The Faculty Lounge

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

Conceptual Research Fellowships at Anthropic – Deadline 10/28

Anthropic, the company behind Claude and other AI tools, has opened applications for its Conceptual Reasoning Fellowship, a four-month paid gig. Here is a brief description of the program: Program ...

Bridget J. Crawford October 16, 2026No Comments

Grand Canyon Law Names Williams Founding Dean

Arizona's Grand Canyon University is planning to open a law school as soon as next fall. It has named James Williams, a Phoenix attorney and 2008 graduate of Baylor Law,…

Dan Filler October 16, 2026No Comments

University of Puerto Rico Law Names William Vázquez Irizarry Dean

The University of Puerto Rico has named William Vázquez Irizarry as its new dean. Vázquez Irizarry joined the faculty in 2005. He holds a JD from the school as well…

Dan Filler October 14, 2026No Comments

Just Posted: The Smallest State’s Big Experiment

For nearly 30 years, Rhode Island policed prostitution it didn’t prohibit. My new paper, “The Smallest State’s Big Experiment,” revisits that history through Alvin Roth’s latest book, Moral Economics. Now…

Kim Krawiec October 13, 2026No Comments

ALI Elects New Members

Congratulations and a warm welcome to these faculty members at U.S. law schools who were recently elected to membership in the American Law Institute: W. Edward “Ted” Afield, Stetson University…

Bridget J. Crawford October 13, 2026No Comments

Taboo Trades Podcast: Survival Labor with Yvette Butler

When does crime become work—and why does the legal system recognize some harmful activities as legitimate labor while criminalizing other activities undertaken to secure food, shelter, safety, or family survival?…

Kim Krawiec October 11, 2026No Comments

CFP: UCLA’s Lowell Milken Institute

Call for Papers The Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law is pleased to announce its third annual Business and Tax Roundtable for Upcoming…

Kim Krawiec October 9, 2026No Comments

Hiring Announcement: Suffolk University Law School (Director: Environmental Law and Policy Clinic)

We at Suffolk University Law School are looking to hire a tenure-track faculty member to direct our Environmental Law and Policy Clinic. I thought this may be a good opportunity…

Tim Zinnecker October 9, 2026No Comments