The Faculty Lounge

I just participated in an interesting Eighth Amendment conference sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law.  (Doug Berman was there, among distinguished others, and previoulsy blogged about ...

Drexel Law crossed the first critical milepost for any new law school: getting the provisional nod from the ABA.  Everyone  at Drexel is pleased with this result - and nobody…

The Journal of Adolescent Health has a new study, Unrealistic Fatalism in U.S. Youth Ages 14 to 22 (subscription may be required), which concludes that 6.7% of all studied youth…

The Times reports what most of us with frequent flier miles already knew: it's really hard to use them.  With loads of miles outstanding, and airlines selling more and more…

We're excited to welcome our first guest blogger, Dean Roger Dennis from Drexel College of Law.  Roger previously served as dean of Rutgers Camden Law School and provost of the…

One of the student newspapers at the College of William and Mary has collected and posted salary information for faculty and administrators there.  In light of our continuing coverage of…

The BBC reports here on a Law in Action interview of Antonin Scalia set to air today.  An excerpt of the interview was on The BBC News Hour this morning…

The USA Today reports that 12 states allow prosecutors to introduce DNA evidence from unprosecuted crimes at parole hearings - in some cases, even after the statute of limitations has…

As I checked in for a flight today, United was kind enough to offer me an upgrade to Economy Plus.  For $44, I could have three whopping inches of additional…

A little over six months ago I took a break from blogging, leaving Concurring Opinions and focusing on my job as an associate dean of Drexel University's new law school. …