Month: January 2012

McGeorge School of Law has named a new dean:  Francis "Jay" Mootz III, from UNLV.  Announcement here.

The American Law and Economics Association annual meeting on May 18-19, 2012 will be held at Stanford.  The deadline for paper submissions is January 17, 2012.  Complete details for the ...

Regent law professor Scott Pryor (pictured) has posted a short article entitled The Law of Contracts:  A Place to Start.   Here's the abstract, in part, from SSRN: This short…

Appalachian School of Law has a new dean:  Lucy McGough, a professor at LSU.  Story here.  

Stetson University College of Law has a new dean:  Christopher Pietruszkiewicz, currently at LSU.  Story here.

In order to promote the echo chamber effect, and insure lots of folks join us, I want to reiterate Dan Markel's post and remind everyone of the law prof happy…

Twitter users attending the AALS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. are using "#AALS12" (without the quotes) to post observations, comments, etc.   The hashtag "AALS" picks up lots of non-law…

I've just turned in a short review of Barnard College political science professor Kimberley Johnson's very fine book Reforming Jim Crow: Southern Politics and State in the Age Before Brown…

Posted on behalf of Professor Michael Hatfield. ============================ Texas Tech University School of Law is seeking applications for one- and two-semester (full time) visitors during the 2012-13 academic year.  Anticipated…

Via the Harvard Law School Forum On Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation comes a post from Renée Adams, Professor of Finance at the University of New South Wales; Stephen Gray,…