The Faculty Lounge

Azar v. Garza involved the efforts of "Jane Doe," a minor held in HHS custody, to obtain a legal abortion in Texas.  Acting on her behalf, ACLU attorneys eventually obtained ...

From an email message that I received earlier today: The Faculty of Law at Queen’s University invites applications for at least two tenure-stream appointments, to begin July 1, 2019. While…

A couple of years back, Drexel University School of Law received a huge naming gift from Tom Kline - which is while we're now the Drexel University Thomas R. Kline…

Northern Illinois University College of Law will host a Junior Scholars Works-in-Progress conference at Loyola University Chicago School of Law on Friday, October 5, 2018. This event will offer junior…

  Note:  This is a change from the earlier announced November 9-10 date.  The date for submission of proposals (July 1) remains the same.   Corrected Call for Proposals: Call…

Arthur C. Brooks, the president of the American Enterprise Institute, has an amusing column in today's New York Times explaining why he doesn't like his first name.  According to Brooks, ...

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With Andrea Lyons stepping down as its dean, Valparaiso Law has named David Cleveland, its associate dean of academic affairs, as the interim dean.  Cleveland holds a JD from Georgetown.…

I strongly recommend Steve Chapman's column in today's Chicago Tribune, about "Roseanne Barr and the Persistence of Prejudice," but I am linking it here because of a single quote. Chapman…

Northeastern University has named Professor James Hackney as its new law dean, succeeding Jeremy Paul.  Hackney joined the Northeastern Law faculty in 1991 and has served in a number of…