The Faculty Lounge

"A law professor blawg designed to feel like a faculty lounge with conversations about law, culture, and academia."

Author: Dan Filler, a law professor at Drexel University; Al Brophy, law professor at University of North Carolina; Kathy Bergin, a law professor at Texas Southern; 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.

Recent Posts from The Faculty Lounge

Barack Obama is more Famous Than Jesus
One of the early commercials in the presidential campaign sharply criticized Barack Obama for his rock star magnetism, stadium-filled appearances, and screaming followers. The commercial, showing pictures of celebutantes Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, bizarrely…
Senator Shelby: Foreign Automaker Protectionist Or Bailout Skeptic?
This morning, on NPR, I heard Alabama Senator Richard Shelby criticizing proposed bailouts of the auto industry. This isn't a crazy position. Perhaps Shelby, the ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, was just taking…
Good Sense on the Auto Bailout
The best summation of what should be done to bail out the auto industry is to be found in Andrew Ross Sorkin's essay in today's New York Times . In essence, Sorkin calls for a…
Intemperate Speech: True Threat? Incitement of Crime?
The Drudge Report carries a story of a man in Bonner County, Idaho who has posted a sign on his property calling for a "free public hanging" of President-elect Obama, Senator Kerry, Speaker Pelosi, and…
Another View of Pleasant Grove
Professor Paul McGreal has published an essay in the on-line edition of the Northwestern University Law Review that argues for an approach analogous to the law of easements for deciding Pleasant Grove v. Summum. In…
Optional Movies Outside of Class
This past week, I invited my corporations students for an optional evening screening of the 2005 documentary Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. I thought that the movie helped to identify a number of…
Will Indigent Defense Be A Hidden Victim Of The Economy?
Thanks to Patrick O'Donnell for pointing me towards this post over at Legal Ethics Forum. There's been a good discussion - with valuable links - pondering the future of indigent criminal defense funding. As states…
Summum's Seven Aphorisms
In the reporting on Pleasant Grove v. Summum, the case before the US Supreme Court involving an unusual tangle of free speech and establishment clause principles, there has been almost no reporting of the substance…
Post-AALS FRC Arbitrage Opportunities?
Corporate law prof spots are often difficult to fill. I think one of the reasons for this has nothing to do with supply but instead that faculties are self replicating and existing law school faculties…
Law School For Non-Lawyers
Most U.S. law schools offer degree programs for lawyers (JD, LLM, SJD). However, lawyers are not the only people who regularly interact with law and regulation. Compliance officers in a number of regulated industries such…