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Weekly Faculty in the News, 6/13/14

A roundup of faculty appearances in news sources and media from the last week, 6/5/14 to 6/13/14.

6/10William Birdthistle began guest-blogging about the World Cup, soccer, and sports law at The Volokh Conspiracy. So far, Birdthistle has contributed the following posts:

6/10 – “Mooting le mondial
6/12 – “Will we see any good soccer at the World Cup?
6/13 – “The World Cup stumbles out of the gate: Release the lawyers

6/11Richard Kling appeared in an NBC5 video and article on a student felon who has been accused of repeatedly violating his sentencing agreement.

6/12Douglas Godfrey was featured in a CBS Chicago article and radio segment marking the 20th anniversary of the O.J. Simpson murder trial (“20 Years Later: Law Professor Looks Back At O.J. Murder Trial”).

6/12 – In an IIT Chicago-Kent NewsBrief also on the 20th anniversary of the O.J. Simpson trial, Douglas Godfrey, Richard Kling, Ralph Brill, Nancy Marder, and David Erickson gave their answers to the question, “What have we learned?”

Blogs:

6/9Sheldon Nahmod continues his primer on section 1983 at his blog, Nahmod Law, with a post on statutes of limitation and continuing violations.

6/11Vinay Harpalani’s ISCOTUSnow video commentary on Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action was mentioned in SCOTUSblog’s Wednesday round-up.

6/13Christopher Schmidt’s ISCOTUSnow essay marking the 47th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Loving v. Virginia—which struck down the state’s ban on interracial marriage and which echoes the current debate over same-sex marriage—was mentioned in SCOTUSblog’s Friday round-up.

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