Month: May 2009

This is no Nuyorican Poets Cafe.  The Obama's are hosting the first-ever White House Poetry Slam and the guests include James Earl Jones, Michael Chabon, Mayda Del Valle, and Lin…

University of Missouri law professor Stephen Easton has been named the new dean at the University of Wyoming College of Law.  Easton is a graduate of Stanford Law School and…

Here is the law school lateral faculty move list, as of the 4/7/09 update, organized by the school where the professor left.  The original list, organized by school of arrival, ...

File this under: we like knowing what's going on in the world, but in greater detail than everyone else.  Each month we get the new unemployment statistics and one thing…

The University of Alabama has announced plans to renovate Foster Auditorium (where Governor Wallace made his stand in the school house door) and return it to use as an athletic facility.  …

I have previously noted that Leah Ward Sears is a serious contender for Justice Souter's Supreme Court seat.  According to the Washington Post, Justice Sears may need to worry that…

Paul Caron has been compiling a list of law school commencement speakers for the May 2009 cycle.  Not suprisingly, law schools tap a few attractive wells for their speakers.  For example, ten…

This was big local news in the Philly legal community, but in case others missed it: Amid Some Tears, Souter Bids Adieu to 3rd Circuit

Various folks have been  blogging about the LSAT data provided by Brooklyn Law, and used by US News,  in its assessment of the school (as well as the magazine's failure ...

We've seen firms use various approaches to reduce the size of their new associate pool.  Until now, however, I had not heard of any firms publically buying out offers.  Well…