Month: February 2011

After the withdrawal of Beverly Moran from the pool of dean search finalists at CSU's Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, a new finalist has been added - Susan Richey from UNH. …

From Colin Miller: What individual was nominated a total of two times in a category and won two Oscars in that category but did not win an Oscar each time that…

Pepperdine University has named Tenth Circuit Judge Deanell Reece Tacha as its new dean. Tacha has been on the federal bench for 25 years, appointed in 1985 by Ronald Reagen. …

I was intrigued to learn that Frederic White, the dean at Texas Wesleyan Law, has self-published a novel, Tenure Blues: A Soap Opera.    According to the website, here's the plot:…

Pepperdine law prof Greg McNeal shares the news that Pepperdine University has named federal appellate judge Deanell Reece Tacha as the next dean of its law school.  Story here.

Over at the accidental slaveholder, Mark Auslander has extensive discussion of the Emory conference on slavery and universities.  One of these days, perhaps when the podcasts are up on the…

Colorado law prof Paul Ohm passes along this press release, announcing four finalists for the law school's deanship: Gregory Hicks (Washington), Lawrence Mitchell (George Washington),  Margaret Raymond (Iowa), and  Philip…

The University of Georgia School of Law may be seeking a Contracts visitor for next year.  The visit could last either a semester or a full year, and the school seeks candidates…

Most film buffs know that Midnight Cowboy (1969) is the only X-rated Best Picture winner. Name the first Best Picture winners to be rated G, PG, PG-13, and R. Pictured:  A…

Amid a debate in Germany over board gender quotas for women, Josef Ackermann, head of Germany's largest bank, Deutsche Bank, which has no women on its executive board, has generated…