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Brian Leiter is upset about blog traffic

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Posted by    Friday, November 18, 2011 at 7:25pm

I have been warned almost since I started blogging that one of these days I would show up on University of Chicago Law School Professor Brian Leiter’s radar and that his world-renowned pettiness and nastiness would be visited upon me.

But at least I’m in good company [added: link broken a/o 11-21-2011 10:45...

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George Mason U. Law School Dean gets it right

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Posted by    Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at 12:18pm

George Mason University School of Law is considered “conservative,” at least by law school standards.

So when CAIR played the Islamophobe card and demanded that the school shut down a speech by Nonie Darwish , Dean Daniel Polsby said

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Widener law prof. lawsuit to stay in DE county Christine O’Donnell won 57-40

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Posted by    Sunday, September 25, 2011 at 10:58am

I have posted numerous times before about the case of Lawrence Connell, the Widener Law School Professor who was placed on one-year unpaid leave and forced to undergo a psychiatric examination as a condition of return.

The sanctions imposed by Dean Linda Ammons were so controversial that a high profile alumnus and major...

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Widener Law School fundraising leader criticizes sanctions imposed on Prof. Lawrence Connell

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Posted by    Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 6:15pm

I previously posted about the resignation of Capt. (Ret.) Robert P. Taishoff, a major donor to Widener Law School and Chair of the school’s fundraising campaign, Widener Law School loses major donor over Connell case.

I indicated that I had seen the text of Taishoff’s resignation communication, and that it was clear he...

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Widener Law School loses major donor over Connell case

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Posted by    Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 8:35am

I posted on Saturday about Alumni Resignations at Widener Law School In Wake of Connell Case.

I noted that Widener had confirmed that “[a] member of the Board of Overseers for the School of Law and a member of the School of Law Campaign Subcommittee have stepped down from those roles for...

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Anonymity and intolerance

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Posted by    Sunday, August 21, 2011 at 10:59am

Hey, I missed this controversy until it was over.

Via Instapundit (who is not anonymous), an anonymous law professor blogger created a blog called Inside The Law School Scam.  For about two weeks the anonymous...

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Alumni Resignations at Widener Law School In Wake of Connell Case

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Posted by    Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 10:43am

The fallout from the handling of the case of Prof. Lawrence Connell is starting to be felt at Widener Law School.

Widener has confirmed that two members of Widener Law School’s Board of Overseers and fundraising subcommittee have resigned.  In an e-mail to me, Widener’s Director of Public Relations wrote:

That is not...

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More on the Widener Law School controversy

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Posted by    Friday, August 19, 2011 at 10:25am

As you know, I have been following the case of Widener Law School Professor Lawrence Connell for several months.

Connell claimed that he was singled out by two students for false accusations of racism and sexism, and that the Widener administration backed the students without bothering with a thorough investigation, because Connell was one...

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Liberal women, conservative men, and “anger management”

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Posted by    Sunday, August 7, 2011 at 12:02pm

Yesterday I reported how the Dean of Widener Law School, Linda Ammons, had sentenced conservative law professor Lawrence Connell to a psychiatric evaluation and “anger management” therapy:

Professor Connell will comply with all conditions and recommendations issued by the psychiatrist/psychologist, including, without limitation, appropriate counseling and anger management, prior to the lifting...

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Widener Law School goes Soviet, demands law professor undergo psychiatric evaluation

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Posted by    Saturday, August 6, 2011 at 10:00am

Lawrence Connell is a tenured law professor at Widener Law School in Delaware.  I have noted in prior posts that Connell was accused of a wide range of racist and sexist conduct directed at students in his classes and at Dean Linda Ammons (because of hypothetical examples Connell used in class).

Connell...

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Widener Law Prof. Lawrence Connell Wins Dismissal Case

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Posted by    Thursday, July 21, 2011 at 2:41pm

I have written several times about the ordeal of Widener Law Professor Lawrence Connell, who was given notice of dismissal after he used a hypothetical example...

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Polyamory – at least be honest about it

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Posted by    Thursday, July 21, 2011 at 11:05am

I told you so:

Once society decides that one-man, one-woman no longer is the “arbitrary” standard, on what rational basis do we stop at one-and-one?

Jonathan Turley in The New York Times, One Big, Happy Polygamous Family:

…. Utah and eight other states make polygamy a crime, while 49 states have bigamy statutes that can...

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Go to law school only if …

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Posted by    Sunday, July 17, 2011 at 11:00am

I don’t talk much about law schools here.   I try not to bring work home, so to speak.

But this article at The New York Times, Law School Economics: K...

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“your comments about spiking footballs seem distinctly un-professorial”

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Posted by    Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 8:15am

In my post yesterday about the Wisconsin Supreme Court overturning Judge Sumi, I opined:

This is a sweeping victory for Republicans and Gov. Scott Walker. (And for my prior legal anaylsis, but that’s another matter. I’ll be spiking the football, for sure.)

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Okay, analysis done, now I spike the football by referencing my prior posts…

In...

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Is This Any Way To Run A Law School?

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Posted by    Monday, May 30, 2011 at 9:39am

I previously posted about the lawsuit by Widener Law School Professor Lawrence Connell.  Widener is seeking to terminate Connell after Connell used a hypothetical example in his criminal law class of the...

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