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CFP - Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Corporate Law

DEADLINE: Friday November 1, 2019

The U.S. Feminist Judgments Project seeks contributors of rewritten judicial opinions and private contracts, and commentaries on rewritten opinions and contracts, for an edited collection tentatively titled Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Corporate Law.  This edited volume is part of a collaboration among law professors and others to rewrite, from a feminist perspective, key judicial decisions in the United States.  The initial volume, Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Opinions of the United States Supreme Court, edited by Kathryn M. Stanchi, Linda L. Berger, and Bridget J. Crawford, was published in 2016 by Cambridge University Press.  Cambridge University Press has approved a series of Feminist Judgments books. In 2017, Cambridge University Press published the tax volume titled Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Tax Opinions. Other volumes in the pipeline include rewritten opinions in the areas of reproductive justice, family law, torts, employment discrimination, trusts and estates, health law, and property law. More information about the project can be found here.

Corporate law volume editors are Anne Choike, Usha R. Rodrigues and Kelli Alces Williams. The corporate law volume’s advisory panel is comprised of Alina Ball; Lisa Fairfax; Theresa Gabaldon; Joan MacLeod Heminway; Kristin Johnson; Elizabeth Pollman; Poonam Puri; Darren Rosenblum; Cindy Schipani; Kellye Testy; Cheryl Wade; and Cindy Williams.

With the guidance of the advisory panel, the editors have selected cases that have not appeared in other Feminist Judgments volumes, doctrinally significant cases, and cases that raise issues of particular salience to women’s lives.  This volume also seeks to include a rewritten “contract,” given corporate law’s emphasis upon default law and the precedent-setting power of privately negotiated arrangements. Potential authors are welcome to suggest other opinions or contracts that they would like to address, but the overall number of cases and contracts finally included in the volume must remain limited.

Bringing famous defendants into the Criminal Procedure classroom

Last year, I drafted a series of posts for this blog wherein I suggested the many benefits of bringing Brendan Dassey’s prosecution into the law school curriculum (the intro post from that series is here). In that series, I mentioned that I twice taught a course called (Un)Making a Murderer and assembled course materials to accompany the class. Those materials relied, in part, on filings from Dassey’s case. Doing so intimately acquainted me with his case and its many associated legal issues.

To bring the Dassey prosecution to life for students, I expose them to numerous filings from the case alongside several law enforcement investigatory materials (including, for example, search warrants and interrogation videos). Teaching that class taught me this:  in-class conversations that focus on actual case filings has significant advantages compared with the more typical classroom conversation that revolves around discussing one case at a time in a vacuum—disconnected from how that case applies to a real person.

Just One Look

"Just One Look" was first released by Doris Troy (who co-wrote it) in 1963; it was her only Hot 100 hit. Cover versions by Linda Ronstadt and The Hollies also charted. There are surprisingly few video clips of the song, perhaps the later use of the coda in television commercials -- "Just one look/That's all it took" -- may have made it seem trite (which is too bad).

 

Northwestern Seeks Associate Dean for Clinical Education and Director of the Bluhm Legal Clinic

The Bluhm Legal Clinic at Northwestern is one of the oldest and most extensive law school clinics in the U.S. The directorship is a great opportunity for an individual with an expansive and creative vision for clinical legal education. The full announcement, including the job description, is below, but I want to emphasize this passage, which will be important to applicants: "The Associate Dean is expected to be, at a minimum, appointed to a long-term, renewable faculty contract at the rank of Clinical Professor. Candidates with proven publication records may also be considered for tenure." Instructions for applying are at the end of the post, after the jump.

Northwestern Seeks Associate Dean for Clinical Education and Director of the Bluhm Legal Clinic

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law invites outstanding applicants for the Associate Dean of Clinical Education of its Bluhm Legal Clinic. The Law School is an innovative, top-ranked institution located on the lakefront just off Chicago’s Magnificent Mile. The clinical program at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is one of the most diverse and comprehensive among the country’s law schools. It is internationally recognized for its involvement in legal policy and reform. The 13 centers within the Bluhm Legal Clinic house more than 20 individual clinics. The Law School seeks an experienced, visionary leader to build on this record of success.

St. Mary's Law Seeks Dean

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St. Mary’s University based in San Antonio, Texas, invites inquiries, nominations and applications for the Dean of St. Mary’s University School of Law.

St. Mary’s University School of Law has long been recognized as the premier private law school in south Texas. It now seeks to extend that reputation throughout the state of Texas, the Southwest, and nationally through strategic management of its opportunities, resources, and excellent alumni partners. The School of Law’s next dean will inherit an outstanding market position, a thriving enrollment, and a community united in the shared goal of providing an outstanding legal education.

The School of Law resides within a University committed to its Catholic identity and to the heritage of its founding religious community, the Society of Mary (Marianist). Educating students for over 150 years, the University is the oldest institution of higher learning in San Antonio.

The School of Law has amassed a nationally recognized law facility, a highly regarded LL.M. program, a premier law journal, and a reputation in the field of trial advocacy that is unparalleled in this or any region of the country. St. Mary’s University School of Law graduates are national and regional leaders, prominent lawyers, and outstanding academicians, among other vocations. St. Mary’s University School of Law has a commitment to diversity that is second to none in its law school admissions process, while maintaining, through unique and innovative on-campus programs, a strong bar passage rate measured against its Texas competition.

Reporting directly to the Provost and working closely with St. Mary’s University President and the University’s senior leadership, the next Dean is the School of Law’s chief academic and administrative officer, with overall responsibility for its academic programs, operating budget, human resources, external relations, and fundraising. The Dean is also the School of Law’s principal representative in University governance and the legal community. The next Dean will be able to capitalize on the School of Law’s already strong assets to deliver an outstanding legal education, honor its commitment to legal ethics and service, and provide opportunities to students of diverse backgrounds and abilities.

Touro Law Seeks Tenure-Track Faculty

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The Touro College, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center is pleased to announce that it is currently seeking applicants for two tenure-track appointments to its full-time faculty starting in August 2020.

The law school has a number of curricular needs including: Constitutional Law, Evidence, Property, Business Organizations and Torts and will also consider applications from a variety of subject areas. A candidate must have a J.D. degree and a commitment to teaching in an environment dedicated first and foremost to excellence in teaching and mentoring students. Successful candidates will have meaningful law practice or teaching experience that predicts aptitude as a teacher and a record or promise of legal scholarship. We seek candidates with a demonstrated commitment to service to the law school and the community as well as a desire to engage in the intellectual life of the Law Center. Touro Law Center is dedicated to the goal of diversity and strongly encourages applications from women and minorities.

Touro Law Center is located in central Long Island, New York across the street from federal and state courthouses and is only a train ride from New York City. More information about the school can be found at www.tourolaw.edu. Questions about the positions may be directed to Professor Meredith R. Miller mmiller@tourolaw.edu and Associate Dean Deseriee Kennedy at dkennedy@tourolaw.edu, Co-Chairs, Faculty Appointments Committee.

Application Procedure
Please apply for the position at http://touro.peopleadmin.com/postings/4623: Please upload your cover letter including areas of teaching interest and your resume.

What Farhad Manjoo Got Wrong about Tucker Carlson

Writing in yesterday's New York Times Sunday Review, columnist Farhad Majoo tried to imagine a worse Republican president -- hypothetically to be elected in 2024 -- than Donald J. Trump:

The thought experiment is instructive because it compels us to ponder some of the fundamental forces shaping American culture and politics at the moment. It is also horrifying, because what quickly becomes evident is that we might now be only in the middle of everything spinning out of control.

The answer was Fox News host Tucker Carlson who, according to Manjoo, would match Trump's commitment to "refashioning America along racial lines," but with an added quality of "competence" that would make him all the more dangerous. After watching Carlson regularly since January, Manjoo concludes that his racism "is both more extreme and more cannily packaged for a digital audience than is Trump’s." Thus, 

Several times a week, he’ll lift ideas, story lines and troll-based narratives directly from the fetid swamp of online hatred. Then he’ll clean these theories up and wrap them in a bow for his mainstream audience, usually to advance an overarching idea that he mentions constantly: that, thanks to an “invasion” of immigrants, white people in America and Europe face economic and cultural calamity, and that the political, corporate and media establishments are abetting their destruction.

I am only slightly familiar with Carlson's current show, having watched him mostly in his bow-tie days on CNN's Crossfire when he played the somewhat more moderate foil to Robert Novak's "Prince of Darkness." I don't know whether Manjoo described Carlson accurately, but I do take sharp issue with his closing graf:

This is Carlson’s entire schtick. He uses the cover of capitalist hardship to advance theories of white oppression, often while summoning further harassment of his critics. He’s taking it to television, five nights a week. And where it ends up could be hellish.

It's not the content that bothers me, it's the Yiddish.

Listen to the Mockingbird

"Listen to the Mockingbird" is one of the most instantly recognizable tunes in the American songbook. Composed in 1855 by Septimus Winter and Richard Milburn, it was originally a plaintive ballad, in which the singer reminisces about his deceased love. It was repurposed as a marching song during the Civil War, and was said to be among Abraham Lincoln's favorites. Over 20 million copies of sheet music were sold in the 19th century, at a time when the U.S. population ranged from 30 to 75 million.

The song has seen many other interpretations over the years, as a comic intro for The Three Stooges and a children's theme on Barney & Friends. It has been recorded by Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong. The arrangements below are all country fiddle renditions, a relatively late development in the evolution of the song.

Johnny Jake takes a virtuoso turn:

Anita Bernstein to Receive 2020 William L. Prosser Award

Anita Bernstein, the Anita and Stuart Subotnick Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, has been named as the recipient of the 2020 AALS Section on Torts and Compensation Systems William L. Prosser Award.  The Prosser Award recognizes "outstanding contributions of law teachers in scholarship, teaching and service" and "a lifetime of truly outstanding contribution to the law of torts." Past recipients include Guido Calebresi (2011), Richard Posner (2012), Jane Stapleton (2013), James Henderson, Jr. (2014), Michael Green (2015), Aaron Twerski (2016),  Stephen Sugarman (2017), Marshall Shapo (2018), and Ken Simons (2019).

Professor Bernstein's law review articles include For and Against Marriage: A Revision, 102 Mich. L. Rev. 129 (2003); Treating Sexual Harassment with Respect, 111 Harv. L. Rev. 445 (1997); How to Make a New Tort: Three Paradoxes, 75 Tex. L. Rev. 1539 (1997); and Law, Culture and Harassment, 142 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1227 (1994). Her most recent book, The Common Law Inside the Female Body (Cambridge University Press 2018), will be the subject of two forthcoming symposia: one in the Northwestern Law Review Online and one in the Boston College Law Review E. Supp.

Congratulations, Professor Bernstein!

Tulane Seeks Faculty for Two New Clinics: First Amendment Law and Immigrants Rights

Tulane Law is thrilled to announce that we are hiring for a director and professor of practice to lead a soon to be established First Amendment Clinic. The Stanton Foundation, created by a longtime president of CBS News, has committed nearly $1 million to cover the full operating costs of the new clinic. To learn more about our plans, please read recent news about this initiative.

To apply, please submit materials here: https://apply.interfolio.com/68076. The description of the position and qualifications are listed below. Tulane Law also is hiring for a director and professor of practice for a newly established Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, and applicants for that position can apply here: https://apply.interfolio.com/63659, and read more about the position at the end of this email.  

Director of Tulane Law First Amendment Clinic & Professor of Practice

Tulane Law School seeks highly qualified applicants for a full-time position as Professor of the Practice of Law leading its newly created First Amendment Clinic. The position would begin during the 2020-21 academic year, starting on July 1, 2020, and would be on the non-tenured faculty track, with an initial appointment of three years. 

The candidate who fills the position will have primary responsibility for developing the new First Amendment Clinic; engaging in case selection, litigation, and other advocacy to promote the clinic's mission and goals; supervising clinic students in all aspects of the clinic’s work; teaching a related subject-matter seminar or course; convening an advisory committee of First Amendment faculty experts; and managing development activities in support of the clinic. As a Professor of the Practice of Law, the successful candidate will participate in and vote at faculty meetings and serve on faculty committees within the School of Law.

Why Emoluments are Wrong

Andy Koppelman and I have this piece in The American Prospect today:

The Real Trouble With Emoluments

Andrew Koppelman & Steven Lubet

September 19, 2019

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently reinstated an Emoluments Clause lawsuit against President Donald Trump. The court ruled that the plaintiffs, who operate hotels and restaurants in the United States, have standing to sue him on the grounds that foreign government entities have patronized Trump’s hotels, restaurants, and event spaces “in the hope of enriching the President and earning a reward from him through official Presidential action favorable to their government.”

This brings to mind an old story about a trial court judge whose young daughter had a table selling Girl Scout cookies right outside the courtroom. Although the judge couldn’t see the cookie stand, he knew that every lawyer, party, and witness had to walk right past it on the way into the courtroom. In one bitterly contested case, the losing attorney protested, “But Your Honor, I bought four boxes.” The judge was unmoved, especially when the winning lawyer added, “So did I.”

Although the story is probably apocryphal, it has been widely used to clarify a basic principle in judicial ethics: A judge should not exploit his or her office for personal gain. In our example, there are three possible consequences of the cookie selling, and all of them are wrong. In the worst scenario, of course, the judge would have been openly soliciting bribes, basing his rulings on the number of boxes purchased by lawyers. But even if the judge was scrupulously fair, the presence of the table was still coercive, creating an impression that the court could be influenced by cookie buying. And even if no lawyer felt coerced, they still might have purchased multiple boxes in the erroneous hope that it might sway the judge.

Fellowship Announcement: Stanford University - Constitutional Law Center Fellowship

From an email message that I received this week:

https://law.stanford.edu/fellowships/research-fellowships/

The Goal:

This fellowship is intended for individuals who are seeking an academic career working on constitutional law. Affiliates of the Center have gone on to obtain desirable academic positions at numerous law schools including Georgetown, the University of Chicago, UCLA, Notre Dame, Hastings, Penn State, Georgia, and Richmond, among others.

The Fellowship:

The Constitutional Law Center Fellowship is a residential fellowship that provides an opportunity to conduct research in the dynamic environment of Stanford Law School. The fellowship is for one year with the possibility of extending to a second year. The fellowship is designed to allow participants to complete a significant body of independent scholarship. We expect fellows to dedicate most of their time to pursuing their proposed research projects, while dedicating a small amount of their time to attend Center activities, including our annual conference, our monthly speaker series, and paper workshops. Fellows may also occasionally be called on to help coordinate Center activities in cooperation with the Center’s executive director.

Fellows are encouraged to become part of a lively law-school-wide community of individuals with an interest in legal academia by attending weekly faculty lunch seminars and participating in activities with the other fellows at Stanford Law School. For the 2019-2020 fellowship, we will provide fellows with work space, a competitive salary, and a generous benefits package. Fellows will report to the executive director of the Constitutional Law Center.

Applicants should have a JD or doctoral level degree (PhD) in a relevant area. Successful applicants typically also have experience in a federal appellate clerkship, and a demonstrated aptitude for original research in constitutional law, typically in the form of past publications or student notes.

Northern Illinois Law Seeks Entry Level Faculty

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NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW invites applications for anticipated openings for two entry-level tenure-track faculty positions beginning August 2020. Duties include engaging in high quality research and teaching, as well as being an active participant in law school and university service.  Requirements include a J.D. degree from an ABA accredited law school, an ability to engage in high quality research and teaching, and a willingness to actively participate in law school and university service.

We are particularly interested in candidates specializing in contracts, business associations, tax, torts, trusts and estates, and skills courses in the areas of pre-trial skills and/or business related skills.

If you have not registered for the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference and wish to apply, please go to the position posting through the NIU applicant tracking system at the following link: http://employment.niu.edu/postings/47421.

Please note that to be officially considered for this position, a cover letter, resume, and a list of names/addresses/email addresses/phone numbers of three current professional references will be required as uploads to NIU’s applicant tracking system.

Please direct questions to Interim Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and Associate Professor Yolanda King, Chair of the Appointments Committee, Northern Illinois University College of Law, Swen Parson Hall, DeKalb Illinois 60115-2890 at lking@niu.edu , or Tita Kaus at 815-753-1068 tkaus@niu.edu . Preference will be given to applications received by September 24, 2019, although applications will be accepted until the positions are filled.

 

Israeli Election Results with 95% of Votes Counted

According to the Jerusalem Post, at 9:00 pm Israel time:

According to Channel 12, 95% of the votes from Tuesday's elections have already been counted, Blue and White stands at 33 seats and Likud at 32 seats, with Blue and White leading by a narrow margin. It is important to note that these are still not the final results.

Blue and White: 25.66% (33)
Likud: 25.03% (32)
The Joint List: 10.71% (12)
Shas: 7.56% (9)
Yisrael Beytenu: 7.11% (8)
UTJ: 6.25% (8)
Yemina: 5.73% (7)
Labor-Gesher: 4.81% (6)
Democratic Union: 4.30% (5)
Otzma Yehudit: 1.87% (did not pass the electoral threshold of 3.25%)

Mitchell Hamline Law Seeks President/Dean

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Mitchell Hamline School of Law seeks applications and nominations for the position of President and Dean.

Mitchell Hamline School of Law, based in St. Paul, Minnesota, is a forward-thinking and independent, top law school for students seeking a practical legal education. The school offers traditional full- and part-time programs as well as the first on-campus/online J.D. program at an ABA-approved law school. With a history dating back more than 100 years, Mitchell Hamline School of Law has continually shaped legal education to be relevant to its students, future clients, and the legal profession. Students, many of whom may not have otherwise had the opportunity to gain access to a legal education, thrive in a flexible, rigorous and experiential learning environment, and graduate prepared to make an immediate contribution in law, business, government, community service, and many other fields. For more information please visit www.mitchellhamline.edu.

Reporting to the Board of Trustees, the President and Dean will be a collaborative, transparent, and strategic leader who guides faculty, staff, students and processes with empathy and integrity. With a track record of distinguished management and administration, this person must possess a deep commitment to student success and faculty teaching and scholarly engagement and development as well as the organizational and leadership skills necessary to attract and retain human and financial resources. The ideal candidate should have a sophisticated understanding of the changing landscape of legal education, respect and appreciation for shared governance, fundraising experience, and a strong commitment to Mitchell Hamline School of Law's role as an innovator in legal education.

Another Question about Bryan Garner's Tip of the Day

I am a great fan of Bryan Garner's "Usage Tip of the Day," and I look forward to his daily emails. As readers know, however, I sometimes disagree with him. Today, for example, I am not sure that he is right in the following:

not in a position to. This phrase is often wordy for cannot, can’t, could not, or the like—e.g.: “Granted, we’re talking about hockey players, who, unlike their basketball and football counterparts, usually are not in a position to [read can’t] reap immediate financial rewards if they leave early.” Michael Hunt, “Bound by a Common Goal,” Milwaukee J. Sentinel, 27 Mar. 1997, Sports §, at 1.

Isn't there an obvious distinction between "not in a position to" and "can't," given the possibly broader meaning of the latter? In Garner's example, hockey players are "not in a position" to reap rewards because of the particular structure of the NHL. In other words, "not in a position" denotes the operation of particular external circumstances. Saying that they "can't" reap immediate rewards could also apply to physical inability, legal prohibition, or even emotional reluctance. Moreover, "not in a position" implies transience, because positions may change, while "can't" suggests permanence. If you can't do it, you can't do it. It seems to me, therefore, that "not in a position" provides a more precise meaning, and is not just a wordy replacement.

But maybe, as an academic, I am not in a position to appreciate Garner's point.

Syracuse Law Seeks Faculty in Con, Business/Commercial and International Law

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Tenure-track faculty position: constitutional law, all areas of the business and commercial law, and international law at Syracuse University College of Law

Our curricular needs are flexible, but special consideration will be given to applicants with teaching and scholarly interest in constitutional law, all areas of the business and commercial law, and international law. The College of Law is particularly interested in applicants with an interest in interdisciplinary scholarship. All candidates should have an excellent academic record. Candidates should have a J.D. degree. Preferred post-J.D. experience and credentials include advanced degree, judicial clerkship, relevant legal practice, or similar experience. A demonstrated commitment to excellent classroom teaching and scholarship are required. This is a tenure-track position and candidates are expected to teach in both the residential law program and in our online JD interactive program. Candidates can expect to teach a first year course or a core upper-division course, along with other courses as needed. A candidate’s ability to contribute to the diversity of the College of Law community is a preferred qualification for this position.

Interested applicants should send their resume and names of three references, including academic references in a position to assess the candidate’s potential as a legal academic, to Professor Robin Paul Malloy, Chair, Faculty Appointments Committee, Syracuse University College of Law, Syracuse, New York 13244; email: rpmalloy@law.syr.edu. Syracuse University is committed to diversity and is an equal opportunity employer. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled, however, priority consideration will be given to applications received prior to September 21, 2019.

Hiring Announcement: University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law

From an email message that I received recently:

The UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF LAW is seeking to hire for three assistant or associate tenure track positions in Civil Procedure, Criminal Law, and Family Law which will begin in Fall 2020. A J.D. or equivalent degree is required.  Previous teaching experience is strongly preferred. Applications must come through the UMKC Human Resources portal at https://info.umkc.edu/hr/careers/academic-positions/. 

UMKC School of Law has a tradition of strong scholarship and engagement in the field of civil procedure, as well as outstanding training for students as part of our J.D. and LL.M. emphasis in Advocacy.  The School of Law is home to the Famous Trials website, https://www.famous-trials.com/, the Supreme Court papers project, http://www1.law.umkc.edu/justicepapers/, and a nationally ranked trial advocacy program.

UMKC School of Law also has a premier program in Criminal Law, part of our J.D. and LL.M. emphasis in Advocacy.  The program offers a full range of course work, clinics, field placements, and continuing education programs.  In 2017, UMKC Law School's Trial Advocacy program was ranked #21 in the nation by US News & World Report. In addition, The National Jurist gave UMKC an A- rating in Trial Advocacy. UMKC School of Law collaborates with the Missouri Capital Punishment Resource Center, the Midwest Innocence Project, and the Kansas City Youth Court.

UMKC hosts a nationally-recognized Child & Family Law program, notable for its breadth and depth.  The School of Law offers both J.D. and LL.M. students an emphasis in Child & Family Law, maintains two in-house clinics devoted exclusively to family law (one of which provides graduates state certification to practice as Guardians ad Litem) as well as numerous field placement opportunities, publishes a national family law journal (the Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers), and provides an international study abroad program focused exclusively on family law.

I Can't Stop Loving You

"I Can't Stop Loving You" was written in 1957 by Don Gibson, whose 1958 release became a hit on the Country & Western charts. Ray Charles covered the song in 1962 for his album Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music, also releasing it as a single that held the number one spot for five weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. The song has since been covered over 700 times.

Results of Law Professor Twitter Census 2019-2020 Edition - 9/13/19

Below the fold are the results of the 2019-2020 Law Professor Twitter Census. You can also download the raw data here. The list includes areas of academic interest, for faculty who self-identified with that information. The list is arranged by school, instead of individual users' last names.

Of the 1310 faculty members on this list, 709 (54.1%) are male; 601 (45.9%) are female; 1024 (78.9%) are affiliated with U.S.-based law schools; 276 (21.1%) are affiliated with law schools outside the U.S.

Here are responses to some anticipated questions from inquiring minds who want to know:

1.  How was the census developed?

The list is based on previous censuses, conducted in 2012, 2015, and 2018. It was amended and updated by contributions from blog readers in response to this post. I added additional or deleted very few names myself, based on law prof accounts that I have happened to encounter (typically because they follow me on Twitter or I follow them) or if I knew someone had changed schools, left the academy, etc. I made no concerted effort to update the list myself.

2.  How accurate is the census?

Not at all. If there are corrections, additions, etc., please feel free to email me directly at bcrawford at law dot pace dot edu.  I'll republish from time to time based on new data I receive, but likely not until next year.

3. Why isn't my information listed in the census? Why isn't my colleague's information listed?

The census relies almost exclusively on self-identification. To be included in the list, you had to actively add yourself to it (as indicated here) or email me directly.

4.  How does this year's data compare to the numbers from prior years?

For an historical comparison, here's the data from prior years:

	2019-2020 Version (9/13/19)	2018-2019 Version (8/15/2018)	2015 Version (1/23/2015)	2012 Version (7/26/2012)
Total  Number Users	1310	1105	553	204
Male	709	636	330	142
Female	601	469	223	62
US-based	1024	921	488	189
Based outside US	276	184	65	15

5.  Who is included in the census?

The list is meant to cover only individual tweeters who are full-time faculty members at law schools.  The list is not meant to be a comprehensive account of everyone (adjuncts, librarians, practitioners, programs, institutes, students, group blogs) publishing law-related tweets. Consistent with past practice, emeritus faculty are included in the census.

6.  What good is this information?

Either not at all or not much. But law professors like to count things and measure faculties (and individuals) against each other.

7.  So c'mon, tell us, which school has the most self-identified faculty members on Twitter?

Sigh.  George Washington (33), Virginia (32), UCLA (32) and Ottawa (31).

Full data below the fold and downloadable at link above.