May 2022 | Page 2 of 4 | The Faculty Lounge

Law Schools Miss the Mark on Bar Passage – Will the ABA Act?

I promised to provide a bar passage update when this year’s bar passage reports came out, and they are available. You can access the individual school reports here. You can access ...

David Frakt May 17, 20228

Hutchins Named Dean of Maryland Law

The University of Maryland has announced that Dean Renée McDonald Hutchins of UDC Law will be the new dean of its law school. She joined UDC as dean in 2019…

Dan Filler May 17, 2022No Comments

Call for Papers – The Legal Treatise: Past, Present, and Future

An FYI on an important symposium: The Lillian Goldman Law Library and Law Library Journal invite proposals for a symposium on the Legal Treatise to be held at Yale Law School on…

Ediberto Roman May 16, 20221

Jennifer Mnookin Named Chancellor of of UW-Madison

Jennifer Mnookin has been named Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Mnookin has served as dean of the UCLA School of Law since 2015. A Bruin no longer, Mnookin will…

Dan Filler May 16, 20222

The Sound of Silence

Paul Simon wrote "The Sounds of Silence" in 1963 and released an acoustic version with Art Garfunkel on their first album in 1964. The record flopped, leading Paul and Art ...

Steve Lubet May 14, 2022No Comments

Call for Proposals for the Fourth Annual Equality Law Scholars’ Forum

November 4-5, 2022 – Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Building on the success of the Equality Law Scholars’ Forum held at UC Berkeley Law in 2017, at UC Davis Law ...

Ediberto Roman May 13, 2022No Comments

David Yellen Named Dean of Miami Law

The University of Miami School of Law has announced that its new dean will be David Yellen. Yellen, who is currently the CEO of Institute for the Advancement of the…

Dan Filler May 13, 20221

Theresa Radwan Named Interim Dean of Stetson Law

Professor Theresa Radwan has been named interim dean of Stetson Law beginning on June 24th, stepping in for Michèle Alexandre who is decamping for Chicago. Radwan joined Stetson in 2001…

Dan Filler May 12, 2022No Comments

“A Scholar’s View of Supreme Court Leaks—and Why Chief Justice Roberts Presides Over an ‘Accountability-Free Zone’ (Feat. Steven Lubet)”

That is the episode title of my recent interview on the "Objections" podcast, part of the Law & Crime network. Here is the description: Despite the aftershocks of Politico obtaining…

Steve Lubet May 11, 2022No Comments

Robert Chesney Named Dean of Texas Law

The University of Texas has announced that Bobby Chesney, a member of its law faculty since 2008 and long-time associate dean of academic affairs, will become the new dean of…

Dan Filler May 11, 2022No Comments