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    I just want to address this comment: > What initially presents itself as impressive intelligence can, upon closer inspection by…

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Some Law School News That Might Interest Some Philosophers (Leiter)

The other Brian Leiter has a couple of items that might interest some philosophy readers.  One is a list of visiting law professors at the very top law schools this coming academic year (which includes a few folks known to philosophically-minded readers, such as Martha Nussbaum, Cass Sunstein, Andrew Koppelman, and Leslie Green, among others); there is, as one can see, a very active "visiting professor" culture in American law schools.  The other is some new data on which schools produce the most clerks for Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court.  The continuing rightward tilt of the Court is proving a boon for some conservative religious schools, like Notre Dame and BYU, that did not, historically, graduate many clerks.

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