"Finally, something is being done to address the critical shortage of Elis in the rapidly growing field of legal education!"

Biff , talking about this .

The NYT "pounced on a murky tale about a star athlete" instead of "the erosion of due process at Yale and throughout American higher education."

Writes Peter Berkowitz in the Wall Street Journal: The [sexual assault] complaint lodged against [quarterback Patrick] Witt was part of a ne...

""[I]t’s no surprise that a visiting professor is teaching Admin; professors at Yale love to dump..."

"... the black-letter teaching duties on visitors, so the YLS tenured professors can teach 'Law and Literary Theory' or 'La...

"History of Lyrics That Aren't Lyrics."

Hey, you missed " Papa Oom Mow Mow" and the doo doo songs... Police ... and Stones ... Anybody remember when Yale Law Journal dev...

Why did Caitlin Flanagan write such a poorly supported article on fraternities and rape?

And why did the Wall Street Journal publish it? Was there a whole lot more material in the original article, which was then edited down to ...

"Universities have long told the larger culture that it must simply put up with whatever is said, however offensive, in the interest of free expression."

"Now we see more evidence that that was always a lie, a self-serving cover story that was really meant simply to protect speech that th...

Wendy Kaminer "can't find feminism" in the charges of sexual harassment aimed at Yale...

"... at least not if feminism includes independence, liberty, and power for women."  Instead I find femininity -- the assumption t...

U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights is investigating Yale "for its failure to eliminate a hostile sexual environment."

Apparently, the problem is male students: One ... incident took pace in October last year when a group of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity ple...

Jan Crawford interviews Justice Scalia at the Federalist Society annual dinner.

David Lat reports: Crawford asked Scalia if he ever found himself in a situation where he was torn between his personal conscience and his p...

When you set out to destroy someone's good name, are you responsible to the other people who happen to have that name?

Matthew C. Ryan is not the most unusual name. It's not unique, but it's also not John Smith — a name so common that when you hear s...

Robert Rauschenberg has died.

Links to obituaries to follow. Here 's an old post of mine about him, from back in 2004 : Robert Rauschenberg answers some questions fro...

The art that was obviously a hoax was a hoax.

WaPo reports: A Yale University student's senior art project, which she said documented her bleeding during repeated self-induced aborti...

Abortion as art — possibly a hoax, I think.

Maybe the real artwork is the outrage this purported activity will undoubtedly provoke: [Yale art major Aliza] Shvarts will be displaying h...

"Let's talk about the fact that with a 160 on the LSATs, Wurtzel was much better suited for Northeastern than Northwestern, let alone YLS...."

"... which raises serious questions as to their admissions standards." Adam Bonin seems kind of irked at all the attention Elizab...

"A kafuffle has broken out between Yale Constitutional Law Professor Jed Rubenfeld and self-righteous right-wing blogger 'Simon.'"

LOL. Our Simon has a quote for his banner from preening, left-wing, he's-not-Mickey blogger Stephen Kaus (who seems to be some sort of ...

What did Mukasey say about the President's power to disregard statutes?

Yale lawprof Jed Rubenfeld has a NYT op-ed. Simon wields the transcript in retaliation. Decision: Simon. UPDATE: The discussion continues ...

"The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet."

Daniel J. Solove is offering free review copies of his book "The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet...

The AutoAdmit lawsuit seems to be going nowhere.

Remember the AutoAdmit lawsuit? Click on the tag below to see some of my old posts. Yale law students sued in federal court about injury to ...

Orin Kerr devastates Frank Rich...

... with facts that Rich should be quite embarrassed not to have checked. ADDED: Rich also asserts that Thomas never turns a critical eye ...

Clarence Thomas helps "a sister" -- Anita Hill.

In his memoir, "My Grandfather's Son," Clarence Thomas repeatedly states his opposition to affirmative action, particularly be...