The Faculty Lounge

(Won't You Come Home) Bill Bailey

Has any song been more enjoyable than "Bill Bailey"? Originally titled "Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home," it was written in 1902 by Hughie Cannon,  a tavern piano player in Jackson, Michigan. As the story goes, Cannon was inspired by the carousing of his friend and fellow musician Willard "Bill" Bailey, whose wife regularly called on him to end his late night habits. Whether true or not, Michigan's nocturnal Bill Bailey has been immortalized in a song that has been a Dixieland and jazz standard for over a century. The song is almost impossible to overdo, overact, over-arrange, or over produce, though parodies abound (I have included only one).

Patricia Timmons-Goodson Named Dean of NCCU Law

North Carolina Central University School of Law has announced that Patricia Timmons-Goodson will be its next dean.   She  is a retired North Carolina Supreme Court associate justice.  Timmons-Goodson, who holds a JD from UNC-Chapel Hill and an LL.M from Duke, will take over on July 1.

Paul Litton Named Dean of University of Missouri School of Law

The University of Missouri School of Law has announced that Paul Litton will be its permanent dean.  Litton has served as interim dean since July 2022.  He joined the Mizzou faculty in 2006.   Litton earned his JD and Ph.D from the University of Pennsylvania.

U. South Dakota seeking abstracts for Rural Lawyers Symposium

Abstracts are due 6/16:

Rural Lawyers Symposium

The South Dakota Law Review seeks article proposals, speakers, and panel participants for a symposium on issues related to rural lawyers. The Rural Lawyer symposium will be held in Vermillion, South Dakota, on September 21 and 22, 2023.

Abstracts of 300-500 words are due June 16, 2023.

The symposium will focus on rural lawyers. The editors seek articles and speakers that address one or more of the following topics, or other related topics:

1. Indigent defense in rural communities
2. Conflicts of interest for rural lawyers
3. The practice of law in rural areas, including on rural reservations
4. Best pedagogical approaches to training future rural lawyers
5. The study of rural lawyers as an academic discipline
6. Incentive programs for rural lawyers or other rural professionals
7. The ten-year anniversary of South Dakota’s Rural Attorney Recruitment Program
8. Licensure policies and impact on rural areas
9. The viability of small towns

The editors actively seek diverse viewpoints and diverse scholarly approaches.  Although the symposium is not a historical or comparative project, the editors welcome articles with historical or comparative features.

In your proposal, please indicate whether you would be interested in (1) publishing your topic, (2) speaking at the symposium, or (3) both. Priority will be given to proposals where the contributor expects to both publish and speak at our in-person event, although we will consider other proposals.

The Call for Papers opens today with abstracts due on June 16, 2023. Please send abstracts to [email protected]. Selected contributors will be notified by July 1, 2023. Finished articles will be due Friday, December 1, 2023. Our editors will work with you over the winter 2023-24 to prepare your work for publication. The symposium volume will be published and released in the summer of 2024.

Wisconsin Law Seeks Criminal Law Faculty

This just in:

Wisconsin School of Law seeks a tenure-track faculty member in Criminal Law, potentially to start this upcoming academic year (2023-24). This is a tenure-track position and will involve research and teaching in the areas of criminal law and criminal procedure as expected of a tenured faculty member of the Law School.  For additional information, click here.

CFP: 5th Annual Equality Law Scholars' Forum

Call for Proposals for the Fifth Annual Equality Law Scholars’ Forum 

November 10-11, 2023 – Boston University School of Law

Building on the success of the Equality Law Scholars’ Forum held at UC Berkeley Law in 2017, at UC Davis Law in 2018, at Boston University Law in 2021, at Loyola Los Angeles Law in 2022, and in the spirit of academic engagement and mentoring in the area of Equality Law, we (Tristin Green, Loyola Los Angeles; Angela Onwuachi-Willig, Boston University; and Leticia Saucedo, UC Davis) announce the Fifth Annual Equality Law Scholars’ Forum  and Reunion, to be held in Fall 2023. 

This Scholars’ Forum seeks to provide junior scholars with commentary and critique and to provide scholars at all career stages the opportunity to engage with new scholarly currents and ideas.  We hope to bring together scholars with varied perspectives (e.g., critical race theory, class critical theory, queer theory, feminist legal theory, law and economics, law and society) across fields (e.g., criminal system, education, employment, family, health, immigration, property, tax) and with work relevant to many diverse identities (e.g., age, class, disability, national origin, race, sex, sexuality) to build bridges and to generate new ideas in the area of Equality Law.  

This year, because this year’s gathering also will include a reunion, we will be selecting fewer Equality Law Scholars than in prior years. Specifically, we will select three to five relatively junior scholars (untenured, newly tenured, or prospective professors) in the United States. to present papers from proposals submitted in response to this Call for Proposals. In so doing, we will select papers that cover a broad range of topics within the area of Equality Law.  Leading senior scholars will provide commentary on each of the featured papers in an intimate and collegial setting.  The Forum and Reunion will take place all day Friday through lunch on Saturday.  Participants are expected to attend the full Forum and Reunion. The Equality Law Scholars’ Forum will pay transportation and accommodation expenses for participants and will host a dinner on Friday evening.  

This year’s Forum will be held on November 10-11, 2023, at Boston University School of Law.

Junior scholars are invited to submit abstracts of proposed papers, 3-5 pages in length, by June 15, 2023.   

Full drafts of papers must be available for circulation to participants by October 20, 2023. 

Note: We urge submission of proposals for drafts that will still be substantially in progress in October/November 2023 over drafts that will be in late-stage law review edits at that time.

Proposals should be submitted to:

Leticia Saucedo, UC Davis School of Law, [email protected].  Electronic submissions via email are preferred.

Richard P. Nathan Public Policy Fellowship at the Rockefeller Institute of Government

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 

Richard P. Nathan Public Policy Fellowship at the Rockefeller Institute of Government

The Rockefeller Institute of Government, the public policy think tank for the 64-campus State University of New York, is accepting applications for its sixth annual Richard P. Nathan Public Policy Fellowship Program. The fellowship seeks to connect cutting-edge policy expertise to public problems and the policy community that tries to address these problems. Fellows will work closely with the Rockefeller Institute of Government's expert researchers on a variety of projects, including in the areas of healthcare, local government, fiscal policy, education, law, climate and environment, and social policy. Appointments to the fellowship are for a period of one year, starting in September 2023. Fellows are expected to produce a portfolio that may include reports, blogs, or public forums, including the publication of reports and commentary pieces on the Institute's website. Fellows will have access to the Rockefeller Institute's facility, staff, and space for events. Full-time residence at the Institute's headquarters in Albany, New York, is not required. The Rockefeller Institute of Government invites applications from experts in the higher education community, researchers, practitioners, and retirees in a variety of fields who demonstrate a passion for working on pressing public policy issues of the day. The Richard P. Nathan Public Policy Fellowships are unpaid, although a small amount of funding may be available for research-related travel or other items related to fellowship work for the Institute. Required Elements of Application Applications must include each of the following: ·    A current resume or curriculum vitae of the candidate. ·    A short description (up to 500 words) describing how the candidate plans to use the fellowship to do research or provide policy outreach in their field, and what products the candidate envisions producing for the Institute (reports; blogs; etc.). Candidates may be asked to submit additional detail about any specific project or project component. ·    A description (up to 500 words) explaining the candidate's current professional and topical interests and how the Rockefeller Institute's Public Policy Fellowship could advance the candidate's career and objectives in the areas in which the candidate is most passionate. ·    Contact information for at least two professional references. Candidates are encouraged to include a writing sample (previously written) that they feel demonstrates their ability to write in a policy-relevant style. Applications and/or nominations should be submitted to: Brian Backstrom at [email protected] by June 30, 2023. Applicants will be selected by July 28, 2023. View this call for applications on the program website.

 

David Holt Named Dean of Oklahoma City Law

Oklahoma City School of Law has announced that David Holt will be its next dean.  Holt is currently the mayor of Oklahoma City.   Holt, who holds a JD from Oklahoma City Univerity,  will take over on July 1.

Haider Ala Hamoudi Named Dean of Cincinnati Law

The University of Cincinnati College of Law has announced that Haider Ala Hamoudi will be the new dean of its law school.  Until recently he was interim dean of Pitt Law.  Hamoudi holds a JD from  Columbia.