The Faculty Lounge

Tommy DeVito, the original baritone and lead guitarist of the Four Seasons, died on September 21, at age 92, of Covid-19. According to his obituary on the site Best Classic ...

Once again, the invaluable Science Based Medicine blog has news of an alarming trend in state legislatures. This time, in an article by Florida attorney Jann Bellamy, the subject is…

I’ve uploaded a new and very special episode of the Taboo Trades podcast, featuring Mario Macis and Nicola Lacetera. Mario Macis is a Professor of Economics at Johns Hopkins Carey…

This just in: American University (AU) seeks a strategic, entrepreneurial, and energetic leader to serve as Dean of the Washington College of Law (WCL), commencing no later than July 1, ...

Jack Balkin, in conversation with Sandy Levinson, has proposed dividing SCOTUS justices into two categories. The first is those whose "primary achievement was that they sat on the court," and…

Peking University School of Transnational Law (“STL”) invites applications for tenure track positions.  STL also invites inquiries from established scholars interested in a joint appointment or in a two or three-year…

From an email I received recently: LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, PAUL M. HEBERT LAW CENTER seeks to hire a tenure-track faculty member in commercial law, including, but not limited to, bankruptcy. ...

This just in: The UNT Dallas College of Law welcomes applications for a full time, senior administrator, with significant experience in academic success and bar readiness in legal education, with…

As a historian of slavery and abolitionism, I have never considered using “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” for one of my Saturday music posts. It’s a beautiful song, ...

many law reviews have either closed or are soon closing their submission seasons. For instance, I understand the Yale Law Journal closes its season this Wednesday--the self-interested part of me…