Month: February 2016

I am sorry to report that long-time University of Tulsa law professor Bill Rice passed away over the weekend.  Cribbing a little from the University of Tulsa memorial: It is with…

Loyola University Chicago has appointed Michael Kaufman as Interim Dean of the law school, effective July 1. The announcement followed David Yellen's appointment as the President of Marist College this summer.…

My former colleague Rob Smith has an article in Slate this morning on Justice Scalia and criminal defendants.

Well. What shall I say about Donald Trump? I've already suggested that he's going to run to the left of Hillary Clinton as soon as he gets the Republican nomination.…

Professor and Associate Dean Carissa Hessick and Professor Andy Hessick of the University of Utah College of Law have accepted appointments on the University of North Carolina Law faculty, starting this fall.  

This just in: The University of California Hastings College of the Law is seeking candidates for a Visiting Assistant Professor position in the Institute for Innovation Law. We are now…

Dean Michael Moffitt, who has lead the University of Oregon School of Law since 2011, is stepping down in July 2017.  He will return to the faculty.

The LSAC is reporting that "As of 02/05/16, there are 213,834 applications submitted by 33,285 applicants for the 2016–2017 academic year. Applicants are up 1.2% and applications are up 0.6% from…

As turns out, Chris Christie may have been channeling Martin Sheen when he schooled Marco Rubio in the New Hampshire debate: Watch Pres. Bartlett take down Gov. Ritchie's "ten word…

President Tom Galligan, of Colby-Sawyer College in New Hampshire, has been named the new Dean of the LSU Law Center.  He will take over this summer.  He was the Dean…