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The Development of the Decade in Legal Academia?

Joseph Blocher asks an intriguing question. (And answers "blogging.") Brian Leiter surveys. My answer: the U.S. News, even though it...

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The Ethics of 'Exploding Offers' to Faculty Candidates

Dan Markel (Florida State), How Much Time Should a Job Offer be Open to Avoid Being Thought of as "Exploding?" Michael Froomkin (Miami), Exploding Offers Are Evil Brian Leiter (Chicago), What Constitutes an "Exploding Offer"? Dan Filler (Drexel), Are Exploding Offers So Bad? Jennifer Mnookin (UCLA), Law Teaching and "Exploding...

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The government of New South Wales are...

The government of New South Wales are trying out the teaching of ethics to primary school children much to the disappointment of the Inter-Church Commission on Religious Education in Schools . Churches disappointed by the teaching of moral philosophy in schools? I'm shocked and totally suprised by that news. (From Brian Leiter )

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How to write a critical review

Via Brian Leiter's blog I came across this hilarious assessment of Cornel West, the man and the memoir, by Scott McLemee. Whatever your opinion of West - good, bad or none, the review is highly recommended. Rarely have I come...

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How the U.S. News Rankings Influence Law Schools

Read all about it here: Fear of Falling: The Effects of U.S. News & World Report Rankings on U.S. Law Schools, by Michael Sauder and Wendy Espeland. Via links from Brian Leiter. Copyright © 2009 This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. The use of this feed on other websites breaches copyright. [...]