Posts by jacquelinelipton

In recent years, I've increasingly been asked to work on/comment on drafts of various marketing materials for my school (brochures, websites, videos etc).  One question that often comes up -…

For those of you looking for a quick but engaging novel to read on the flight to D.C. tomorrow (ie those who will not be plowing through C.V.s or prospective…

Congratulations to Steven Lubet on his newly released book, Fugitive Justice.  Details of the book are available on the amazon.com webpage here.

We seem to be well into "dean season" this year with many schools, including my own, going into dean search mode. One question that has always intrigued me - and…

Case Western Reserve University has just announced the launch of a law school dean search.  Relevant information, including composition of the search committee, is available here. 

I've been recently following the case of the Rutgers student who committed suicide last week after videos showing him engaging in a homosexual encounter were posted on the Internet by…

 For those who can't get enough of reality (and I use the term loosely) TV, here's a story about the Aussie version of Top Model where the name of the…

Like most others law profs this week, my attention was drawn to Gregory Sisk et al's scholarly impact rankings, a topic about which Al has already blogged.One thing that struck…

Unlike many of my colleagues, I commenced my U.S. academic career after the U.S. News started ranking law schools so I have no memory of a time before the rankings. …

Those of us who have served in the past on dean search committees have probably spent a lot of time thinking about what the school wants in a new dean…