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The Imagination Of James Boyd White, Lee C. Bollinger May 2007

The Imagination Of James Boyd White, Lee C. Bollinger

Michigan Law Review

For several decades, James Boyd White has been a unique voice in the law. It is a voice of extraordinary intellectual range, of erudition and of deep commitment to a life of self-understanding and of humane values. His point of access is language - all language, in every context. Armed y a lifetime of thought about words, he justifiably has regarded no field or discipline or communicative activity as foreign and outside his ken. Whoever reads him must feel his sense of intellectual empowerment that our world, sectioned as it is by expertise, would deny us.


A Teacher, H. Jefferson Powell Jan 2007

A Teacher, H. Jefferson Powell

Michigan Law Review

James Boyd White is, above all, a teacher. Of course, that is in fact an inexact statement: Jim White is many things, some of them of greater or more central human importance - husband, father, friend, person of faith. But in this essay my concern is with Jim as an academic, and in that context I believe the title teacher captures best his goals and his achievement.


Interview With James Boyd White, James Boyd White Jan 2007

Interview With James Boyd White, James Boyd White

Michigan Law Review

The occasion of the following interview was the Montesquieu Lecture at the University of Tilburg, which Professor James Boyd White delivered in February 2006. In the lecture, entitled "When Language Meets the Mind," Professor White discussed the manner of interpreting and criticizing texts, both in the law and in other fields, that he has worked out over his career. The heart of this method, as described in the lecture, is to direct attention to three sets of questions: - What is the language in which this text is written, and the culture of which it is a part? How are …


Dealing With Hate In The Feminist Classroom: Re-Thinking The Balance, Kathryn M. Stanchi Jan 2005

Dealing With Hate In The Feminist Classroom: Re-Thinking The Balance, Kathryn M. Stanchi

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

The goals of this essay are two-fold. First, by describing the experience the author had in Law and Feminism, the essay will show how hateful and harassing speech in a seminar devoted to issues of gender, race and sexuality can rob students of important educational experiences. The story of the author’s class is meant to remind legal educators and administrators of the concrete harm, both personal and educational, of hate speech. Too often the hate speech debate focuses on the theoretical and the abstract; participants forget that the principles at stake have demonstrable consequences for real people. Second, while this …


Breaking Into The Academy: The 2002-2004 Michigan Journal Of Race & Law Guide For Aspiring Law Professors, Gabriel J. Chin, Denise C. Morgan Jan 2002

Breaking Into The Academy: The 2002-2004 Michigan Journal Of Race & Law Guide For Aspiring Law Professors, Gabriel J. Chin, Denise C. Morgan

Michigan Journal of Race and Law

Guidance for individuals interested in becoming law professors.


Breaking Into The Academy: The 2000-2002 Michigan Journal Of Race & Law Guide For Aspiring Law Professors, Gabriel J. Chin, Denise C. Morgan Jan 2000

Breaking Into The Academy: The 2000-2002 Michigan Journal Of Race & Law Guide For Aspiring Law Professors, Gabriel J. Chin, Denise C. Morgan

Michigan Journal of Race and Law

Once you have set your sights upon a career in law teaching you must determine how best to position yourself to obtain a job in the field. The answer is to write, publish, and otherwise bolster your credentials. Write as many papers with as many of your law school professors as you can; write onto a journal and have your article published; work as a research assistant for a professor and write with him or her; work for a judge and write bench memos and draft opinions; work for a public interest organization or a law firm and publish scholarship …


Remarks On John H. Jackson For A Celebratory Dinner At The University Of Michigan Law School, Feb 25, 1998. (Slightly Revised, Jan 17, 1999), Alan V. Deardorff Jan 1999

Remarks On John H. Jackson For A Celebratory Dinner At The University Of Michigan Law School, Feb 25, 1998. (Slightly Revised, Jan 17, 1999), Alan V. Deardorff

Michigan Journal of International Law

A Tribute to John H. Jackson


A Tribute To John H. Jackson, William J. Davey Jan 1999

A Tribute To John H. Jackson, William J. Davey

Michigan Journal of International Law

A Tribute to John H. Jackson


A Tribute To Professor John Jackson, Thomas Cottier Jan 1999

A Tribute To Professor John Jackson, Thomas Cottier

Michigan Journal of International Law

A Tribute to John H. Jackson


"International Financial Law," An Increasingly Important Component Of "International Economic Law": A Tribute To Professor John H. Jackson, Joseph J. Norton Jan 1999

"International Financial Law," An Increasingly Important Component Of "International Economic Law": A Tribute To Professor John H. Jackson, Joseph J. Norton

Michigan Journal of International Law

A Tribute to John H. Jackson


John Jackson And The Founding Of The World Trade Organization: Empiricism, Theory And Institutional Imagination, Joel P. Trachtman Jan 1999

John Jackson And The Founding Of The World Trade Organization: Empiricism, Theory And Institutional Imagination, Joel P. Trachtman

Michigan Journal of International Law

A Tribute to John H. Jackson


From Tokenism To Emancipatory Politics: The Conferences And Meetings Of Law Professors Of Color, Linda S. Greene Jan 1999

From Tokenism To Emancipatory Politics: The Conferences And Meetings Of Law Professors Of Color, Linda S. Greene

Michigan Journal of Race and Law

In this paper, the author traces the history of the First National Meetings and conferences since 1969. In Part II, this paper explores the range of meetings and conferences which outlined the development of a proactive agenda for minority student and faculty inclusion within mainstream historically White legal institutions and the evolution of this agenda from one of access to an agenda of security, retention, and the advancement of legal theory and scholarship within and without the established academy. Part III chronicles the maturation of this tradition of independent meetings and conferences of professors of color into a network of …


Some Observations On Teaching From The "Pioneer" Generation, James E. Jones Jr. Jan 1999

Some Observations On Teaching From The "Pioneer" Generation, James E. Jones Jr.

Michigan Journal of Race and Law

A paper from the perspective of the "pioneer" generation.


John H. Jackson: Master Of Policy- And The Good Life, Theodore J. St. Antoine Jan 1999

John H. Jackson: Master Of Policy- And The Good Life, Theodore J. St. Antoine

Michigan Journal of International Law

A Tribute to John H. Jackson


Bibliography Of Principal Publications By Professor John H. Jackson As Of February 1999, Michigan Journal Of International Law Jan 1999

Bibliography Of Principal Publications By Professor John H. Jackson As Of February 1999, Michigan Journal Of International Law

Michigan Journal of International Law

A bibliography.


Generations: Nanook Of The Law School Library And The Classroom, Rennard Strickland Jan 1999

Generations: Nanook Of The Law School Library And The Classroom, Rennard Strickland

Michigan Journal of Race and Law

Many of the essays in this symposium are rooted in the Western Law Professors of Color Conference held in Oregon in the Spring of 1998. The University of Oregon minority colleagues, as faculty of one of the co-sponsoring law schools, were charged, among other tasks, with the selection of the conference theme and tee-shirt design. The title “Generations” was chosen to focus on the challenges across the years for law faculty of color.


Introduction: Critical Race Praxis And Legal Scholarship, Keith Aoki, Margaret Chon Jan 1999

Introduction: Critical Race Praxis And Legal Scholarship, Keith Aoki, Margaret Chon

Michigan Journal of Race and Law

The publication of this symposium issue is an occasion for three distinct and yet related celebrations. First, we honor the Western Law Teachers of Color, whose sixth annual meeting on the sublime Oregon Coast in 1998 provided the occasion for organizing the papers published here. Dean Strickland's preface, as well as Professors Linda Greene's and Jim Jones's essays examine the historical significance of this occasion in greater detail. Second, we engage in a festschrift of a particular member of this group-Professor Eric K. Yamamoto -whose publication of a book this year is a significant capstone to fifteen years of scholarship …


A Tribute To John Jackson, Jeffrey S. Lehman Jan 1999

A Tribute To John Jackson, Jeffrey S. Lehman

Michigan Journal of International Law

A Tribute to John H. Jackson


The Expedition To Darkest Geneva, Robert E. Hudec Jan 1999

The Expedition To Darkest Geneva, Robert E. Hudec

Michigan Journal of International Law

A Tribute to John H. Jackson


John H. Jackson And The University Of Michigan, Harold K. Jacobson Jan 1999

John H. Jackson And The University Of Michigan, Harold K. Jacobson

Michigan Journal of International Law

A Tribute to John H. Jackson


My Association With John Jackson, Mitsuo Matsushita Jan 1999

My Association With John Jackson, Mitsuo Matsushita

Michigan Journal of International Law

A Tribute to John H. Jackson


On The Constitution Of John H. Jackson, Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann Jan 1999

On The Constitution Of John H. Jackson, Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann

Michigan Journal of International Law

A Tribute to John H. Jackson


A Tribute To John Jackson, Debra P. Steger Jan 1999

A Tribute To John Jackson, Debra P. Steger

Michigan Journal of International Law

A Tribute to John H. Jackson


For John: A Tribute To A Scholar And Friend, Alan O. Sykes Jan 1999

For John: A Tribute To A Scholar And Friend, Alan O. Sykes

Michigan Journal of International Law

A Tribute to John H. Jackson


The House That Jackson Built: Restructuring The Gatt System, Robert L. Howse Jan 1999

The House That Jackson Built: Restructuring The Gatt System, Robert L. Howse

Michigan Journal of International Law

A Tribute to John H. Jackson


A Tribute To Theodore J. St. Antoine, Jeffrey S. Lehman Aug 1998

A Tribute To Theodore J. St. Antoine, Jeffrey S. Lehman

Michigan Law Review

The University of Michigan Law School was ninety-five years old when Ted St. Antoine first entered Hutchins Hall in 1951. In half as many years, he profoundly influenced the institution, its traditions, and its character. Ted came west to Michigan after studying philosophy and theology at Fordham College in New York City. He came with the proven abilities of a summa cum laude. He came ready to engage what he considered a more practical challenge: he wanted to become a lawyer.


Professor Theodore J. St. Antoine: A Legendary Figure, Harry T. Edwards Aug 1998

Professor Theodore J. St. Antoine: A Legendary Figure, Harry T. Edwards

Michigan Law Review

Ted St. Antoine's career as a law professor started more than three decades ago, in 1965, just after I had graduated from the University of Michigan Law School. I never had the good fortune to experience Ted in the classroom and I have always regretted that, for he has been a legendary teacher at the University of Michigan Law School. Indeed, even among those of us who graduated before his arrival at Michigan, Ted quickly gained a reputation as one of the finest classroom teachers ever to deliver a lecture in Hutchins Hall. He has graced his classes with brilliance, …


Ted St. Antoine: An Appreciation, Benjamin Aaron Aug 1998

Ted St. Antoine: An Appreciation, Benjamin Aaron

Michigan Law Review

In seeking to encompass the many facets of Ted St. Antoine's complex life and career, one thinks of other persons to whom he can be compared. John Maynard Keynes comes immediately to mind. Although Ted may never attain the worldwide renown and influence of the great British economist, the two men share several significant traits. Like Keynes, St. Antoine is an internationally prominent and respected scholar in his own field. Like him, also, Ted is a bon vivant and a lover of the arts. He can generally be relied upon for information about the best places to eat, especially in …


Breaking Into The Academy: The 1998-2000 Michigan Journal Of Race & Law Guide For Aspiring Law Professors, Gabriel J. Chin, Denise C. Morgan Jan 1998

Breaking Into The Academy: The 1998-2000 Michigan Journal Of Race & Law Guide For Aspiring Law Professors, Gabriel J. Chin, Denise C. Morgan

Michigan Journal of Race and Law

I was not very far into my law school experience when I realized that my professors had the best job in town-it took me quite a bit longer to discover that I, too, could get in on the deal. Do not misunderstand me-being a law professor is not easy. In fact, when done correctly, the job requires a tremendous amount of intellectual energy, emotional commitment, long hours, and hard work. However, if you enjoy writing, research, public speaking, and developing mentoring relationships, being a law professor could be the career for you. This Article, and the listings of helpful organizations …


Who Is Black Enough For You? An Analysis Of Northwestern University Law School's Struggle Over Minority Faculty Hiring, Leonard M. Baynes Jan 1997

Who Is Black Enough For You? An Analysis Of Northwestern University Law School's Struggle Over Minority Faculty Hiring, Leonard M. Baynes

Michigan Journal of Race and Law

This Article considers the factors that should be used in hiring a person of color to a faculty position and raises the following questions: Apart from potential teaching ability and scholarly productivity, should faculty appointments committees look to other criteria for candidates of color? Provided that we can still consider the race and ethnicity of prospective candidates of color at private institutions, should faculty appointments committees be concerned about how closely identified a candidate is to an essentialized conception, for instance, of Black persons? Should a faculty hiring committee focus its efforts to hire African Americans on a Black person …