The Faculty Lounge

The Faculty Lounge

"A law professor blawg designed to feel like a faculty lounge with conversations about law, culture, and academia." A group blawg with multiple daily posts that discuss books and great legal thinkers, track law faculty openings and hires, and generally examine the lay of the land for law professors and law students. The occasional news-of-the-weird item will also slip in.

Author: Dan Filler, a law professor at Drexel University; Al Brophy, law professor at University of North Carolina who also contributes to Ratio Juris and PropertyProf Blog; Kathy Bergin, a law professor at South Texas College of Law; Calvin Massey, a law professor at University of California-Hastings; Kevin Maillard, a law professor at Syracuse University; and Laura Appleman, a law professor at Willamette University who also contributes to Legal Ethics Forum.

Blawg Related Categories: Law Professors • Drexel University • South Texas College of Law • Syracuse University • University of California, Hastings College of the Law • University of North Carolina • Willamette University • Law Professor • Law Student

Recent Posts from The Faculty Lounge


  • A $50,000 "F-You"

    A Pittsburgh man cited in 2006 for giving the middle-finger to a police officer is about to get paid. According to reports, the City Council tentatively authorized a $50,000 settlement in the case, though a…

  • Albert Pujols, MVP

    Today, in a unanimous decision, the Baseball Writers' Association of America named Albert Pujols, of my beloved St. Louis Cardinals, as National League MVP. This is the third time that Pujols has received the award,…

  • Federal Judicial Clerkship Applications Spike

    Back in May, I blogged about the coming judicicial clerkship application crush. I predicted that there would be a surge of applications from those many highly qualified students facing deferred offers from top shelf firms.…

  • Donate Now And A Law Professor Will Match Your Gift!

    Paul Caron tells us that Suja Thomas (a law professor at Illinois) has just started a new blog (with her husband Scott Bahr) called The Give Blog: Conscious Living and Giving. As part of this…

  • Monday Morning Smile

    Eugene Volokh on the really traditional Socratic method.

  • Looking for Lost Graves in the Chapel Hill Cemetery

    The Daily Tar Heel has the details. Anthropologists are looking for unmarked graves in the African American section. Most appalling piece of this story is this: [Chapel Hill Preservation Society president Ernest] Dollar said the…

  • Busy and Important

    Over at Feminist Law Profs, Bridget Crawford has some excellent tips on “How To Act Busy And Important.” Of course, she forgot a few: 1. Make the support staff mark your exams and papers. Why…

  • Weekend Links

    From Adjunct Law Prof Blog, via Above the Law, Keefe v. New York Law School, ___Misc. 3d___(N.Y. Co. Nov. 17, 2009): Plaintiff, a current student at New York Law School, ("NYLS") is suing NYLS as…

  • Rhodes Scholar Sweethearts

    This year's 32 Rhodes Scholars have been announced and the folks at Auburn, Louisville, and North Carolina are already crowing. Although the Rhodes site does not yet have the official list of names and bios…

  • Tenure Reviews and the Appointments Process

    I've often wondered about norms within academia about appropriate uses for tenure letters, particularly in appointments processes involving other schools. I'm thinking particularly about two situations. 1. If Professor X writes a tenure letter in…