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Montana Law Seeks Dean

This just in: The University of Montana (UM) invites nominations and applications for the position of Dean of the Alexander Blewett III School of Law from interested individuals with diverse…

Dan Filler January 12, 2022No Comments

Hiring Announcement: University of Arkansas Seeks Clinical Professor (Immigration)

The University of Arkansas School of Law (Fayetteville) invites applications from both entry-level and lateral candidates for a tenure track teaching position. The law school is focused on hiring an individual…

Bridget J. Crawford January 11, 2022No Comments

Emily Janoski-Haehlen Named Dean of Akron Law

The University of Akron School of Law has announced that Emily Janoski-Haehlen, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Law Technology Programs and Director of the Law Library at Akron Law,…

Dan Filler January 11, 2022No Comments

What the Heritage Foundation Gets Wrong abut DEI and Anti-Semitism

Readers may recall that I have never hesitated to identify anti-Semitism in progressive quarters, but it is equally important to avoid making unsupported accusations. My new essay in The Forward…

Steve Lubet January 10, 20221

Neil Diamond

Some little known facts about Neil Diamond: He spent four years of his childhood in Cheyanne, Wyoming, where his father was stationed in the army. He was a pre-med major ...

Steve Lubet January 8, 20225

Cardozo Hiring Announcement: VAP/Director of the Heyman Center on Corporate Governance

Cardozo Law School invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor (VAP) and Director of the Heyman Center on Corporate Governance. The opening is for a two-year appointment with the possibility…

Bridget J. Crawford January 6, 2022No Comments

Progressive Caucus Endorses Court Expansion

The Congressional Progressive Caucus, with nearly 100 members, has officially endorsed the Judiciary Act of 2021 and expansion of the U.S. Supreme Court. The press release is below, but I ...

Steve Lubet January 5, 20224

University of Wisconsin Law School: William H. Hastie Fellowship Program

From an email message that I received earlier this week: The University of Wisconsin Law School invites applications for its William H. Hastie Fellowship Program. For over 40 years, the…

Tim Zinnecker January 5, 2022No Comments

Alena Allen Named Interim Dean of Arkansas Law

As previously announced, Margaret Sova McCabe is stepping down from her role as law dean at the University of Arkansas - but she has accelerated the move as she joins…

Dan Filler January 5, 2022No Comments

Why Doesn’t SCOTUS Have a Code of Ethics?

Chief Justice Roberts invoked Chief Justice Taft in his 2021 Report on the Federal Judiciary, but he should have drawn a different conclusion from Taft's example, as I explain in…

Steve Lubet January 5, 20222