Month: September 2009

Updated 2/19/10 I'm going to get started a bit earlier this year in creating a list of law schools currently doing a dean search.   In light of this week's announcement out…

In my prior post on this topic, Do The Right Thing, So Long As It’s Free, I discussed fairness arguments related to corporate board diversity, but noted that serious discussion…

The WSJ Law Blog is reporting that the Obama administration will select Denny Chin to fill a vacancy on the Second Circuit.  (There are currently four open slots on the…

Formally, at least, the University of Alabama Crimson Tide football team is affiliated with - indeed, part of - the University of Alabama.  Times may be tough for state education…

UCLA Law Dean Michael Schill to become dean at Chicago Law, effective January 1, 2010.  Leiter gloats; Bainbridge mourns.  (See Dan's post on this here). The Boston Globe reports that…

As Brian Leiter now informs us, the University of Chicago Law School has selected UCLA Law dean Michael Schill to be its new dean.  He replaces Saul Levmore, who will…

Over at TaxProf Blog, editor Paul Caron has posted this announcement:Due to the sudden retirement of a colleague, we are looking for a 2010 Spring Semester visitor to teach Corporations…

Two articles recently abstracted in the SSRN digests I receive weekly have caught my eye. The first is authored by cross-town friend and UH law prof Jim Hawkins (pictured) and…

As I noted in my last post on this topic, Sotomayor, Diversity, And Group Dynamics: Why Do We Care?  What Do We Know?, the concept of diversity has over the…

We're in the midst of classes; I'm teaching two huge lectures; I'm drowning in work.  So no time for new posts.  That means ... it's time for a classic.  And…