Month: December 2011

The photograph was sent to me by one of my friends.  Who is it?  What is he doing?  Where is it?  (Note the cemetery in the background, on the right!)

With thanks to a colleague in Australia for pointing this one out, some of you profs entering the grading season might enjoy this piece on the five stages of grading…

I am sorry to report that long-time Boston College law professor and dean Richard Huber passed away this weekend.  Cribbing now from the BC press release: The Boston College Law…

In part, this entry is prompted by Jacqui's recent post here. 1) Once your faculty appointments committee has made callback decisions, do all callback candidates receive a full faculty vote? …

Caroline Bradley of the University of Miami School of Law (who also blogs at blenderlaw) has just posted a discussion of Kim Krawiec's "Don’t 'Screw Joe the Plummer': The Sausage-Making…

The headline says more than enough:  Alabama may turn to prison inmates to replace lost immigrant farm laborers.   Happily, the spokesman for the state's prison system isn't so keen on the proposal. …

We've always tried to bring you the latest in faculty compensation news here at the Lounge.  UT law faculty salaries may be a bit more obscure than most, but thanks…

Following up on Dan's recent post here, Hannah Buxbaum has been named interim law dean at Indiana-Bloomington.  Professor Buxbaum presently serves as executive associate dean for academic affairs and holds…

John Marshall (Atlanta) has received permission from the ABA to open a branch in Savannah (to be called Savannah Law School).  The law school's press release is here.  Of possible…

The president of the University of Texas, William Powers Jr., has asked for - and received - the immediate resignation of UT Law Dean Lawrence Sager.  Sager had previously announced…