The Faculty Lounge

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Otis Redding's release of "Respect" was a hit in 1965, and it was an even bigger hit for Aretha Franklin in 1967, winning two Grammies. Franklin's version, with a slightly slower tempo and feminist lyrics, has been more frequently covered in the following 50+ years. Steve Cropper produced and played guitar on Redding's cut, along with the rest of the Stax session musicians. I always thought I recognized Cropper's signature guitar style on the Franklin release as well (on Atlantic, which had a distribution agreement and often recorded at the Stax studio in Memphis), but it turns out that it was Chips Moman.

(Interesting trivia: Redding is credited with writing "Respect," but the song was based on an earlier ballad by Earl "Speedo" Sims, who was immortalized in the Goodfellas soundtrack. Don't miss the clips at the bottom of this post.) 

Hiring Announcement: Belmont University College of Law

From a recent email message:

The Belmont University College of Law invites applications for its Legal Writing Faculty Fellowship to begin Fall 2024. 

This fellowship is a two-year program designed for individuals who wish to pursue a career teaching law with a particular disciplinary focus on legal writing. Fellows are paid a base salary of $70,000/year with the opportunity to earn an additional, small stipend for certain service. Training in the fellowship program will focus on each aspect of an academic career, including teaching, research, and service through the lens of the legal writing specialty.

Teaching. Fellows will teach a 1:1 load each year, teaching the same section of legal writing students in both the fall (objective writing) and spring (persuasive writing) semesters. Section sizes at Belmont Law are capped at 20 legal writing students. Fellows will join Belmont’s legal writing faculty and benefit from its team-teaching model and joint curriculum while still retaining academic freedom to structure and shape their individual classes. Fellows will have the opportunity to gain teaching experience both in a small practicum course and in a large lecture setting by teaching one of the group class sessions offered in the 1L legal writing curriculum. Belmont University’s Teaching Center provides formative reviews of pedagogical progress and other professional development opportunities including one-on-one reviews, webinars, workshops, reading groups, and applied teaching and learning groups. Fellows will receive ongoing, direct mentorship from the Director of Legal Writing, including an orientation to legal academia in general and the field of legal writing in particular. Fellows will have the opportunity to shadow various legal writing faculty and courses, including Belmont’s upper-level, Advanced Legal Writing course. Fellows will have the opportunity to help craft curricular materials such as an in-class exercise, work product examples, and/or full problem files. Fellows will become conversant in curricular issues related to a legal writing program, including curricular integrations with Academic Success Programs, Experiential Learning Programs, and Bar Prep Programs in modern legal academia. Fellows will be included on curricular planning meetings of the legal writing team.

Columbia Law Seeks Dean

This just in:

Columbia Law School, one of the world’s leading centers of legal education and scholarship, is currently undertaking a national search for its 16th Dean, and invites inquiries, nominations, and applications for the position. Columbia has retained Dr. Josh Ward at the executive search firm Korn Ferry to assist with this important search. To make a nomination, request information on how to apply, or to request a copy of the full-length position description, please contact Dr. Josh Ward at [email protected].

Joseph Landau Named Dean of Fordham Law

Fordham Law has announced that Joseph Landau will be its next dean.  He is currently associate dean for academic affairs at Fordham.  Landau, who hold a JD from Yale, will take over on July 1.

University of Iowa College of Law Seeks Lateral Faculty

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The University of Iowa College of Law anticipates hiring lateral faculty members in the areas of Property Law or Evidence.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE: To apply, candidates should submit a letter of interest, CV, a list of three references, and a law school transcript through Jobs@UIOWA, https://jobs.uiowa.edu, refer to Requisition #75141.

Consistent with the mission and responsibilities of a top-tier public research university, we are interested in candidates who are recognized scholars and teachers and who will participate actively in the intellectual life of the College of Law.  In addition, we desire candidates with a demonstrated ability to maintain effective and respectful working relationships with the campus community to uphold a standard of cultural competency and respect for differences. We also desire candidates who would bring significant new scholarly strengths to the College of Law. Candidates who can contribute to these goals are encouraged to apply and to identify their strengths in these areas.