Law and Game of Thrones? Of Course There’s a Blog For You! @ShannonKilpatri @WesterosLaw
Via Shannon Kilpatrick: news of a blog devoted to law and Game of Thrones: Laws of Fire and Ice. The author is attorney Clint Woods. And there’s a Twitter Feed!
Alafair Burke On the Intersection Between Legal Fiction and Domestic Drama @alafairburke @CrimeReads
In a new post for the great website Crime Reads, novelist (and law professor) Alafair Burke puts the spotlight on legal novels which turn on domestic relations issues, including the classic To Kill a...
PBS To Begin Airing Crime Show “Professor T” In May
PBS is bringing the Belgian crime thriller “Professor T” to U.S. audiences on May 2. This hit show features an eccentric academic as the sleuth who helps law enforcement solve mysterious cases. More...
A New Book on “The Law in Game of Thrones” @Mare_et_Martin
Mare & Martin, the French publisher, has released a new volume in its collection of law and popular culture works. The new book, Du droit dans Game of Thrones (The Law in Game of...
Christine A. Corcos, What We Talk About When We Talk About Law Schools: Deconstructing Meaning In Popular Culture Images of Legal Education
What We Talk About When We Talk About Law Schools: Deconstructing Meaning In Popular Culture Images of Legal Education[1] Introduction Films, television, and novels often send us very specific messages about law schools and...
A New Legal Drama On CBS: The Code
The Code, a CBS series focusing on JAG lawyers, premieres tonight (April 9th), at 9 p.m., 8 Central time. After tonight, its regular time will be Mondays at 9, 8 Central time. Here’s more
Perry Mason Returns To Television, This Time On HBO
HBO will air a limited series featuring Matthew Rhys as Perry Mason, but a Perry Mason as we haven’t seen him before. This drama featuring the Erle Stanley Gardner character is set in 1930s...
Family Connections On Game of Thrones
Do you need help following who’s who on Game of Thrones (GoT)? Time Magazine has published a genealogy of the GoT characters. Check it out here.
2019 Critical Legal Studies Conference, September 12-14, 2019: Call For Papers
The University of Perugia invites streams and papers for the 2019 Critical Legal Conference. The event will take place between September 12 and 14, 2019. The deadline for submission of abstracts is July 15th....
Why the April Fool’s Joke? There Are Lots of Theories @librarycongress
Stephen Winick writes about the origins of the April Fools joke, here, for Folklife Today. He says in part, But where do we get the strange custom of playing pranks on April 1? The short...