September 2021 | The Faculty Lounge

Hiring Announcement: University of San Francisco School of Law

From an email message that I received earlier today: The University of San Francisco School of Law is located in one of the world’s most dynamic and progressive cities, which…

Tim Zinnecker September 29, 2021No Comments

Irony Alert, BDS Edition

Although you have to look for it in the small print, today's "We Will Not Be Silenced" teach-in at SF State is sponsored by the US Campaign for the Academic…

Steve Lubet September 28, 20213

They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South

Stephanie E. Jones-Roger "makes a bold argument about the role of white women in American slavery.... Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers draws on a variety of sources to show that slave-owning women…

Alfred Brophy September 27, 20211

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Professor and Director of the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution

The University of California Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco is conducting an open-rank search to hire one lateral tenured or tenure-track faculty member to begin July 1,…

Kim Krawiec September 27, 2021No Comments

Textualism, Purposivism, and Intentionalism for a Dime

This is a true story about an event around five years ago, which I offer for potential insight on statutory construction. On my way home from the law school one…

Steve Lubet September 27, 20215

Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms

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Steve Lubet September 25, 2021No Comments

How Can Workers Get More Pay? Two Articles in Today’s News

Eric Posner has an excellent essay in today's New York Times -- "You Deserve a Bigger Paycheck; Here's How You Might Get It" -- explaining how employers' monopsony power depresses…

Steve Lubet September 23, 20219

Netflix Announces New Series “The Adjunct,” as Follow-Up to “The Chair”

Cross posted from the Academe Blog, with permission of the author. Netflix Announces New Series “The Adjunct,” as Follow-Up to “The Chair” BY CATHERINE M. YOUNG Follow the foibles of…

Steve Lubet September 21, 20215

Assistant Dean of Legal Information Services and Professor of Practice (2021) Washington and Lee University: Law School

The listing is here https://apply.interfolio.com/93228 LocationLexington, VirginiaOpen DateAug 26, 2021DescriptionReporting to the Dean of the Law School, the Assistant Dean of Legal Information Services manages all aspects of the operation…

Kim Krawiec September 20, 20212

CUNY Law Seeks Dean

This just in: The City University of New York (CUNY) seeks an engaged and highly collaborative leader for the position of Dean of its School of Law. Reporting to the ...

Dan Filler September 20, 2021No Comments