The Faculty Lounge

Taboo Trades: Boycotts, Shunning & Shaming with Scott Altman

Scott Altman observes that people organizing a boycott tend to imagine themselves participating in the Montgomery bus boycott. Their targets tend to imagine a McCarthy-era purge. Scott joins me and…

Kim Krawiec November 4, 2026No Comments

Two Law Deans Elected Governor

Yesterday, two former law deans were elected governor. Dean Jocelyn Benson (who lead Wayne State Law from 2012-16) will become the new governor of Michigan. Dean Phil Weiser (who lead…

Dan Filler November 4, 20261

Drake Law Seeks Dean

Drake University has announced a search for its new law school dean. Details are here.

Dan Filler October 30, 2026No Comments

Hiram Chodosh Named CEO of National Constitution Center

The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia has announced that former Utah Law dean, and Claremont McKenna president, Hiram Chodosh will be its new president and CEO. Chodosh served as Utah's…

Dan Filler October 29, 2026No Comments

CFP: Seton Hall Center For Health And Pharmaceutical Law

SETON HALL LAW SCHOOL CENTER FOR HEALTH & PHARMACEUTICAL LAW Call for Papers: Eleventh Annual Health Law Works-in-Progress Retreat Seton Hall Law School’s Center for Health & Pharmaceutical Law &…

Kim Krawiec October 23, 2026No Comments

W&L’S BLUE MOUNTAIN WRITING RETREAT

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS June 6–11, 2027 | Lexington, Virginia Washington and Lee University School of Law (“W&L Law”) invites up to ten tenure-track or tenured legal scholars to join its…

Kim Krawiec October 21, 2026No Comments

Bobby Ahdieh Named President of Pace University

Pace University has announced that its new president will be Texas A&M Law Dean Robert Ahdieh. Ahdieh, who holds a JD from Yale, starts January 1. Bobby is one of…

Dan Filler October 21, 20263

Hiring Announcement: University of San Francisco School of Law

Job Title: Assistant / Associate Professor of Legal Practice Job Summary: The School of Law at the University of San Francisco is seeking a full-time Legal Practice track professor to…

Tim Zinnecker October 20, 2026No Comments

Taboo Trades: “NIL Buyouts, Liquidated Damages, and Disguised Noncompetes with Dave Hoffman.”

College sports is experimenting with a new contractual device: transfer-triggered “buyouts” in athletes’ name, image, and likeness (NIL) agreements. Are these provisions legitimate estimates of a school’s difficult-to-measure losses, or…

Kim Krawiec October 19, 2026No Comments

NIU Seeks Criminal Law Laterals

The Northern Illinois University College of Law is hiring a criminalist, a lateral at any rank. NIU is a mission-driven public law school. We seek to provide broad access to…

Bridget J. Crawford October 18, 2026No Comments