Archive - Original Jurisdiction

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Folks seeking greater diversity in the ranks of Supreme Court clerks won't love this clerk class.

Jul 20

Will all the behind-the-scenes drama and soul-searching take FedSoc to a better place?

Jan 19, 2021

These controversies could be wake-up calls—for the YLS community, legal academia, and society at large.

Nov 3, 2021

At least that's what it looks like, based on the justices' questions at oral argument.

Nov 1

'Cancel culture' gets crazier.

Oct 14, 2021

The ‘trap house’ email controversy is even worse than we thought.

Nov 13, 2021

Recent controversies at UC Hastings and Yale Law—Yale, shocking, I know—don't provide much reason for hope.

Mar 17

And he's hoping other judges will join him in boycotting YLS clerks—will they?

Sep 29

Is it possible that even the Politico reporters who published the Dobbs draft don't know the identity of their source?

Jul 26

Here's my attempt to channel a lefty law-clerk leaker in Dobbs.

May 12

I read five articles and 20,000 words about the Tiger Mother, so you don't have to.

Jun 30, 2021

As dean, it's better to be feared than loved—and it's time to strike fear into the hearts of free-speech opponents.

Mar 21

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