We welcome Jim Hawkins into the Lounge, as a guest for the month. Jim is an Assistant Professor at the University of Houston Law Center, where he teaches in the fields of consumer/commercial law. His scholarship has appeared, among other places, in the UCLA, William & Mary, Washington and Lee, Chapman, Tulane, and Indiana law journals. Prior to entering academia he worked for Fulbright & Jaworski and served as a judicial clerk on the Fifth Circuit.
Welcome to the Lounge, Jim!
P.S. What famous work of literature features a primary character who shares our guest's name?
"Squire Trelawney, Dr Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about Treasure Island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only because there is still treasure not yet lifted, I take up my pen in the year of grace 17⎯, and go back to the time when my father kept the ‘Admiral Benbow’ inn, and the brown old seaman, with the sabre cut, first took up his lodging under our roof."
I read that one over and over to my kids at night.
Posted by: anon | March 01, 2013 at 02:02 PM
Really looking forward to your posts, Jim! Glad you're hanging out with us.
Posted by: Alfred Brophy | March 01, 2013 at 02:10 PM
Hi Jim - nice to be sharing some "virtual space" with a UH colleague!
Posted by: Jacqui Lipton | March 01, 2013 at 02:30 PM
Good to see you're in the Lounge, Jim. Looking forward to your input.
Posted by: Scott Pryor | March 01, 2013 at 04:35 PM