Professor Dennis Binder published an op-ed piece on the New Supreme Court in the Daily Journal describing today’s Supreme Court as a “meritocracy of the east.” Professor Binder wrote that “the appointment of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court marks the triumph of the new meritocracy,” noting that all nine of the justices
Professor Denis Binder was quoted in an article in Honolulu Advertiser, entitled, “State ended safety inspections before Hawaii dam collapsed.” The article discusses memos and e-mails issued by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources three months before the fatal collapse of the Kaloko Dam on Kaua’i. The documents reveal a state suspension of
At the annual AALS Meeting in New York City, Dean John Eastman was named to the Special Committee to Review Scholarly Papers. Professor Kurt Eggert was voted onto the Executive Committee of the Clinical Legal Education Section of the AALS and was also was appointed as a member to the AALS Executive Committee of the Section on