Month: October 2011

I'm a bit late from the gate on this one - Brendan put up his first post yesterday - but I'm pleased to welcome Brendan Maher to the Lounge.  He…

Today's NYT Science Times section featured this article on "pathological altruistm," also the title of a forthcoming Oxford University Press book.  Here's how Times reporter Natalie Angier describes the phenomenon:…

Earlier today, Melissa Essary (pictured) announced that she will be stepping down from the deanship at Campbell University's law school in June 2012.  She became dean in 2006, coming from…

With the hiring conference just around the corner (stock up on energy drinks and energy bars everyone!), I thought it might be worth thinking about one of the most basic…

A slightly modified reiteration of a post from last Fall (offering some personal thoughts, directed at candidates, on interviews at the upcoming AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference): 1.  The hotel layout…

A few people have been asking my thoughts lately on online learning, and whether I've yet experienced any really good interfaces for it.  So I thought I'd share my thoughts…

Monday, October 3, at noon in room 4085, my good friend and former colleague William Brewbaker (associate dean and the William Alfred Rose professor of law at the University of Alabama)…

  The University of Wisconsin Law School and the Wisconsin Business Law Initiative announce the 2011 Wisconsin Law Review Symposiumopen to attorneys, faculty, students, and academic staff:Who’s in the House?  The Changing Role and…