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Impervious to Change: Happy Law Faculty, ABA Gatekeeper, US News Rankings All Contribute to …

19 Dec

… The Price to Play Its Way, David Segal’s latest NYT article. [JH]

 

Browsing On A Sunday: Lobbying SCOTUS, The Legal Cloud, And Defending Law Faculty Idealism

27 Nov

The idea that deep pockets can affect congressional action is hardly a new one. What surprises me, however, is this account in The Hill, describing lobbying attempts to affect the deliberation of the Supreme Court as it considers the constitutionality…

 

Are We/They Worth It? Collective Bargaining for Public Employees

24 Oct

In the October 14th Chronicle of Higher Education article “Faculty Unions Ponder New Strategies in Changed Political Climate,” author Schmidt reports on the largely successful campaigns in both Ohio and Wisconsin to defeat the right of faculty unions to engage…

 

Do you have an elevator pitch?

11 Oct

As some of you reading LLB might know, a few weeks ago I moved from New York to Honolulu to take a new position on the faculty at the Richardson School of Law – where I am the Library Director…

 

What are the Worst Things a Law Librarian Can List on a Resume?

02 Sep

Bridget Crawford offers her list of what are the worst things a law prof can put on a CV at The Faculty Lounge. Note the comment trail. One of my favorites is “It’s probably not a good idea to list…

 

Even More Law School Unhappiness

26 Aug

Law schools are easy targets for lawsuits these days, what with students suing their schools for fraud or faculty suing their administrators when collegiality is replaced by bad blood. One of the latest comes against the University of Pittsburgh, which…

 

Should Law Profs Who Demonstrate a Lack of Expertise in Providing Real World Legal Advice Be Allowed to Teach Doctrinal Law Classes?

17 Aug

The Practitioner “Exodus” from the Law School Faculty Even the great Christopher Columbus Landell had some experience practicing law before becoming dean of Harvard Law School. But he hired James Barr Ames to joined the HLS faculty. In 1870 on…

 

Does Vocationalism Justify Academic Freedom and Tenure?

26 Jul

In a recent New York Times think piece, Vocationalism, Academic Freedom and Tenure, Stanley Fish writes: In her new book, “The Faculty Lounges: and Other Reasons Why You Won’t Get the College Education You Paid For,” Naomi Schaefer Riley brings…

 

Opening: Associate Director, Instructional and Faculty Services Librarian, Washington & Lee Univ. School of Law Library

01 Jun

Position Summary: The Washington and Lee University School of Law Library seeks applications to fill the position of Associate Director, instructional and Faculty Services Librarian. This is a permanent full time position reporting to the Director of the Law Library….