Month: August 2014

I've summed it all up in my finalized list of last year's law school dean searches here.  On the whole, schools were very successful in finding new leadership.  This year…

As Al Brophy has often reminded us, slavery was a constant subject of litigation throughout the antebellum period.  As a teacher of Trial Advocacy, I have been interested in the ...

At least that's my hope!  I know that it has taken me a long time to get around to updating it, but  I've posted the new list here.   Please email…

In his post about interviewing for the Florida Coastal deanship, and his later post on preparing at-risk students for the bar at Western State, David Frakt has raised interesting and ...

In Lawyers’ Poker, I wrote that the best movie ever made about poker was The Hustler, in which there were no card games at all.  As fans of Paul Newman…

I just missed this one last month.  Professor Tino Cuéllar of Stanford Law School was nominated to serve on the California Supreme Court by Governor Jerry Brown.  There he would join…

The LSA is holding its 2015 annual meeting on May 28-31 in Seattle.  The theme is Law’s Promise and Law's Pathos in the Global North and Global South.  The paper and proposal submission…

The Washington Post editorial page is no longer going to call the Washington Redskins by that name -- which reminds us all once again that names can change in all…

This just in: University of Illinois Chancellor Phyllis Wise reaffirmed her decision not to hire Professor Steven Salaita, and she has received backing from the University Board of Trustees. In…

The University of Utah has announced that Robert Adler, who has been serving as the law school's interim dean, will take on the position permanently.  Adler holds a JD from…