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Interdisciplinary Studies
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The Right Coast
TaxProf Blog: In Defense of Disciplines: Rejecting the Siren Song of Interdisciplinary Research
Jerry A. Jacobs, a professor of sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, wants to end the interdisciplinary love fest. His new book, In Defense of Disciplines: Interdisciplinarity and Specialization in…
Environmental Law Prof Blog
Interdisciplinary Research and Environmental Law
In my second year as an academic, I became involved in a major NSF-funded interdisciplinary research project. Initially, this did not go well. I learned, the hard way, that it…
PropertyProf Blog
Braverman, Blomley, Delaney, & Kedar on Legal Geography
By propertyprof
Irus Braverman (Buffalo), Nicholas Blomley (Simon Fraser - Geography), David P. Delaney (Amherst College), & Alexander (Sandy) Kedar (Haifa) have posted The Expanding Spaces of Law: A Timely Legal Geography:…
Legal Profession Blog
Counter-Intuition in the Legal Academy (and Life)
Posted by Jeff LipshawLarry Kramer, Stanford's dean, was in Boston yesterday, and we had lunch. (Full disclosure: I am an unabashed Larry Kramer fan.) I've previously lauded the efforts…
The Right Coast
Finally something we can do together Tom Smith
I am a corporate law professor married to an endocrinologist (aka hormone doctor). We should be really excited about this. I'm trying to think of something we could write together…
Legal Profession Blog
The “Interdisciplinarity in Non-Elite Law Schools” Debate
Posted by Jeff Lipshaw (cross-posted at Concurring Opinions)I mentioned to Dan Solove at Concurring Opinions (in praise of his post) that I am giving a talk to the Suffolk Business…
Legal Profession Blog
Fordham Conference 3/15 on Advocacy for Children, Ethics, and Interdisciplinary Approaches
Link here to the Stein Center's upcoming symposium, co-sponsored with the Interdisciplinary Center for Family and Child Advocacy. It is called "Interdisciplinary Child Advocacy for the 21st Century," and will…
PrawfsBlawg
D’Amato and the Interdisciplinary Turn in Legal Education
Main Wednesday, December 13, 2006D'Amato and the Interdisciplinary Turn in Legal EducationLast night, thanks to Brian Leiter, I came across Anthony D'Amato's fascinating new article entitled, The Interdisciplinary Turn in…
Legal Profession Blog
Solum on Cross on Interdisciplinary Ignorance
Posted by Jeff LipshawLarry Solum has a provocative post on the interdisciplinary skills law professors ought to have. What I think is so interesting about it is that it cuts…
TortsProf Blog
Some Comments on Law & Science
After seeing my posts at Point of Law, I got these comments from my dad, Ves Childs, a retired electrochemist. I thought they were worth sharing:After reading Day 2 and…