Elon Law clears first accreditation hurdle

I am delighted to report that the American Bar Association Section of Legal Education has granted provisional approval to Elon Law School.

The truth shall set you free

Leonard Fein’s column in The Forward today caught my attention, not because of its substantive focus (the Clinton campaign’s ridiculous attempts to excuse Hillary Clinton’s fictional account of her Bosnia excursion as “misspeaking” or “mistaken remembrance”) but because of its opening paragraph:
Harvard’s motto is “Veritas” — truth. The motto of Brandeis is “Truth Unto Its [...]

Go Phoenix!

Elon University men’s basketball team will be on national television (ESPN2) this evening, battling Davidson for the Southern Conference title. This will be the first championship bid for the Phoenix; a victory will mean a first-ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
UPDATE (March 11): Alas, the Phoenix failed to rise to the occasion; but it was [...]

Economics for Dummies (i.e. Everyone)

(Thanks to Crooked Timber for the tip.)

Thanks, I would never have thought of that

Ann Bartow shares this “Crime Prevention Tip” circulated by a university’s safety office following an incident in which a male student exposed and abused himself in front several women on campus:
QUICKLY walk away from an individual exposing his genitals and do not engage in conversation with the suspect.

Acceptance

I am very pleased to report that my article, Liars & Terrorists & Judges, Oh My: Moral Panic and the Symbolic Politics of Appellate Review in Asylum Cases, will be published in the upcoming issue of the Notre Dame Law Review.

Liars & Terrorists & Judges, Oh My

Cross one item off my to-do list. Today I completed a revised draft of an article I’d been lingering over, and submitted it for publication. The article, Liars & Terrorists & Judges, Oh My: Moral Panic and the Symbolic Politics of Appellate Review in Asylum Cases (for some reason, SSRN shows only the abstract), is [...]

Santa’s little faculty helpers

Ho-ho-ho! I’m guessing it was an Elon Law student, seeking to blow of some pre-finals steam, that prepared this. “Elfin” is about the last word that anyone would use to describe me. Which goes a long way to explaining why I laughed so hard.

Question Presented: How to dispatch an LRW memo. Brief Answer: Kaboom!

As a responsible faculty member, I can’t condone this sort of behavior; but as a former law student, I can certainly understand the impulse.

(Thanks to Dave Hoffman at Concurring Opinions for the tip.)

What’s in a name? Perhaps your GPA.

According to a recent study, students whose first names begin with “A” or “B” get better grades than those whose names begin with “C” or “D”. Just one more reason I’m glad I named my son Alexander.
(Thanks to Concurring Opinions and PrawfsBlog for the tip.)