Month: October 2011

My dean recently shared a piece of correspondence from a Big Four accounting firm that shows the state of law schools (and, I suppose, the accounting industry.)  The letter opened by…

We're very pleased to welcome guest blogger Elizabeth Thornburg, a professor of law at Southern Methodist University, to the Lounge.  Beth's teaching and scholarly foci are civil procedure and ADR.  Now she…

My friend Mark Auslander of Central Washington University will be speaking at UNC Bookstore ("The Bull's Head") this Thursday on his new book, The Accidental Slavehowner, at 3:30 pm.  You…

As we mentioned in this earlier post, Campbell University is seeking a new law dean to replace Melissa Essary, who is stepping down and returning to the full-time faculty in…

Robert Ward, dean of the UMass School of Law - who oversaw the acquisition of Southern New England School of Law by UMass Dartmouth - resigned yesterday, effective today.  His…

Some of you may have seen the Chronicle of Education's discussion of the rising teaching loads.  Their brainstrom blog is talking about the article as well.

The Brooklyn Law School dean search announcement is now up here.  Witt/Kieffer is consulting on the search.

When the editors of the Cavalier Daily discovered that one of the paper's writers had been plagarizing, the incident triggered an Honors Committee avalanche that would be a great fact…

The analysis is here.  Brian Tamanaha discusses the use orf  loan caps on students or schools as a way of reducing the amount of federally backed debt provided to law students.…

In my ongoing series on distance learning - for those of you who are interested in distance teaching - I would like to mention another technique one of my instructors…