Month: May 2009

As promised,  now that I've seen the Yale Biographical Dictionary of American Law, I have a few thoughts.  First off, it's a wonderfully creative volume, with essays on all sorts…

Lots of students are protesting these days--in Chapel Hill it was over former Attorney General Michael Mukasey, who was UNC Law School's graduation speaker; in Indiana, it's over President Obama's…

Coming on the heels of news that Harvard Law School's budget is being trimmed 10%, comes news that Harvard College will be increasing the size of sections taught by graduate…

As I posted a while ago, many of us are about to welcome new junior colleagues into our ranks over the summer months. This might be a nice time to…

There's been a little buzz recently about the relationship between where you got your JD and your likelihood of getting a law teaching job.  Kaimi Wenger offered up good advice ...

I guess this is what happens when shit hits the fan at a law school.  As a result of allegations of cheating during finals at Syracuse, the law school has…

As the year comes to a close, more dean news: St. Johns Professor Michael A. Simons has been named dean of the law school.  He is a graduate of Holy Cross and…

 As Brian Leiter notes, Seattle University's law dean - Kellye Testy - has been selected the new dean of the University of Washington School of Law.  Brian notes her salary…

Dodger Stadium at twilight, from the story here.

To return to my sometime obsession about academic book writing, here's another question I have for the blogging community.  When people think about writing academic books, do they generally write…