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Unrelated Cochrans [UPDATED with a bonus]

Eddie Cochran was one of the early rockers, with a rebellious image that was later perfected by Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan. Wayne Cochran was called the White Knight of Soul, and was well known for his friendship with fellow Georgians James Brown and Otis Redding (he played bass on Redding's early recordings). Hank Cochran was less famous than the other two, but was extremely influential in country music, writing hits for Patsy Cline, Eddy Arnold and others. Anita Cochran recorded "Fight Like a Girl" (at the bottom of the post, before the bonus) following her breast cancer diagnosis.

University of Detroit Mercy School of Law Seeks Dean

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University of Detroit Mercy (UDM), Michigan's largest and most comprehensive Catholic University in the Jesuit and Mercy traditions, invites applications and nominations for the position of Dean of the School of Law.

For more than a century, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law has educated lawyers who are committed to the pursuit of justice, service to others, and the highest standards of the legal profession. Detroit Mercy Law fully embraces the Jesuit and Mercy heritages, welcoming students and faculty of all faith traditions, and emphasizing academic and intellectual excellence and ethical values. Detroit Mercy Law provides a rigorous education that combines theory, doctrine, ethics, transnational educational opportunities, and real-world experience. From its location in the heart of downtown Detroit, Detroit Mercy Law students can readily access opportunities to connect with local leaders, community partners, employers, and an engaged alumni network more than 9,000 strong.

In addition to the JD program, Detroit Mercy Law offers students access to the JD/MBA program and the Canadian & American Dual JD Program, a collaboration between Detroit Mercy Law and University of Windsor Faculty of Law, which is the only three-year combined program of its kind in North America.

 

Florida State University Seeks VAPs for 2025-6

Florida State University College of Law seeks at least one Visiting Assistant Professor, to begin in the 2025-2026 academic year. The College is located in the heart of downtown Tallahassee – the capital of the nation’s third largest state – across the street from the Florida Supreme Court and one block from the Florida Capitol.

The College is seeking scholar-teachers interested in future appointment as tenure-track members of a law faculty. This VAP is an opportunity for individuals coming from clerkships, fellowships, or legal practice to enhance their CV with close faculty mentorship in preparation for entering the academic market. 

Subject areas of particular interest include, law & technology, business law (especially tax law), family law, criminal law, environmental law, gender & the law, and race & the law, but individuals with any area of scholarly and teaching interest will be considered. VAPs spend up to two academic years in residence at FSU. The College expects that VAPs produce at least one work of original scholarship with guidance and mentoring from FSU Law faculty members over the course of the two-year position. In the first year of the VAP appointment, each VAP teaches one course of his or her choice and design, subject to curricular needs. In the second year, each VAP teaches two courses. VAPs are welcome to attend all faculty activities open to visiting professors, including faculty workshops and conferences. Each VAP will have at least one opportunity to present a paper in the faculty workshop series. Each VAP receives an office amidst other members of the faculty as well as administrative and secretarial support. VAPs have no administrative responsibilities.

The annual salary for each VAP is $80,000, plus benefits (including health insurance). Each VAP also will receive a supplementary research budget for travel to conferences and other academic expenses.

To apply, please email Lauren Scholz, Chair of VAP Appointments Committee, at [email protected] with the following materials.

• A 1-2 page research agenda
• A CV

Please see AALS for descriptions and examples of the above. Short-listed candidates will be also asked to produce an academic or professional writing sample and references. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until January 31, 2025.

FSU is an Equal Opportunity/Access/Affirmative Action/Pro Disabled & Veteran Employer. FSU’s Equal Opportunity Statement can be accessed here.

 

Atlanta's John Marshall Law School Seeks Faculty

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Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School is seeking to hire several full-time or visiting faculty starting in the 2025-2026 academic year. We welcome applications with varied teaching interests, but are especially looking for faculty with an interest in teaching the following courses: Sales, Bankruptcy, and Transactional Drafting; Trial Advocacy, Evidence, Civil and Criminal Pretrial; Immigration Law; Law Office Practicum and other business-related experiential courses; Legal Writing, Research, and Analysis. This will be a twelve-month (August 1 – July 31) tenure-track appointment, responsible for teaching four courses per academic year (fall, spring, and/or summer), and other duties consistent with a full-time tenure-track appointment.

Ideal Experience and Qualifications

• Applicants must have a J.D. degree.
• Applicants must also have at least two years of experience in law practice or a judicial clerkship or law school teaching or tutoring experience.
• The ideal candidate should also have a record of outstanding academic achievement in law school; excellent analytical, research, writing, and interpersonal skills; and teaching or tutoring experience.
• Candidates should also demonstrate a strong commitment to teaching.

 

CWRU Law School Hiring in Health Law and Lawyering Skills

Case Western Reserve University School of Law Seeks Entry Level Health Law and Lawyering Skills Professors

Health Law

Case Western Reserve University School of Law invites applications for an entry-level tenure-track health law faculty position to begin in the fall of 2025. We seek a health law expert to join CWRU’s renowned Law-Medicine Center. This role includes teaching, research, publishing, and service responsibilities.

The current teaching load is three courses per year. Subjects may include Public Health Law, Bioethics & Law, Food & Drug Law, Health Law writing seminars, and other health law-related courses. In addition, the faculty member may be asked to teach courses outside of health law, such as a required first year course. There may also be a need for online teaching.

Qualifications include: 1) a Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school; 2) experience teaching, especially in health law; 3) a proven track record of legal research and publishing; and 4) a proven commitment to service.

For further information about the law school, please visit http://law.case.edu. For further information about the Law-Medicine Center, please see https://case.edu/law/centers-institutes/law-medicine-center. Please direct your questions to Professor Sharona Hoffman – [email protected].

To apply, please submit a cover letter, CV, and contact information for three professional references in PDF format via this Interfolio link: http://apply.interfolio.com/151241.

Lawyering Skills

We also invite applications for a lawyering skills Assistant Professor position beginning July 2025 to teach in our Legal Writing, Leadership, Experiential Education, Advocacy, and Professionalism (“LLEAP”) program. This is a 10-month renewable long-term contract position on the lawyering-skills track. The position has the potential for promotion and for presumptively renewable five-year contracts once the candidate reaches the rank of Professor.

We seek candidates with a JD from an ABA-accredited law school, a distinguished academic record, and at least three years of post-law school law practice. Candidates’ experiences must demonstrate the potential for excellence in legal writing and other practical lawyering skills. Key responsibilities will involve classroom teaching in our required first-year LLEAP course, one-on-one student interaction, drafting and grading multiple student writing projects each semester, and devising and coordinating simulation exercises. In addition, this member of the faculty will be part of, and must integrate curriculum with, the LLEAP faculty.

Please direct questions to Professor Jennifer Cupar – [email protected]. To apply please submit a cover letter, CV, and contact information for three professional references in PDF format via this Interfolio link: https://apply.interfolio.com/150036.

Case Western Reserve University strives to maintain a diverse and inclusive work environment. All applicants are protected under Federal law from discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age and genetics. Requests for reasonable accommodations should be directed to the Office of Equity by phone at 216.368.3066 or by email at [email protected].

ComplianceNet 2025

From Prof Nelson at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law...
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Dear Faculty Lounge readers,

 

ComplianceNet 2025 will be hosted by Fordham University School of Law in New York City. The event will take place on the Lincoln Center campus (150 West 62d St) May 28 – 30, 2025. It will have the theme of "Evolving Compliance,” though papers on all topics related to compliance will be welcome. We are not yet accepting paper submissions, but we hope that this announcement allows you to start thinking about potential contributions!

 

A formal call for papers will be issued in late fall 2024/early 2025. For individual papers, you will be asked to submit the paper title and abstract (up to about 200 words). For panels (3 papers minimum with a maximum of 5 per panel), you will be asked to submit an integrative statement explaining the panel (approximately 200 words), the titles of each paper and their authors, and an abstract for each paper (approximately 200 words). This year, we will have a new panel dedicated especially to graduate students and their work. We also offer prizes for the best papers from junior and senior scholars.

 

ComplianceNet seeks to bring together scholars from a range of different disciplines to study the interaction between rules (broadly defined) and individual, group, or organizational behavior. The first six annual conferences have been highly successful, bringing together academics from business, criminology, economics, law, political science, psychology, public policy, public health, and sociology, among other fields. See the ComplianceNet website for more details about the organization’s structure and goals, as well as for an opportunity to join the mailing list if you desire to do so.

 

We look forward to seeing you at ComplianceNet 2025 in New York City!

 

Sincerely,

 

Barbara-Ann Boehler (Conference Organizer)

 

J.S. Nelson, Yuval Feldman, Colin Provost, Wim Huisman, Phil Nichols, Antara Haldar, Eric Chaffee, Elysa Dishman, and Vera Cherepanova (ComplianceNet Steering Committee)

 

J.S. Nelson

Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Email: JS[email protected]

Brooklyn Law Seeks Chair in Media and Entertainment Law

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Brooklyn Law School welcomes applications to serve as the inaugural Allen Grubman Chair in Media and Entertainment Law. This tenured position has an expected start date of July 1, 2025.

This newly endowed Chair, created through a gift by legendary music lawyer Allen Grubman (’67), will enable Brooklyn Law School to recruit a nationally recognized scholar in media, sports and entertainment law.  The Grubman Chair will play a leading role in enhancing the School’s strong reputation in the field. Last year, Billboard magazine rated Brooklyn Law #2 on its list of the “Leading Law Schools of the Top Music Lawyers,” and The Hollywood Reporter named Brooklyn Law #9 on its list of the top law schools in the country for aspiring entertainment lawyers.

Founded in 1901, Brooklyn Law School is an independent, freestanding law school with a vibrant intellectual community emphasizing teaching excellence, cutting-edge scholarship, and innovative academic programs. It has a proud tradition and mission of transformative education for students from a wide range of backgrounds, including many first-generation professionals.

Brooklyn Law School is an Equal Opportunity employer. We welcome applicants who can contribute to our mission of creating and maintaining a vibrant and diverse law school community. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status. Salary may range from $180,000-$230,000, depending on experience and seniority. BLS offers a generous benefits package that includes dependent scholarships for children attending pre-school through college, summer research stipends and generous support for conferences and travel.

Interested candidates should apply by sending a cover letter, C.V., and any other supporting documents, to Professor Christina Mulligan at [email protected]. Those who have questions about the position are encouraged to reach out to Professor Mulligan. Application will be considered until the position is filled, but to ensure full consideration, please apply by October 1, 2024.

CFP: 2025 LSA Annual Meeting

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The 2025 LSA Annual Meeting will take place in Chicago, Illinois, USA from May 22-25, 2025! The meeting will be hosted at the Hyatt Regency. This year’s sessions will take place in-person.

The deadline for our Call for Submissions is October 15, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. ET (USA and Canada). The Program Committee welcomes any scholar studying sociolegal activities to submit an individual paper or session proposal. We recommend scholars interested in proposing a session with a creative format to consult with the Program Committee and the LSA Executive Office ([email protected]) in advance of submitting their proposal.

More information can be found here.

Swarthmore Conference, 1933

W.E.B. DuBois and Professor Ulrich B. Phillips once met? That is atonishing to me. You will recall Ulrich Phillips wrote several volumes on slavery, which  were the favorable to slaves, to say the least.

Here is The Crisis, September 1933: Swarthmore Conference An Institute on Race Relations held at Swarthmore College under the auspices of the Committee of Race Relations of the Society of Friends, brought together during July, leaders and the foremost thinkers of both races in America. The conference which met to consider the social factors involved in the Negro-white relations in the United States, was attended by Dr. Will W. Alexander of Atlanta, president of Dillard University; Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, editor of the Crisis; Professor Ulrich B. Phillips of Yale University; Professor Melville Herskovits of Northwestern University; Donald Young of the Social Science Research Council, James Weldon Johnson, Broadus Mitchel and Mabel Carney.