Chief Judge Merrick Garland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit started a recently issued opinion with a citation to the popular film My Cousin Vinny. “In 1992, Vincent Gambini taught a...
Southern Cross University School of Law and Justice, in partnership with the Law, Literature and the Humanities Association of Australasia (LLHAA), is proud to convene and organise the 2019 LLHAA conference titled JurisApocalypse Now! Law in End Times, which will...
Call for Proposals by Guest Editors Due 1 May 2019 The Editorial Board of Law Text Culture is seeking proposals for the 2020 edition of the Journal (Volume 24), due for publication in December 2020. Law...
NBC has green-lit the legal drama Prism, which tells the story of a murder trial from a several different viewpoints. It will star Mykelti Williamson, Malin Akerman, and Sara Rue, as well as Ramon Rodriguez,...
This sweet arctic fox looks like s/he wants to participate in the photo shoot. Check out the video here.
An interdisciplinary group of distinguished faculty from around the world is offering a course on Law and Literature in April and May at the University of Ghent. Some details below; more, including information about...
From the mailbox: Once again Sisters in Crime is offering a grant for up to $500 to buy books to support research projects that contribute to our understanding of the role of women or...
You can find several articles devoted to John Grisham’s work in the current issue of the University of Memphis Law Review (volume 48 issue 3 (2018)). Check out Nicholas Mignanelli, The Runaway Judge: John Grisham’s Appearance...
In her review “Today’s Cop Dramas Are Obsessed With Fighting “Political Correctness,” critic Elizabeth Hoover considers whether a number of new police procedurals, such as “The Rookie,” “Chicago P.D.,” and “Training Day,” send a...
Arbuckle the hedgehog was rescued from the wild last year by someone who was trying to help several hedgehogs having a bad time last winter. When the nice human reintroduced them to the wild...
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