Author Archives: Richard Alderman

Still Time To Register

For the past 16 years, the Center for Consumer Law at the University of Houston Law Center has been presenting “Teaching Consumer Law,” the only conference specifically designed for those who teach or would like to teach consumer law.  I thought you might be interested in the latest edition of the Conference, subtitled, “In a Virtual World.” […]

Register now for “Teaching Consumer Law Conference.”

Registration is now open for the Teaching Consumer Law Conference, to be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, May 30-31. Presented by the Center for Consumer Law at the University of Houston Law Center, this year's Conference features more than thirty speakers discussing issues of importance to those teaching consumer law, interested in teaching consumer […]

Save the Date–Teaching Consumer Law Conference – Santa Fe, New Mexico, May 30-31, 2014

The Center for Consumer Law at the University of Houston Law Center, in cooperation with the University of New Mexico School of Law and the National Association of Consumer Advocates, is organizing its seventh semi-annual Teaching Consumer Law Conference. The subject this time is “Teaching Consumer Law in a Digital Borderless World.”  The Conference will […]

Surprise–A study finds the Supreme Court is friendly to business.

Sunday's New York Times has a nice article discussing a recent study prepared by Lee Epstein, who teaches law and political science at the University of Southern California; William M. Landes, an economist at the University of Chicago; and Judge Richard A. Posner, of the federal appeals court in Chicago, who teaches law at the University […]

What is most neglected area of legal scholarship? [Surprise–Consumer]

A recent post from Brian Leiter's blong, "Law School Reports": So which areas of law deserve more attention in the legal academy? The results of our earlier poll, with over 200 votes cast: 1. Consumer Law  (Condorcet winner: wins contests with all other choices) 2. Energy Law/Natural Resources Law/Water Law  loses to Consumer Law by 109–73 3. Employment Law  […]