The Faculty Lounge

South Texas College of Law Houston has announced that Rey Valencia will be its next dean and president.  He is currently dean at Capital Law School. Valencia, who holds a JD…

The Law School Admission Council has named Sudha Setty its next President and CEO.  Setty is currently dean at CUNY School of Law and has previously served as dean of…

As is our tradition, the law schools of Penn, Villanova, Temple, and Drexel are co-hosting a reception for those attending the AALS annual conference this week.  Before heading out to…

On occasion, I talk about Gone with the Wind. Two points -- I didn't realize Scarlet O'Hara was going to Fayetteville Female Academy. (Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, 4.  The…

I learned that Henry Monaghan passed away on January 1. Monaghan taught generations (and my, as well) federal courts.  Monaghan discussed in Columbia Law Review "Brown's departure from the original…

Dorthea Lange photographed this in July 1939.   Where is this?  

The Hot Sardines were "founded in 2011 by Elizabeth Bougerol and Evan Palazzo over a mutual love of Fats Waller." They got their start at underground parties in Brooklyn, and ...

This just in: The University of St. Thomas School of Law Journal of Law and Public Policy invites submissions for its Spring 2025 Symposium on The Age of Trump: Projecting ...

I do not care about Liz Cheney receiving the Presidential Citizens Medal award. I can talk about Louis Lorenzo Redding. He was also getting the Presidential Citizen Medal. He was a…