Month: May 2014

Nearly two years ago I blogged about Governor Romney's talk of how monuments unite us in his RNC acceptance speech.  Just to jog your memory he said:  Everywhere I go…

Lawrence Trautman has posted a revised version of an article I haven't seen before.  It is "Boardroom Diversity: Why It Matters."  Cribbing now from his abstract: What exactly is board…

That's what I wondered when I read the last Wall Street Journal Law Blog post on law schools.  In Law School Job Data Shows Wide Gulf Between Elite and the…

I don't know how many other readers grew up on Mad, but I can still recall hitting the magazine stand at the Hyde Park Co-op each month, looking for the…

Texas A&M School of Law, the artist formerly known as Texas Wesleyan School of Law, has named University of Alabama Law Professor Andrew Morriss as its new dean.  He will…

Drake University Law School Dean Allan Vestal will be resigning his post at the end of this academic year.  He is expected to return to the faculty.  Vestal has served…

University of Illinois College of Law Dean Bruce Smith will be stepping down after five years at the helm of the law school.  He will return to the faculty.  Professor…

The a licensing panel of the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education deferred today's scheduled vote  on whether to recommend approval of  InfiLaw's acquisition of Charleston School of Law.  …

The American Society of International Law is calling for submissions of scholarly paper proposals for the ASIL Research Forum to be held during the Society's Midyear Meeting in Chicago November…

Trustees at Suffolk University have voted to institute a post-tenure review policy.  Tenured faculty will receive reviews once every five years. Somewhat on cue, the AAUP has denounced the policy. The…