Month: January 2013

It's my pleasure to announce that Marc Roark of Savannah Law School is stepping into the faculty lounge to sit with us for a spell.  Marc teaches and writes in…

I think you may enjoy Roberta Smith's article in today's New York Times, "Curator Tear Down These Walls," which argues for the integration of pre-twentieth century folk landscape paintings into…

Dean David Yellen from Loyola University Chicago School of Law will be joining us as a guest this month.  David, who holds a JD from Cornell, entered teaching in 1988…

Updated 7/11/13 We're ready to go with this year's list of lateral law professor moves.  As always, I've cribbed other lists to get things going.  Thanks Brian!  I rely on…

Professor Maya Steinitz, at the University of Iowa College of Law, has an interesting research/crowdsourcing/transparency project going on at her new site, A Model Litigation Financing Contract: Litigation Funding in…

In the past day or two, we've seen a spate of articles and posts highlighting the newest LSAC application data and announcing that law schools are poised for a big…

Dean Mark Niles of the Seattle University School of Law has announced that he will be leaving the deanship and returning to Washington DC and the American University law faculty.…

In my hometown of Philadelphia I understand there's a controversy brewing over a staging of a play based on Uncle Tom's Cabin.  I'm wondering now whether this will lead to…

I'm heard some discussion of late that one way to explore a lateral move is to sign up with the AALS Visiting Faculty Register.  This register lists experienced faculty members…

One of the most entertaining op-eds I've read in a long time comes in today's New York Times from University of Virginia history professor Grace Elizabeth Hale.  It's called "When…