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It's that time of year again.  Prospective law professors pay the AALS some money, and the AALS circulates their bios to 200-plus law schools.  But for most people interested in…

Memphis law professor Jim Smoot passed away earlier this week.  He joined the Memphis law faculty in 1990 and served as dean from 2004 until 2008, during which time he played…

Ben Barros just alerted me to Jane La Barbera's recent memorandum about the call for poster presentations at the 2012 AALS annual meeting in DC.  Ben points out there is a…

My typical July Fourth post is on something fun -- like the intellectual origins of the game of Monopoly. But because I'm working on literary addresses at Washington College and…

The New York Times is reporting that the Casey Anthony trial is drawing tourists to Orlando this summer.  That makes me think of Sally Hadden and Patricia Minter's article in…

Duquesne Law School, in Pittsburgh,  has an opening for a Visiting Professor this coming academic year (2011-2012) to teach Torts (as a two-semester course) as well as an elective of…

The AALS Executive Committee has agreed to reinstate (temporarily, at least) childcare services at the next two Annual Meetings.  The action is in response to a request by the section…

Returning to one of my favorite topics, I was thinking about recent movies where "the movie wasn't as good as the book".  There seem to be quite a few of…

Due to an unexpected departure of a faculty member (for good reasons), FIU Law is seeking a visitor for the coming school year in the areas of Sales, Contracts, and…

Our graduation ceremonies were this weekend -- barbeque lunch for the students on Saturday with a bluegrass band, always a prescription for a good time -- followed by a really…