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About the Organisation National Law University, Jodhpur is a public law school and a National Law University established under the National Law University, Jodhpur, Act, 1999 enacted by the Rajasthan State Legislature. About the Competition Centre for Studies in Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Law & Policy is organising a Writing Competition on Practices Demonstrating Conservation … Continue reading HomeOpportunitiesEssay Competitions National Law University, Jodhpur, CSENRLP’ Writing Competition: Register by August 8 Continue Reading →

About the Organisation National Law University, Jodhpur is a public law school and a National Law University established under the National Law University, Jodhpur, Act, 1999 enacted by the Rajasthan State Legislature. About the Competition Centre for Studies in Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Law & Policy is organising a Writing Competition on Practices Demonstrating Conservation … Continue reading HomeOpportunitiesEssay Competitions National Law University, Jodhpur, CSENRLP’ Writing Competition: Register by August 8 Continue Reading →

About the Organization The Constitutional Law Society has been established by some of the students of Chanakya National Law University, Patna with a vision to provide a platform for public discourse and deliberation vis-à-vis Constitutional Law. The Society through its E-Magazine and Blog intend to serve as a platform for students, academicians and practitioners to … Continue reading Call for Blogs: CNLU’s Constitutional Law Society’s E-Magazine: Rolling Submissions Continue Reading →

I recently used Google Books to get a scanned copy of Justice Joseph Story’s famous 1833 treatise, Commentaries on the U.S. Constitution.  And I noticed this inscription: If you can’t read it, it says, “To Mr Charles Sumner / from his affectionate Friend / The Author / Cambridge / April 1833”.  Wait, I thought, Charles Sumner, as in the … Continue reading Just Another Book in the Library? Not Quite Continue Reading →

Just learned the term: It means, to quote Black’s Law Dictionary, “A pleading error or oversight that results in a misjoined issue and requires a repleader” or “The acknowledgment of such an error.” It has likely remained in some use (74 Westlaw-accessible cases mention it since 2020) because of the 15th- and 16th- Statutes of … Continue reading Jeofail Continue Reading →

In March, schools around the globe went online in a manner of days. Professors, who had never used distance learning, were suddenly forced to take a crash-course in Zoom and other similar tools. Students, for the most part, were understanding. But I think everyone would agree that the pedagogy from the Spring 2020 semester was … Continue reading Caution for Law Professors Who Plan To Generate Their Own Content Continue Reading →

Portland has been a disorderly mess for some time now, but new allegations that unidentified federal officers in unmarked vans are snatching people off the street and whisking them away to undisclosed locations require prompt and full answers from the Trump administration. From Oregon Public Radio: Federal law enforcement officers have been using unmarked vehicles to … Continue reading Disturbing Reports from Portland Continue Reading →

Portland has been a disorderly mess for some time now, but new allegations that unidentified federal officers in unmarked vans are snatching people off the street and whisking them away to undisclosed locations require prompt and full answers from the Trump administration. From Oregon Public Radio: Federal law enforcement officers have been using unmarked vehicles to … Continue reading Disturbing Reports from Portland Continue Reading →

From Al Saud v. New York & Presbyterian Hosp., decided by Judge Nancy M. Bannon on June 22 but just posted on Westlaw: [T]he petitioner, Talal Bin Sultan Bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, who is now 35 years old, alleges that he is the son of Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud (the decedent), who was Crown Prince … Continue reading Must U.S. Hospital Turn Over DNA of the Late Saudi Crown Prince, so Plaintiff Can Use It in Lebanese Paternity Action? Continue Reading →

[1.] Late last month, Campus Reform (Michelle Weston) reported: An Instagram post from the University of California, Irvine Law Admissions page sparked outrage because it spotlighted the Federalist Society, a campus organization that is “a group for people of all ideological backgrounds,” as stated in the post description. Comments under the post include students saying that the timing of … Continue reading UC Irvine / Federalist Society Controversy Continue Reading →