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Columbia Law Review article critical of Israel sparks battle between student editors and their board − highlighting fragility of academic freedom

Editors of Columbia Law Review, a prominent journal run by students from the prestigious university’s law school, say the publication’s board of directors urged them on June 2, 2024, to refrain from publishing an article critical of Israel.

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Why are America’s elite universities so afraid of this scholar’s paper?

The Columbia Law Review website was temporarily shut down after it published a Palestinian human rights lawyer’s article proposing a new way to understand Palestinian life under Israeli rule

The Guardian - US

Lawsuit Filed by Jewish Students Against UCLA

The case is Frankel v. Regents, filed yesterday; two of the plaintiffs are UCLA law students. (I have not been involved in the lawsuit, and first heard about it today, the day after it was filed.) The allegations mostly relate to actions outside the law school, but some mention the…

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What to watch for in Trump trial’s closing arguments, from a law school professor who teaches and studies them

After more than four weeks of often sordid testimony, accusations of lying and even a warning from Judge Juan M. Merchan to a witness to stop giving him the side-eye, lawyers in the hush-money case involving former President Donald Trump are expected to make their closing arguments on May 28,…

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University of Georgia pulls out of ‘Cop City’ lawsuit requesting public records

Dean of law school orders first amendment clinic to curtail core work, including on Atlanta Police Foundation case

The Guardian - US

Columbia Law Graduates Confident Despite Conservative Judges' Boycott

Columbia Law School stands firm in supporting graduates amidst conservative judges' boycott over Israel-Palestine conflict stance.

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‘Media firestorm’: Israel protest at professor’s home sparks heated free-speech debate

Controversy followed a viral video of pro-Palestinian students interrupting a dinner held by a Berkeley free-speech defender

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NLSIU announces Rajiv K. Luthra Foundation grant

The National Law School of India University (NLSIU) on Friday announced the Rajiv K. Luthra Foundation grant which will support the renovation of the academic wing of the Old Academic Block (OAB) and the endowment of two gold medals in lawyer Rajiv K. Luthra’s name and the establishment of an…

The Hindu

NLSIU announces grant from JSW Group for research centre, redevelopment and expansion of academic block

The National Law School of India University (NLSIU) on Friday announced a grant from the JSW Group which will fund the establishment of the ‘JSW Centre on the Future of Law,’ a research centre.

The Hindu

Students Don't Have a Right to Use Public University Social Events for Their Own Political Orations,

whether at administrators' homes or in law school classrooms.

Reason

First Thing: US to require background checks for gun sales online and at shows

Historic action closes loophole and bolsters Biden administration’s fight against gun violence. Plus: the true price of Indonesia’s booming nickel industry

The Guardian - UK

He got a college degree in prison. Now he’s off to a prestigious law school

In a historic achievement, Benard McKinley, 39, was accepted to Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Chicago

The Guardian - US

Suzanna Sherry on DEI/Critical Race Theory and Antisemitism

Professor Sherry is an emerita professor at Vanderbilt Law School. Back in 1997, she and Professor Daniel Farber wrote a book, Beyond All Reason, critiquing Critical Race Theory. Perhaps their most controversial argument was that Critical Race Theory, in denying that there was such a thing as objective merit, and…

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Voices for Liberties Papers on Freedom of Speech, Civil Rights, and Social Progress

I am the Executive Director of the Scalia Law School's Law & Liberty Center. Our most significant current project at the Center is "Voices for Liberty," which our website describes as follows: "While some view freedom of speech as detrimental to minority groups, others champion it as a necessary condition…

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"Seven Questions on Section 3: A Response to Professor Kurt Lash"

A reply to Prof. Kurt Lash's response to the brief by Profs. Akhil Amar & Vikram Amar.

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Universal Injunctions, Congressional Capacity, and Filibuster Reform

Today I participated in a Rappaport Forum discussion at Harvard Law School titled "Rule by One Judge: The Question of Universal Injunctions." My fellow participant was Professor Mila Sohoni, and our moderator was Professor Guy-Uriel Charles. It was an excellent discussion, and you can watch it here. Two of the…

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ABA Adopts New Academic Freedom / Freedom of Expression Requirement for Law School Accreditation

This apparently just happened; here's the full American Bar Association standard (and see this ABA Journal article): Standard 208: Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression [a] A law school shall adopt, publish, and adhere to written policies that protect academic freedom. A law school's academic freedom policies shall: [1] Apply…

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Protesters Removed, Arrested as Greece Debates Private Universities

Students protesting against government plans to allow private universities were removed from a law school in Greece. 12 arrests were made, and further demo...

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Thoughts on the Declining Numbers of SCOTUS Clerks Becoming Law Professors

One track became two.

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Prof. Jeannie Suk Gersen (Harvard Law) on The Future of Academic Freedom

An excerpt from this article in Saturday's New Yorker (the whole thing is much worth reading): Sometime in the twenty-tens, it became common for students to speak of feeling unsafe when they heard things that offended them…. [C]olleagues at other schools [besides the law school] within Harvard and elsewhere feared…

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Mandatory DEI Trainings and Academic Freedom

A recent story out of the University of Wisconsin Law School offers an opportunity to consider the potential tensions between mandatory Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) trainings and academic freedom, particularly in legal education.

Fortune

How managers can issue a return to office making employees feel untrustworthy

Harvard Law School's Sheila Heen says employers need to think intentionally about why they want staff back in the office.

Chicago Sun-Times

Exonerated after 42 years in prison, two cousins look forward to fresh start in 2024

David Ayala and James Soto, wrongfully convicted of a 1981 double slaying in McKinley Park, get new suits from Project Gentlemen Image & Grooming Studio in Bridgeport.

Reason

Clarence Thomas: The Best and Most Incorruptible Supreme Court Justice in U.S. History

116 people have served on the Supreme Court and Justices Thomas is the best

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