Month: May 2011

Professor Jane Campbell Moriarty from the University of Akron School of Law has been appointed to the inaugural Carol Los Mansmann Chair in Faculty Scholarship at Duquesne University.  Press release…

Professor Edward Feldman of the UC Davis vet school has resigned his position as chair of the UC Davis vet school's Department of Medicine and Epidemiology.  The reason?  He justifiably caught a…

Paul Caron has this year's list of law school graduation speakers.  I searched for one or another speaker who was outrageous or even suprising, but alas.  Things are pretty vanilla…

The University of Wisconsin School of Law has narrowed down its pool of dean candidates to three finalists.  They are: Nicholas Allard, a partner at Patton, Boggs; Gene Nichol, former…

Over at Prawfs, a commenter sparked quite a conversation about authors that promote their own scholarship in their blog posts.  Specifically, AnonProf responded to post by Eric Johnson by writing:  "I…

Once in a while, I take advantage of having a blog to share information relevant to only a small portion of our readership.  This is one of those times.  Last…

The big news out of Newark, Delaware this weekend is that the University of Delaware has delayed plans to open a law school.  Delaware President had ordered a feasibility study…

As I mentioned a few days ago, the Alliance for Board Diversity released its 2010 board diversity census last week and the news is not good for African-American men.  Though…

Playwright Tony Kushner has issued this open letter in response to the decision of the Trustees of the City University of New York to table a decision on awarding him…

For a while, I've had colleagues suggest to me that I add a link to my university webpage and/or SSRN page at the bottom of my email signature.  I know…