:30 a.m., I leave my two-bedroom apartment in Venice, Calif., wearing a sweatsuit, a beanie, and Blundstones. Upon entering my car,…
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Law Schools Need To Get Serious About The Work Of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Belinda Dantley (Assistant Dean, Office of Diversity Equity Inclusion, Saint Louis University School of Law) & Lisa Sonia Taylor (Assistant Dean, Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Affinity Relations, American University Washington College of Law), The Bottom Line: Law Schools Need To Get Serious About the Work Of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (press release): North American…
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Akron, Cleveland State Law School Merger Falls Through
Following up on my previous post, Akron, Cleveland State Explore Merger To Create Ohio's Largest Law School In 2021: Ideastream Public Media, U Akron, Cleveland State Law School Merger Falls Through: Discussions of a merger between the law schools at the University of Akron and Cleveland State University are officially over. Crain’s Cleveland Business reports…
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Ilya Shapiro, On Heels Of Georgetown Law Hiring, Faces Uproar Over Tweeting That Biden’s SCOTUS Pick Will Be A ‘Lesser Black Woman’
Christine Charnosky (Law.com), Ilya Shapiro, on Heels of Georgetown Law Hiring, Tweets That Biden's SCOTUS Pick Will Be a 'Lesser Black Woman': Less than a week after being announced as the new executive director of Georgetown Law’s Center for the Constitution, Ilya Shapiro tweeted yesterday that Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan of the Court of Appeals for the D.C.…
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Tenured Professor Suspended For Using Redacted Slurs In Law School Exam Sues University of Illinois-Chicago
Following up on my previous posts (links below): Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Lawsuit: Professor Suspended For Redacted Slurs in Law School Exam Sues University of Illinois Chicago: University forces professor into sensitivity course — that uses the exact same redacted slur in the training materials … Law professor Jason Kilborn forges ahead in…
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Law School Ethics Becomes ‘Real,’ Tackles Covid, Social Justice
Bloomberg Law, Law School Ethics Becomes ‘Real,’ Tackles Covid, Social Justice: Standard legal ethics courses, long considered dry and theoretical by many students, have experienced a renaissance over the past two years due to the pandemic and an increased focus on social justice. Law school professional responsibility professors say they’ve shifted the focus of their…
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Cleveland City Council Unanimously Urges Cleveland State To Remove John Marshall From Law School’s Name
Following up on my previous post, Pressure Builds To Remove John Marshall From Cleveland State Law School’s Name: Cleveland.com, Cleveland City Council Urges CSU Law School to Remove Name of John Marshall: Cleveland City Council Monday unanimously passed a resolution urging Cleveland State University to remove the name of slaveholder U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice…
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The Great Faculty Disengagement
Chronicle of Higher Education op-ed: The Great Faculty Disengagement, by Kevin R. McClure (North Carolina) & Alisa Hicklin Fryar (Oklahoma): Faculty members aren’t leaving in droves, but they are increasingly pulling away. As many observers have pointed out, the “Great Resignation” doesn’t perfectly capture what’s happening in the U.S. labor market. Data suggest many people, especially those…
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U.S. Tax Court’s Tax Trailblazers: Judge Mary Ann Cohen
U.S. Tax Court's Diversity & Inclusion Series, Tax Trailblazers: Mentoring the Next Generation: Please join the United States Tax Court as its Tax Trailblazers series continues with Chief Judge Maurice B. Foley interviewing Judge Mary Ann Cohen, the Tax Court’s first female Chief Judge. Today at 7:00-8:15 PM EST (register here). Judge Mary Ann Cohen…
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As The Pandemic Drags On, Law Professors Are Making Changes
ABA Journal, As the Pandemic Drags On, Law Professors Are Making Changes: [L]aw professors say the pandemic changed how they interact with students, and many find themselves sharing personal information they may not have previously shared. That’s partially due to the chaos of COVID-19, but it’s also a way for faculty to convince students they…
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More Commentary On The Amy Wax Controversy At Penn (Part 1)
Tat Bellamy-Walker (NBC News), Penn Law to Sanction Professor Who Said U.S. ‘Better Off’ With Fewer Asians Christine Charnosky (Law.com), Amy Wax, Academic Freedom and Accountability Christine Charnosky (Law.com), 'Her Detractors Do Not Have to Invite Her to Dinner!': Pursuit of Sanctions Against Penn Law Prof Amy Wax Proves Divisive Daily Pennsylvanian, Penn Law to…
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7th Circuit Vacates Reprimand After University Of Illinois Law Grad Cites Financial Hardship Caused By $543,000 Student Loan Debt
ABA Journal, Lawyer With Over $543K in Student Debt Gets Reprimand Vacated After Telling Court of Financial Hardship: A federal appeals court has vacated its reprimand of a lawyer who skipped oral arguments in a late-settled case, citing information provided in her request for reconsideration. In a Jan. 14 order, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of…
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2020-21 Moot Court Rankings
UC Hastings Takes Moot Court Crown, Nat'l Jurist, Fall 2021, at 18: According to an annual ranking by University of Houston Law Center’s Blakely Advocacy Institute, UC Hastings racked up 127.5 points in moot court competitions during the 2020-21 academic year. (The score takes into account the quality of the competitions, their size and the…
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Koppelman: What Yale Law School Teaches — Inadvertently — About The Appropriate Role Of Diversity Officials
Following up on my previous posts (links below): Andrew Koppelman (Northwestern), What Yale Law School Teaches — Inadvertently — About the Appropriate Role of Diversity Officials: Yale Law School’s disastrous mishandling of a discrimination complaint actually shows that diversity officials can do valuable work — if we consider what they should have done. As the bitter controversy continues over…
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Magbanua’s Defense Team Seeks To Call Adelson Family As Witnesses In Feb 14 Dan Markel Murder Trial
Tallahassee Democrat, Magbanua's Defense Team Looking to Call Adelson Family as Witnesses in Markel Murder Trial: Prosecutors are objecting to Katherine Magbanua’s defense attorneys calling alleged co-conspirators in Dan Markel’s murder as witnesses in her upcoming trial because they may have invoked their rights against self-incrimination. Magbanua’s second trial on charges of first-degree murder, conspiracy…
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Heather Gerken Reappointed Dean Of Yale Law School For Another 5-Year Term
Office of the President, Announcement — Reappointment of Dean Heather Gerken: Dear Members of the Yale Law School Community,I am very pleased to announce the reappointment of Heather Gerken, Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law, as dean of Yale Law School for a second term of five years, effective July 1, 2022, pending approval…
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Penn Law Dean Starts Process That Could Lead To Sanctions On Professor Amy Wax
Following up Saturday's post, Debate Intensifies Over Potential Discipline For Penn Law Prof Amy Wax: Philadelphia Inquirer, Penn Law Dean Starts Process That Could Lead to Sanctions on Professor Amy Wax: The University of Pennsylvania’s law school dean Tuesday announced he would initiate a process that could lead to sanctions against long-time law professor Amy…
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Pressure Builds To Remove John Marshall From Cleveland State Law School’s Name
Following up on my previous post, Cleveland State Law School Seeks Comments On Removing Chief Justice John Marshall From Its Name: Cleveland.com, Pressure Building to Change Name of CSU’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Because Namesake Owned Slaves: Pressure is mounting to change the name of Cleveland State University’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law because of its…
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Legal Ed News
ABA Journal, As Law Schools Admit More Students, Will There Be Enough Jobs? ABA Journal, Institute For Well-Being in Law Will Host First Virtual Conference Later This Month ABA Journal, The 2021 Class of Summer Associates Was 'Most Diverse Ever Measured in Every Way,' New NALP Report Says ABA Journal, While NCBE Sticks With In-Person…