The Faculty Lounge

I joined the STCL faculty in 1994.  I’m approaching 50, so my mind isn’t what it used to be.  But as I recall, our faculty was asked to consider, every ...

Yesterday I noted that there may be an impending crisis for state sponsored 529 prepaid tuition savings plans - those programs that  guarantee that they'll cover state school tuition in…

On a light note for the mid-week blues, I saw this report on MSN this morning about a woman calling 911 to complain when McDonald's ran out of chicken nuggets…

The 2009 law faculty lateral move list is constantly being updated.  If you haven't been here recently, you really ought to stop by.

Patrick Monahan is leaving his post as dean of Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, after six years.  He's moving upstairs to take the post of Vice-President Academic & Provost at ...

Kevin Washburn, the Rosenstiel Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of Law, has just been named Dean of the University of New Mexico…

I love to read, so for Christmas one of my family members gave me a membership to the Book-Of-The-Month Club.  As part of my membership, I receive the monthly BOMC…

You've been a diligent parent, socking money into a 529 Plan for your kids' educations.  You've been a conservative investor, avoiding the market and putting the cash in a state sponsored prepaid…

This is the season when many schools look for visitors to fill curricular needs for the upcoming academic year.  I have been a visitor at three out-of-state law schools.  (Lounge…

The New York Times reported yesterday about how legislators are thinking up various tax schemes to raise revenue.  Tom Ammiano, a city councilman in San Francisco (who has come very…