“A question of balance: Conflicting views on intellectual diversity in legal education.” The Harvard Gazette has a report that begins, “At Harvard Law School on Friday, a panel of four leading legal scholars examined a single question: Is there a lack of intellectual diversity at law schools?”

You can access video from the conference online via this link.

“Who Is Sri Srinivasan, Obama’s ‘Supreme Court Nominee in Waiting?'” Adam Serwer has this blog post online at Mother Jones.

Srinivasan’s confirmation hearing for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit is scheduled to get underway before the U.S. Senate‘s Judiciary Committee at 2:30 p.m. eastern time today. You can access the video of the hearing online via this link once underway. And a copy of Srinivasan’s answers to the Judiciary Committee’s questionnaire can be accessed here.

“Moneyball for Judges: The statistics of judicial behavior.” Online at The New Republic, law professor Cass R. Sunstein has this review of the book “The Behavior of Federal Judges: A Theoretical and Empirical Study of Rational Choice,” written by Lee Epstein, William M. Landes, Richard A. Posner.

Seventh Circuit upholds bankruptcy court’s discharge of debtor’s student loan obligations in opinion written by Chief Judge Frank H. Easterbrook: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.

“U.S. Supreme Court should allow cameras”: Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor of the Supreme Court of Ohio had this op-ed recently in The Columbus Dispatch.

“Justice Thomas speaks at length about high court to Duquesne University audience”: This article appears today in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

And The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports today that “Justice Thomas talks at Duquesne University, offers surprises about life journey.”

“The Judicial Fight That Could Reignite Filibuster Reform”: Sahil Kapur of TPM DC has this report.

“Showdown on the D.C. Circuit Court”: Law professor Erwin Chemerinsky and law student Sam Kleiner have this essay today at Politico.com.

“A FoxNews.com Reporter Is Facing Jail for Refusing to Identify Police Sources”: This article appears today in The New York Times. And the newspaper has posted online an op-ed by Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. titled “A Killer’s Notebook, a Reporter’s Rights.”

“A federal judge takes on ‘copyright trolls’; Prenda Law Inc. made a business out of extracting settlements from people who had downloaded porn movies; Now it’s in legal hot water”: Columnist Michael Hiltzik has this essay today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Argument preview: The right to study genes.” Lyle Denniston has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Prostitution policy splits NGOs in top court AIDS case”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

“Pennsylvania’s top court to rule on judges’ retirement”: This article appears today in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

“Justice Thomas: many black communities in decline.” The Associated Press has this report.

And Pittsburgh’s NPR station, 90.5 WESA, has a report headlined “SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas Visits Duquesne University.”

“Obama Pushes Choice to Join Appeals Court”: Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times will contain an article that begins, “With a coordination and an energy that echo a Supreme Court nomination fight, the Obama administration is pushing for the confirmation of a senior Justice Department lawyer to the country’s most prestigious appellate court.”

In Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Even Perez will have an article headlined “Obama Bench Picks Hit by Long Delays.” You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

And Tom Curry of NBC Politics has a blog post titled “Reid not ready to move on changing filibuster rule on nominations.”

“Republicans’ D.C. Circuit barricade”: This editorial will appear Wednesday in The Washington Post.

“Reid Downplays ‘Nuclear Option’ Threat on Judges”: Roll Call has this report.

“Senate approves New Jersey judge for appeals court”: The Associated Press has this report.

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Todd Ruger has a post titled “U.S. Senate Confirms Patty Shwartz for Third Circuit Seat.”

“Senate confirms Pompton Lakes native Patty Schwartz for lifetime federal judgeship”: The Bergen County (N.J.) Record has a news update that begins, “The Senate voted today to confirm Pompton Lakes native Patty Shwartz, a Rutgers graduate now serving as a federal magistrate judge in Newark, to a lifetime appointment on the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.”

The U.S. Senate‘s official roll call vote tally can be accessed here.

Perhaps that’s one way to have judges take a more favorable view of cy pres: The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg, South Carolina reports today that “Williams honored with $2 million donation.”

“Justice Breyer Inducted Into French Academy”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

“Federal appeals court clears Judge Kendall in contempt case”: The Virgin Islands Daily News has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued last week.

“NM plastic fetuses lawsuit dismissal upheld”: The Associated Press has this report.

And at the “School Law” blog of Education Week, Mark Walsh has a post titled “Court Upholds Curb on ‘Fetus Dolls’ at School.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit at this link.

“No Lawyer for 100 Country Miles, So One Rural State Offers Pay”: Ethan Bronner has this front page article today in The New York Times.

“The Supreme Court Nominee-in-Waiting”: Jeffrey Toobin has this blog post online today at The New Yorker.

Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers has an article headlined “Will another Obama judicial nominee face GOP roadblocks? Recent history says ‘yes.’”

And Sahil Kapur of TPM DC reports that “Reid Threatens Filibuster Reform With Nuclear Option.”

Programming note: I will be in Atlanta from this afternoon through Monday night. As a result, blogging will be sporadic to non-existent during that period. Regular posting will resume Tuesday morning.

“Contraception Mandate Likely Headed To Supreme Court, Experts Say”: Laura Bassett of The Huffington Post has this report.

“Head v. Heart: How Supreme Court justices wrestle with tough decisions.” Top Line from ABC News, via Yahoo! News, has this report.

“State Supreme Court to hear arguments May 8 in judges’ retirement challenge; Meanwhile, a case involving Judge Leonard Zito in federal court is on hold”: Peter Hall has this article today in The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania.

“Prosser: High court’s division overblown; Justice says he works hard to respect others.” This article appeared yesterday in The Post-Crescent of Appleton, Wisconsin.

“Sandra Day O’Connor on the History of the Supreme Court in ‘Out of Order'”: Thursday’s edition of The PBS NewsHour contained this segment.

“Less Culpable, but With Longer Sentences”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

“Cuomo Picks Judge in City to Fill Spot at Top Court”: Saturday’s edition of The New York Times will contain an article that begins, “Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo nominated Justice Sheila Abdus-Salaam on Friday to fill a vacancy on the state’s highest court, and if confirmed, she would become the first African-American woman to serve on it.”

The Times Union of Albany, New York reports that “First black woman tapped for state’s top court.”

Reuters reports that “Cuomo selects Abdus-Salaam for Court of Appeals seat.”

And New York Law Journal reports that “First Department Justice Tapped for Top Bench.”

“Qurans at crux of Guantanamo hunger strike”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.

And Ryan J. Reilly of The Huffington Post reports that “Guantanamo Hunger Strike Grows As Military Locks Out Press.”

Programming note: This afternoon, the Philladelphia Phillies play their home opener against the Kansas City Royals. I will at Citizens Bank Park for the game, enjoying the view from this section on what is turning out to be quite a nice afternoon in Philadelphia.

Additional posts will appear here this evening.