[UPDATE: A week later, the principal said he had erred, and apologized.] Here’s a letter from the principal of Great Neck North High School, on Long Island: January 31, 2013 We write this letter to inform you of a situation in our community about which we have deep concerns. There is a store front temple […]
Archive | February, 2013
More New Law Schools Opening
By Kenneth Anderson on February 1, 2013 2:49 pm in Academia, Law School Tuition and Loans, Law Schools
Coming on top of news of the sharp declines in law school applications, the Wall Street Journal reports today on new law schools opening. The headline captures it: “A Crop of New Law Schools Opens Amid a Lawyer Glut.” Jennifer Smith reports that thought law school applications are at “their lowest in a decade,” a […]
What to Do When Illiberal, Anti-Democratic Forces Take Power Through the Democratic Process
When Hosni Mubarak’s dictatorship began to collapse two years ago, I expressed the fear that the ultimate outcome might be a new Egyptian government more oppressive than the old. The main reasons for my concern were that illiberal radical Islamists were far better positioned to seize power than liberal democrats, and that Egyptian public opinion […]
Is Law and Economics a Right-Wing Plot?
My presentation in Montgomery, at the Thomas Goode Jones Law School at Faulkner University, on law and economics, was a big success. Here’s the video for those who are interested.