The Faculty Lounge

I love archives and one of the most amazing things about this digital era is the radically improved accessibility of many archival collections.  I was procrastinating a bit Friday and…

It's good to know that everything can be ranked.  The top 50 "most influential" rabbis are here.  The top 25 "most vibrant" synagogues are here.  Losers will surely lick their…

It's that time of the semester when law professors start thinking about final exams.  If you teach con law, criminal law, or immigration law, today's Houston Chronicle has a topic…

Most of us are familiar with American Gothic (pictured), painted by Grant Wood.  Wood was born in Iowa. Nick Anderson is an editorial cartoonist with the Houston Chronicle.  In today's…

From the point of view of public relations and customer satisfaction, it was a nighmare scenario.  On Wednesday, NYU's Robert Wagner School of Public Service erroneously admitted almost 500 students…

In case you haven't heard, the Iowa Supreme Court held 7-0 this morning that the Iowa state constitution requires that the state allow both straight and gay couples to marry.…

Would you hire Dwight K. Schrute?  A new study suggests you should.Academics at BYU, Northwestern, and Stanford have co-authored an article entitled Is the Pain Worth the Gain? The Advantages…

Federal district judge John Bates (District of Columbia) ruled today (Thursday) that two Yemenis and a Tunisian have a right to challenge their imprisonment at a U.S. military air base…

This just in, from the incredibly media-savvy Court Communications Officer at Iowa Supreme Court. The Court will hand down a decision in an important gay marriage case, Varnum v. Brien,…

  Lots of law professor administration news this afternoon.  Larry Ponoroff, the dean of Tulane University law school has been selected the new dean at the University of Arizona James…