Month: August 2013

I have just received an email from my dean, Jack Boger, delivering the sad news that civil rights hero Julius Chambers has passed away.  I want to present just a…

Dean Richardson Lynn, who has lead Atlanta's John Marshall Law School for eight years, will step down next summer.  The law school was founded in 1933 and received ABA accreditation…

In this series of posts, I’ve been detailing some of the ways in which the gender undertones of the Yellen-versus-Summers-for-fed-chair debate resemble discussions we've heard about corporate board diversity.  In…

From the folks at Tulane: Tulane University School of Law Tulane Law School invites applications for an entry level faculty member who would hold a joint appointment with the Law…

From the editors at the Pitt Law Review: The University of Pittsburgh Law Review is seeking submissions for a symposium in honor of the late Derrick A. Bell, to be ...

Here is the North Carolina Eugenics Compensation Act.  It's codified in title 143b of the North Carolina General Statutes.  This will be administered by the Office of Justice for Sterilization…

Michael Simkovic has it up here.  People who interested in the issue, but have not been keeping up, should probably read the article here then kick up their feet, relax, and…

From an email message I received earlier today: Texas Tech University School of Law invites applications from exceptional individuals for two positions, a tenured or tenure-track position teaching Water Law,…

An 18 member ABA Task Force on the Future of Legal Education posted an extensive working paper today.  It is not a final document, but rather - as the Task…

It's my pleasure to introduce Mitchel Winick, the dean and president of Monterey College of Law, to the faculty lounge.  He's going to be sitting with us for a spell.…