Month: April 2011

With Dan having just updated his dean search list for the year, including info about search firms consulting on specific searches, I wanted to raise the question as to what…

 The reason so many people get their news from folks like Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart is presumably because these commentators use humor to deliver painful truths effectively.  Now The…

Original post date:  April 2, 2010 Today is Good Friday, a day that commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.  Readers wishing to expand their knowledge (beyond the four gospel accounts…

George Washington University School of Law has narrowed its dean search to two finalists: Paul Berman, from Arizona State, and Robert Schapiro, from Emory.  Both received the necessary two thirds…

In my last few posts, I’ve been discussing Kamakahi v. ASRM, (N.D. Cal, filed April 12, 2011) a federal antitrust class action seeking damages and an injunction in connection with…

Now that my own school has finished up its dean search, I'm wondering about the remaining dean searches for this year and what's going on with them.  The schools that…

Longtime readers know that I love drinking and writing about coffee.  I've pondered how to get fat faster at Starbucks, whether Starbucks will start selling booze, menu mischief at Starbucks…

You haven't seen these images before - they're hot off the press!  It's time to visit Dan Markel's collection of beautiful Venn diagrams reporting law school entry level hiring for the 2010-11…

 It is my pleasure to announce that CWRU school of law has successfully concluded its dean search.  Our new dean will be Professor Lawrence Mitchell, currently the Theodore Rinehart Professor…

Now here's a monument that has served a very important purpose, for a very long time.   No one knows who placed the monument, apparently sometime after 1933 -- though…