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
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Weekend Links
Jeff Lipshaw on Louis Menand on the Marketplace of Ideas. The Daily Mail: South African athletics issue apology to Caster Semenya over handling of gender tests (HT: Doriane Coleman) ABA Journal: Ex-Associate Badmouths Former Firm…
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Is the Ban on Selling Bone Marrow Unconstitutional?
Ian Ayres has doubts: I’m not sure if NOTA is unconstitutional. It’s pretty hard to convince a court that a statute is unconstitutionally irrational. But I’m pretty sure the United States would be a better…
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Law Professors Gone Wild!
From Ashby Jones at the WSJ.com: Law Blog on the latest law professor complaint: Can we call this a trend: law professors tucking their grievances not into law review articles, but federal court complaints? (Gosh…
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Here at the Hiring Conference....
So we've made it half way through the AALS hiring conference. Any stories anyone wants to share? Best interviews? Worst interviews? (no names necessary) One anonymous candidate shared the following with me. First, the sight…
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“Meddling Women” In The Boardroom
Gotta love the British press. According to the FT, this Daily Mail headline from August, “Why ‘meddling’ women in the boardroom can wreck a company’s performance,” is understandably causing some consternation. The Daily Mail coverage…
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Michelle Marvin of "Palimony" fame, Dies at 76
Michelle Triola Marvin, former partner of movie star Lee Marvin ("Dirty Dozen") died recently from lung cancer. She died at the home of Dick Van Dyke, her partner of 30 years. Marvin is most widely…
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Mary Harter Mitchell (1953-2009)
Gerard Magliocca has already announced over at co-op that Mary Mitchell, a beloved and long-time professor at Indiana University-Indianapolis passed away earlier this week after a sudden illness. Indiana University's announcement is here. Mary was,…
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An Old Fashioned Book Cutting?
I blogged earlier about the Halloween plans at the Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Canton, N.C., which included friend chicken and a burning of satanic music and books, most notably bibles that aren’t the King…
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Melbourne Law Dean Resigns
Just to show that decanal scandals aren't limited to the United States, The Australian newspaper yesterday reported that the relatively new dean at Melbourne Law School (James Hathaway, originally from Canada) has resigned his position…
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Belmont Law School Names Jeffrey Kinsler Charter Dean
Jeffrey Kinsler, a former dean at Applalachian School of Law, has been named the inaugural dean of Belmont University College of Law, in Nashville, Tennessee. The law school plans to open its doors in the…