Month: July 2010

Via Brad DeLong, the University Website from xkcd:  

This week's question is submitted by Elon law prof,  and friend of the Lounge, Eric Fink.One of the outstanding players of the late 19th century, this Hall-of-Famer pitched the second…

I have a warm place in my heart for Birmingham Southern College: it's a notable feeder to the University of Alabama School of Law and several of its grads were…

Warning:  This post references the UCC.  Viewer discretion is advised.Law profs who are teaching sales, sadistic transactions, or bankruptcy this Fall may wish to add to their materials the recent…

It just so happens that I'm sitting here in my office listening to "Oh Happy Day" on the Smithsonian's wonderful House of Prayer CD.  (The CD goes great with a…

 Jason Czarnezki,  Professor of Law at Vermont Law School and a founder of the Empirical Legal Studies Blog, has struck out on his own.   His new blog, CZARNEZKI.COM, promises…

Just a reminder that one week from today -- August 4 (Wednesday) -- is the deadline by which the AALS must receive your FAR Form (and fee) for inclusion in the first distribution of…

We've been talking about the economy's effect on the academy for the last several years.  (You may recall, for instance, that I wrote some about the crash's effect on faculty scholarship back…

Fans of Extreme Makeover:  Home Edition may enjoy reading about a local Houston family, selected this weekend, to be the subject of an upcoming telecast.  Story here.

The name "Joel Seligman" probably doesn't cross your mind as often as it did when he was a law school dean.For five years now, Seligman has been the president of…