The Faculty Lounge

Goin' Up the Country

Canned Heat had a hit with "Goin' Up the Country" in 1968, which later became known as a "hippie rural anthem." The vocal was by Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson, rather than the group's usual vocalist Bob "The Bear" Hite.  In fact, the song was an adaptation of Henry Thomas's "Bull Doze Blues," released in 1928. Thomas played a unique, home-made wind instrument call the quills, fashioned from hollow reeds, which the Canned Heat cover imitated on flute, played on the recording by non-band member Jim Horn. Hite pretended to play the flute on a lip-synced video. Other covers have played the quills parts on fiddle, mandolin, trumpet, blues harp, or not at all.

2025 Baron de Lancey Lecture: 'Repugnant transactions and taboo trades'

I'm giving the 2025 Baron de Lancey Lecture at Cambridge on March 20. You can attend in person or by zoom!  Admission is free, though you have to register. Hope to see some Loungers there, even if it's virtually. Information and registration here: https://www.law.cam.ac.uk/press/events/2025/03/2025-baron-de-lancey-lecture-repugnant-transactions-and-taboo-trades 

University of St. Thomas Law (Minneapolis) Seeks Faculty

This just in:

The University of St. Thomas School of Law (Minneapolis) invites applications for a full-time, tenured or tenure-track faculty position in the Lawyering Skills department, beginning in fall 2025.

A Lawyering Skills professor typically teaches two sections of Lawyering Skills I (three credits) in the fall and two sections of Lawyering Skills II (2 credits) in the spring, for a total of approximately forty students each semester. Each Lawyering Skills professor also teaches an additional course (ordinarily in the spring semester) at least once every other year. Recent examples of such courses include Comparative Constitutional Law; (In)famous American Criminal Trials; Privacy Law; Election Law; and Serving Clients Well. Second-year students take Lawyering Skills III (2 credits), which focuses on appellate advocacy and is taught by adjunct professors supervised by the Director of Lawyering Skills.

The School of Law’s commitments to scholarship, teaching, service, and community are inspired by our distinctive mission. As a Catholic law school, we are dedicated “to integrating faith and reason in the search for truth through a focus on morality and social justice.” We seek candidates, of all faiths and beliefs, who can contribute to this mission.

The mission also commits the School of Law to the inherent dignity of all people; to equal opportunity policies and practices; and to an environment that is inclusive and welcoming of all people. We actively seek to attract, retain, and develop faculty from all backgrounds to enhance our learning community and offer our students varied perspectives.

 

Hiring Announcement: Villanova University, Charles Widger School of Law

From a recent email message:

The Villanova Law Library welcomes applications for the position of Head of Emerging Law Practice Technology and Instructor. This newly designed position provides the opportunity to engage in thoughtful, strategic adoption and implementation of existing and emerging law practice technologies in the educational environment, including curriculum-wide deployment; design and teach courses on law practice technology; and serve in an advisory role throughout the academic year to the students who organize the annual Moot Court competition, including drafting the competition problem.

Villanova University's beautiful suburban campus is located 20 minutes by train from downtown Philadelphia. Our requirements are flexible, and we welcome you to consider joining our collaborative team of eight information professionals who enjoy working together to provide the best possible experiences for our students and faculty.

Applications will be reviewed upon receipt. It is our goal to fill this position in time for the successful candidate to join us at the conclusion of the spring semester. The job posting with the full description and application instructions is set forth here: https://jobs.villanova.edu/postings/31005