The Faculty Lounge

Must Trustees Make Mandatory Trust Payouts to the Settlors’ Alleged Murderer?

I opened my Trusts & Estates class this past semester with a hypothetical loosely based on the deaths of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. Their son Nick Reiner, who…

Bridget J. Crawford June 10, 20261

Gordon S. Wood (1933-2026)

I am sad to report that Gordon S. Wood has died. He was the author of The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 (1969) and The Radicalism of the American…

Alfred Brophy June 8, 2026No Comments

WSJ: Monuments

Wall Street Journal is reporting that monuments are coming back again.

Alfred Brophy June 4, 2026No Comments

Paula Schaefer Named Interim Dean of Tennessee Law

The University of Tennessee has announced that Professor Paula Schaefer, a member of the Tennessee Law faculty, will be the school's interim dean this coming year. Schaefer holds a JD…

Dan Filler June 4, 20261

Changes Coming to SSRN, and They Aren’t Good […or Maybe Not for Now — Updated 6/5]

Professor Bainbridge has an insightful write-up here, entitled "The Social Science Research Network Has Jumped the Shark." Some highlights: The UCLA Law Library has notified our faulty that SSRN has…

Bridget J. Crawford June 4, 2026No Comments

Kathleen Guzman Named Interim Dean at Arkansas Law

The University of Arkansas has announced that Professor (and former Dean) Kathleen Guzman of the University of Oklahoma will take over as Arkansas Law's interim dean this summer. Guzman holds…

Dan Filler June 3, 2026No Comments

New on Substack: Economists, Kidneys, and the Politics of Payment

A recent Chicago Booth survey asked economists about living-donor kidney transplantation. The pattern is revealing: support is strongest around kidney exchange, remains broad for structured public donor benefits, and becomes…

Kim Krawiec June 1, 2026No Comments

Dan Kelly Named Dean of George Mason Law

George Mason University has announced that Dean Daniel Kelly of St. Thomas University Law, in Minneapolis, will be its next law school dean. Kelly, who joined St. Thomas as its…

Dan Filler June 1, 2026No Comments

CFP: Berkeley/Texas/Toronto/Yale Private Law Junior Faculty Forum April 2027

The Berkeley/Texas/Toronto/Yale Private Law Junior Faculty Forum (BETTY) is a platform dedicated to fostering in-depth exchange of ideas on the conceptual and normative foundations of private law. It aims to…

Bridget J. Crawford May 29, 2026No Comments

What Is A Kidney Worth?

The Hopkins Business of Health Initiative (HBHI) has published a summary and synthesis (link here) of the debate I previously discussed (here and here), with the full recording embedded and…

Kim Krawiec May 28, 2026No Comments