Month: June 2019

This just in: The University of Oklahoma College of Law anticipates hiring up to two faculty members AY 2019-2020 in the following areas: (1) energy and natural resources law, with…

Dean Jose Frontera, of the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law, has been named the university's new vice-president of finance and administration.  He has been replaced by…

The University of Oklahoma has named long-time faculty member Katheleen Guzman as interim dean of the college of law while Dean Joseph Harroz serves as interim university president. 

Since April 1, 2019, there have been announcements here at the Faculty Lounge that 10 law schools have appointed new Deans: Ohio Northern Emory Creighton Appalachian WMU Cooley Wake Forest…

Frosty the Snowman  

With a guest appearance at the bottom of this post.       Cee Lo Green and Sam Daniels (Sam Moore was the original, along with Dave Prater; Daniels replaced ...

Last Saturday's music post on Leon Redbone quoted the below passage from his New York Times obituary, which, as I realized upon reflection, includes a historical error: He was actually…

In addition to D-Day and Tienanmen Square, today is the 80th anniversary of the attempted docking of the M.S. St. Louis in the United States. I received the following reminder…

AALS Section on Professional Responsibility 2020 AALS Annual Meeting Call for Papers Announcement The AALS Section on Professional Responsibility invites papers for its program “Professional Responsibility 2020 Works In Progress ...

I posted an essay on the Academe Blog (cross posted on The Faculty Lounge) about issues of academic freedom raised by Steven Thrasher’s recent speech at the NYU commencement ceremony. ...