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Hiring Announcement: University of Iowa College of Law (environmental / natural resources law)

The University of Iowa College of Law seeks applicants for one or more tenure-track faculty positions. We have a strong interest in applicants who possess excellence in their academic and…

Tim Zinnecker January 30, 2026No Comments

Hiring Announcement: University of Iowa College of Law (business/corporate/commercial)

The University of Iowa College of Law seeks applicants for one or more tenure-track faculty positions. We have a strong interest in applicants who possess excellence in their academic and…

Tim Zinnecker January 30, 2026No Comments

Villanova Law Seeks Clinic Director

This just in: Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law seeks an outstanding lawyer-educator to direct and teach a clinic. The subject matter of the Clinic is open, but because…

Dan Filler January 30, 2026No Comments

Zachary Clopton Named Dean of Northwestern Law

Northwestern University has announced that the law school's interim dean, Zachary Clopton, will take over as the school's permanent dean on February 1. Clopton was appointed interim dean in 2025. …

Dan Filler January 29, 2026No Comments

Oklahoma Law Seeks LRW Faculty

This just in: The University of Oklahoma College of Law invites applications for a full-time faculty appointment to join our collaborative legal research and writing faculty team beginning in Fall…

Dan Filler January 28, 2026No Comments

Jennifer Mnookin Named President of Columbia University

University of Wisconsin Chancellor, and former dean of UCLA Law, Jennifer Mnookin, has been named the new president of Columbia University. Mnookin joined UCLA Law in 2005 and became dean…

Dan Filler January 27, 20261

Markets in Human Organs for Transplantation Now Available!

A new edited volume, Markets in Human Organs for Transplantation: Controversy and Contention (James Stacey Taylor & Mark Cherry, eds.), is now available in hardcover and ebook. The book revisits…

Kim Krawiec January 26, 2026No Comments

William and Mary Law Seeks Director of Clinical Program

This just in: William & Mary Law School (Law School), the first law school in the United States, seeks an entrepreneurial leader committed to experiential learning and public good to…

Dan Filler January 26, 2026No Comments

Barbara A. Black (1933-2026)

Barbara A. Black who was Dean at Columbia Law School in the 1980s (when I there), has died. Black was a colonial American legal historian, and she will be missed.…

Alfred Brophy January 23, 2026No Comments

Peking U. School of Transnational Law Seeks Torts Visitor

This just in: Peking University School of Transnational Law (“STL”) is looking for a visiting professor (or professors) to teach two sections of torts of a two quarter torts class…

Dan Filler January 23, 2026No Comments