Month: October 2011

As early as this weekend (and certainly within days thereafter), faculty hiring committees will begin scheduling callback interviews with candidates who attended the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference.  Most callback interviews…

Last year, my school's Appointments Committee took a proactive step in responding to one of the most frequent (and canned) questions from faculty candidates.  Prior to the AALS Faculty Recruitment…

My new colleague and friend Bernie Burk is stepping into the faculty lounge to sit with us for a spell.  Bernie joined the UNC faculty this summer from Stanford, where…

Years and years ago -- back in 2006 -- the Thai government tried to stop Yale University Press from publishing a biography of the Thai king, The King Never Smiles.…

A slightly modified reiteration of a post from last October: In just a few days, law school faculty from across the country will descend on our nation's capital to participate…

It's my pleasure to announce that UNC's Center for the Study of the American South is hosting a symposium on Albion Tourgee on November 4 in Raleigh, "A Radical Notion ...

The Religiously Affiliated Law Schools (RALS) group has, for several years now, hosted a small reception at the annual AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference.  This reception has, historically, been formally sponsored…

Should schools make an effort to hire (or place) the spouse of an attractive faculty candidate.  Even if it's good for the school, is it good for society?  This is…

In the true spirit of escapism from all that is seriously work related, law profs who are aspiring novelists and who are looking for something to do with all their…

On October 10 (tomorrow) at noon Vincent Blasi of Columbia Law School will speak on "The Versatility and Integrity of Ed Baker" at West Virginia University's law school.  Anne Marie…