The Volokh Conspiracy
Encyclopedia
The Volokh Conspiracy is a blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...

 which mostly covers United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 legal and political issues, generally from a libertarian
Libertarianism
Libertarianism, in the strictest sense, is the political philosophy that holds individual liberty as the basic moral principle of society. In the broadest sense, it is any political philosophy which approximates this view...

 or conservative
Conservatism
Conservatism is a political and social philosophy that promotes the maintenance of traditional institutions and supports, at the most, minimal and gradual change in society. Some conservatives seek to preserve things as they are, emphasizing stability and continuity, while others oppose modernism...

 perspective. One of the most widely read legal blogs in the United States, The Volokh Conspiracy has more than one million page views each month. This group blog
Collaborative blog
A collaborative blog is a type of weblog in which posts are written and published by more than one author. The majority of high profile collaborative blogs are based around a single uniting theme, such as politics or technology....

 has more than a dozen contributors, most of whom are law professors. Each blog entry is signed. The Volokh Conspiracy was cited by the New York Times in an article dealing with the paucity of female Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...

 clerks
Law clerk
A law clerk or a judicial clerk is a person who provides assistance to a judge in researching issues before the court and in writing opinions. Law clerks are not court clerks or courtroom deputies, who are administrative staff for the court. Most law clerks are recent law school graduates who...

.

Contributors

  • Eugene Volokh
    Eugene Volokh
    Eugene Volokh is an American legal commentator and the Gary T. Schwartz Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law...

    , UCLA School of Law
    UCLA School of Law
    The UCLA School of Law is the law school of the University of California, Los Angeles. It has been approved by the American Bar Association since 1950. It joined the Association of American Law Schools in 1952.- History :...

     professor, one of its eponym
    Eponym
    An eponym is the name of a person or thing, whether real or fictitious, after which a particular place, tribe, era, discovery, or other item is named or thought to be named...

    ous founders.
  • Alexander "Sasha" Volokh, currently a visiting professor at the Emory University School of Law
    Emory University School of Law
    Emory University School of Law is a first-tier US law school that is part of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. It is ranked #30 among ABA-approved law schools by the 2012 U.S. News & World Report...

    , the weblog's other eponymous founder.
  • Dale Carpenter
    Dale Carpenter
    Dale Carpenter is an American legal commentator and Earl R. Larson Professor of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law at the University of Minnesota Law School...

    , professor at the University of Minnesota Law School
    University of Minnesota Law School
    The University of Minnesota Law School, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, is a professional school of the University of Minnesota. The school offers a Juris Doctor , Masters of Law for Foreign Lawyers, and joint degrees with J.D./M.B.A., J.D./M.P.A, J.D./M.A., J.D./M.S., J.D./Ph.D.,...

    , and Adjunct Professor of Law at William Mitchell College of Law
    William Mitchell College of Law
    William Mitchell College of Law, or WMCL, is a private, independent law school located in St. Paul, Minnesota. Accredited by the American Bar Association , it offers full and part-time legal education in pursuit of the Juris Doctor degree....

    .
  • David Kopel, Research Director of the Independence Institute
    Independence Institute
    The Independence Institute is a conservative think tank based in Golden, Colorado. Founded in 1985, the Institute " expertise education, the environment, transportation, personal freedom, government reform, local government, and criminal justice."- Current Staff :As of June 2010, the Independence...

     and adjunct professor, University of Denver Sturm College of Law
    Sturm College of Law
    The University of Denver Sturm College of Law is one of two law schools in the state of Colorado, and the only law school in the Denver metro area. Founded in 1892, the Sturm College of Law is one of the first in America's Mountain West...

    .
  • David Bernstein
    David Bernstein (law professor)
    David E. Bernstein is Foundation Professor at the George Mason University School of Law in Arlington, Virginia, where he has been teaching since 1995....

    , professor at the George Mason University School of Law
    George Mason University School of Law
    George Mason University School of Law is the law school of George Mason University, a state university in Virginia, United States...

    .
  • David Hyman, Professor of Law at the University of Illinois College of Law.
  • David Post, I. Herman Stern Professor of Law at Temple University Beasley School of Law
    Temple University Beasley School of Law
    The Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law is the law school and a constituent academic unit of Temple University. Informally referred to as Temple Law School, the school is located at the Main Campus of Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Temple University James E...

    , Adjunct Scholar at the Cato Institute
    Cato Institute
    The Cato Institute is a libertarian think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1977 by Edward H. Crane, who remains president and CEO, and Charles Koch, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the conglomerate Koch Industries, Inc., the largest privately held...

    , and the Co-Director of ICANNWatch.org, Disputes.org, and the Cyberspace Law Institute.
  • Eric Posner
    Eric Posner
    Eric Andrew Posner is Kirkland and Ellis Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School. He is the son of the prominent federal appellate judge Richard Posner.-Education and clerkship:...

    , Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School
    University of Chicago Law School
    The University of Chicago Law School was founded in 1902 as the graduate school of law at the University of Chicago and is among the most prestigious and selective law schools in the world. The U.S. News & World Report currently ranks it fifth among U.S...

  • Erik Jaffe, who runs a law office.
  • Ilya Somin, Professor of Law at George Mason University School of Law
    George Mason University School of Law
    George Mason University School of Law is the law school of George Mason University, a state university in Virginia, United States...

    .
  • Jim Lindgren, Professor of Law at Northwestern University School of Law
    Northwestern University School of Law
    The Northwestern University School of Law is a private American law school in Chicago, Illinois. The law school was founded in 1859 as the Union College of Law of the Old University of Chicago. The first law school established in Chicago, it became jointly controlled by Northwestern University in...

     and director of their Demography of Diversity Project.
  • Jonathan H. Adler
    Jonathan H. Adler
    Jonathan H. Adler , is an American legal commentator and law professor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law...

    , Professor of Law at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law
    Case Western Reserve University School of Law
    Case Western Reserve University Franklin Thomas Backus School of Law is the law school at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. It opened in 1892, making it one of the oldest law schools in the country. It was one of the first schools accredited by the American Bar Association and was...

    , who contributed under the pseudonym "Juan Non-Volokh" until May 1, 2006.
  • Kenneth Anderson
    Kenneth Anderson (jurist)
    Kenneth Anderson is a law professor at Washington College of Law, American University, a research fellow of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and a blogger....

    , Professor of Law at American University
    American University
    American University is a private, Methodist, liberal arts, and research university in Washington, D.C. The university was chartered by an Act of Congress on December 5, 1892 as "The American University", which was approved by President Benjamin Harrison on February 24, 1893...

    .
  • Kevan Choset ("Puzzleblogger"), a New York attorney.
  • Orin Kerr
    Orin Kerr
    Orin S. Kerr is a professor of law at the George Washington University Law School, legal representation for the MySpace "cyber bullying" pioneer Lori Drew and a leading scholar in the subjects of computer crime law and internet surveillance. In the fall of 2006, he visited as an associate professor...

    , Associate Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School.
  • Paul Cassell, Professor of Law at the S.J. Quinney College of Law
    S.J. Quinney College of Law
    The S.J. Quinney College of Law is the law school of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. Established in 1913, the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law is nationally recognized for its accomplished faculty, innovative curriculum, and low faculty-to-student ratio...

     at the University of Utah
    University of Utah
    The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...

    .
  • Randy Barnett
    Randy Barnett
    Randy E. Barnett is a lawyer, a law professor at Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches constitutional law and contracts, and a legal theorist in the United States...

    , Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center
    Georgetown University Law Center
    Georgetown University Law Center is the law school of Georgetown University, located in Washington, D.C.. Established in 1870, the Law Center offers J.D., LL.M., and S.J.D. degrees in law...

    .
  • Russell Korobkin, Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law
    UCLA School of Law
    The UCLA School of Law is the law school of the University of California, Los Angeles. It has been approved by the American Bar Association since 1950. It joined the Association of American Law Schools in 1952.- History :...

    .
  • Stuart Benjamin, Professor of Law at Duke Law.
  • Todd Zywicki
    Todd Zywicki
    Todd J. Zywicki is George Mason University Foundation Professor of Law at George Mason University School of Law, teaching in the areas of bankruptcy and contracts, where he has taught since 1998. He taught previously at the Mississippi College School of Law, where he held a faculty position from...

    , Professor of Law at George Mason University School of Law
    George Mason University School of Law
    George Mason University School of Law is the law school of George Mason University, a state university in Virginia, United States...

    .
  • Tyler Cowen
    Tyler Cowen
    Tyler Cowen is an American economist, academic, and writer. He occupies the Holbert C. Harris Chair of economics as a professor at George Mason University and is co-author, with Alex Tabarrok, of the popular economics blog Marginal Revolution...

    , professor of economics
    Economics
    Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...

     at George Mason University
    George Mason University
    George Mason University is a public university based in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, south of and adjacent to the city of Fairfax. Additional campuses are located nearby in Arlington County, Prince William County, and Loudoun County...

     and at the Center for the Study of Public Choice and Director of the James Buchanan Center and the Mercatus Center
    Mercatus Center
    The Mercatus Center at George Mason University in the United States is a non-profit market-oriented research, education, and outreach think tank affiliated with the Koch family. It works with policy experts, lobbyists, and government officials to connect academic learning and real-world practice...

    .


Past regular contributors include:
  • Jacob T. Levy, Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory at McGill University
    McGill University
    Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...

    .
  • Clayton Cramer
    Clayton Cramer
    Clayton E. Cramer is a historian, author, and software engineer. He played an important early role in documenting errors in the book Arming America by Michael A. Bellesiles, a book that was later proven to be based on fraudulent research. His work was cited by the United States District Court for...

    , an amateur historian.
  • Michelle Boardman, Assistant Professor of Law at the George Mason University School of Law
    George Mason University School of Law
    George Mason University School of Law is the law school of George Mason University, a state university in Virginia, United States...

     and former Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Legal Counsel
    Office of Legal Counsel
    The Office of Legal Counsel is an office in the United States Department of Justice that assists the Attorney General in his function as legal adviser to the President and all executive branch agencies.-History:...

    , United States Department of Justice
    United States Department of Justice
    The United States Department of Justice , is the United States federal executive department responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries.The Department is led by the Attorney General, who is nominated...

    .
  • Phillipe de Croy, a pseudonymous blogger.

External links

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK