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Attack on academic freedom at U of San Diego School of Law continuesApril 7, 2021 at 3:45 AM The irresponsible complaint about Professor Tom Smith's blog post criticizing the Chinese government has now been forwarded to the University "for review." This is a... [Author: Brian Leiter]Tags: Law, University, Brian Leiter, Tom Smith, U of San Diego School of Law 5 people like this. Like Seven Chicago alums clerk on SCOTUS for second year in a rowApril 6, 2021 at 11:59 PM I hope readers will indulge my sharing some local good news. [Author: Brian Leiter]Tags: Law, Chicago, Brian Leiter 48 people like this. Like Report finds no clear evidence that judge's political objection to a faculty candidate at Toronto affected hiring decision...April 6, 2021 at 12:38 AM ...but the separate investigation of the judge continues. (Earlier coverage.) [Author: Brian Leiter]Tags: Law, Toronto, Brian Leiter 36 people like this. Like 9th Circuit's Equal Pay Act decision could have ramifications for retention offers to facultyApril 5, 2021 at 5:46 AM MOVING TO FRONT FROM MARCH 18--APOLOGIES FOR THE DELAY IN APPROVING COMMENTS; MORE WELCOME Blog Emperor Caron excerpts the relevant parts of the decision. To... [Author: Brian Leiter]Tags: Law, Caron, Brian Leiter 35 people like this. Like More on the academic freedom case at USD School of LawApril 5, 2021 at 2:58 AM Professor Nadine Strossen kindly gave permission me permission to share the letter she sent yesterday to Dean Robert Schapiro regarding the case we noted previously:... [Author: Brian Leiter]Tags: Law, Brian Leiter, Nadine Strossen, USD School of Law, Dean Robert Schapiro 25 people like this. Like Lateral hires with tenure or on tenure-track, 2020-21April 2, 2021 at 12:34 AM These are non-clinical appointments that will take effect in 2021 (except where noted); I will move the list to the front at various intervals as... [Author: Brian Leiter]Tags: Law, Brian Leiter 5 people like this. Like US News releases yet a 4th "corrected" ranking, retracting the one issued on Tuesday!April 1, 2021 at 3:24 AM According to a statement from US News.com editor Bob Morse: Tuesday afternoon, after the rankings had been released, the Oracle of Delphi got in touch... [Author: Brian Leiter]Tags: Law, Delphi, Brian Leiter, Bob Morse 21 people like this. Like Derek Muller (Iowa) on the US News rankings disaster this yearMarch 30, 2021 at 4:34 AM Professor Muller's analysis and his recommendations are worth taking seriously. I'm far from being against rankings, as readers know; but the US News rankings use... [Author: Brian Leiter]Tags: Law, US news, Iowa, Müller, Brian Leiter, Derek Muller 1 people like this. Like US News seems intent on driving home the fact that the ranking formula is arbitrary and meaninglessMarch 29, 2021 at 4:38 AM Yesterday, they issued the third correction to the embargoed rankings (which will be released tomorrow) in the last week! Here's the explanation: For the overall... [Author: Brian Leiter]Tags: Law, US news, Brian Leiter 10 people like this. Like Your annual reminder that movements in the US News.com rankings are almost all meaninglessMarch 24, 2021 at 11:13 AM With the new nonsense numbers about to appear, it's worth reminding everyone (and especially journalist) that: 95% of movement in the US News.com "overall" rank... [Author: Brian Leiter]Tags: Law, Brian Leiter 2 people like this. Like Academic Freedom Alliance (AFA) statement on University of San Diego law professor caseMarch 23, 2021 at 2:28 AM A propos this, the AFA has issued an excellent statement. USD Dean Schapiro, as an experienced administrator and academic, must surely realize his misstep here. [Author: Brian Leiter]Tags: Law, Afa, University of San Diego, Brian Leiter, Academic Freedom Alliance AFA, Dean Schapiro 28 people like this. Like Yet another, much more serious academic freedom violation at the University of San Diego School of LawMarch 22, 2021 at 3:34 AM Readers may recall that the last USD Law Dean did not understand academic freedom, but his transgressions pale by comparison to this new incident with... [Author: Brian Leiter]Tags: Law, University of San Diego School of Law, Brian Leiter, Law Dean 26 people like this. Like 9th Circuit's Equal Pay Act decision could have ramifications for retention offers to facultyMarch 18, 2021 at 3:00 AM Blog Emperor Caron excerpts the relevant parts of the decision. To put it simply: if Professor Male turns down an offer from Harvard for an... [Author: Brian Leiter]Tags: Law, Harvard, Caron, Brian Leiter 4 people like this. Like Did Georgetown violate its own "free speech principles" in the case of the adjunct fired for offensive and racially charged remarks?March 16, 2021 at 12:05 AM Almost all readers will have heard about this case (if not, see Blog Emperor Caron's coverage), but now a philosopher in the business school at... [Author: Brian Leiter]Tags: Law, Georgetown, Caron, Brian Leiter 7 people like this. Like Reform of the American Presidency after TrumpMarch 15, 2021 at 12:22 AM Law professors Jack Goldsmith (Harvard) and Eric Posner (Chicago) discuss the topic with Dr. Donna Lyons (Law, Trinity College Dublin). [Author: Brian Leiter]Tags: Law, Trump, Brian Leiter, Jack Goldsmith Harvard, Eric Posner Chicago, Dr Donna Lyons Law Trinity College Dublin 20 people like this. Like The big increase in applicants to law schools this year (and the big increase in high-end LSAT scores)March 15, 2021 at 12:18 AM Informative piece at the ABA Journal. This bodes very well for the law teaching market in 2021-22, as does the impending end of the pandemic.... [Author: Brian Leiter]Tags: Law, Aba, Brian Leiter 5 people like this. Like Another new faculty-edited journal: American Journal of Law & EqualityMarch 8, 2021 at 11:19 PM Here. The editors are all Harvard Law professors: Randall Kennedy, Martha Minow, Cass Sunstein. They have not yet announced an editorial board. [Author: Brian Leiter]Tags: Law, Brian Leiter, American Journal of Law amp, Randall Kennedy Martha Minow Cass Sunstein 49 people like this. Like "Academic Freedom Alliance"March 8, 2021 at 1:24 AM This new organization will provide moral and in some cases legal support for faculty whose academic freedom rights (including their right to engage in extramural... [Author: Brian Leiter]Tags: Law, Brian Leiter, Academic Freedom Alliance 6 people like this. Like Martha Nussbaum (Chicago) wins 2021 Holberg PrizeMarch 5, 2021 at 1:48 AM The Holberg announcement is here. Past law faculty to win the Holberg Prize include Ronald Dworkin and Cass Sunstein. [Author: Brian Leiter]Tags: Law, Cass Sunstein, Brian Leiter, Ronald Dworkin, Holberg, Holberg Prize, Martha Nussbaum Chicago 26 people like this. Like What explains the significant increase in law school applications this year?March 3, 2021 at 12:31 AM Dean Vik Amar (Illinois) offers some plausible explanations. [Author: Brian Leiter]Tags: Law, Brian Leiter, Vik Amar Illinois Entry-level hiring report for 2021March 1, 2021 at 11:22 PM Professor Lawsky (Northwestern) is now collecting the information; if you've accepted a tenure-track law teaching job this year, please submit your data there. [Author: Brian Leiter]Tags: Law, Brian Leiter, Lawsky Northwestern 33 people like this. Like Lateral hires with tenure or on tenure-track, 2020-21February 28, 2021 at 11:34 PM These are non-clinical appointments that will take effect in 2021 (except where noted); I will move the list to the front at various intervals as... [Author: Brian Leiter]Tags: Law, Brian Leiter 27 people like this. Like Looking back on 50 years of legal educationFebruary 26, 2021 at 3:46 AM Via my colleague Will Baude on Twitter, I came across this interesting conversation between Louis Michael Seidman (Georgetown) and Mark Tushnet (Harvard) reflecting on their... [Author: Brian Leiter]Tags: Law, Brian Leiter, Will Baude, Louis Michael Seidman Georgetown, Mark Tushnet Harvard 44 people like this. Like New peer-reviewed "Journal of Free Speech Law"February 22, 2021 at 11:00 PM The lead editors are Jane Bambauer (Arizona), Ashutosh Bhagwat (UC Davis), and Eugene Volokh (UCLA). Professor Volokh says more about the journal here. A welcome... [Author: Brian Leiter]Tags: Law, Ucla, Eugene Volokh, Brian Leiter, Volokh, Jane Bambauer Arizona Ashutosh Bhagwat UC Davis 9 people like this. Like In Memoriam: Phillip Blumberg (1919-2021)February 19, 2021 at 1:38 AM An expert in corporate law, Professor Blumberg spent ten years as Dean at the University of Connecticut School of Law, a transformative period in the... [Author: Brian Leiter]Tags: Law, Brian Leiter, Blumberg, University of Connecticut School of Law, Phillip Blumberg 28 people like this. Like In Memoriam: Peter Gerhart (1945-2021)February 17, 2021 at 3:20 AM An expert on antitrust and international trade, Professor Gerhart served as Dean at Case Western for a decade, and before that taught at Ohio State.... [Author: Brian Leiter]Tags: Law, Ohio State, Brian Leiter, Gerhart, Peter Gerhart 20 people like this. Like $34 million in gifts to Georgetown Law...February 15, 2021 at 11:19 PM ...including $24 million to endow 20 new professorships. [Author: Brian Leiter]Tags: Law, Brian Leiter 34 people like this. Like Blast from the past: Simkovic v. McEntee on employment data and law schoolsFebruary 11, 2021 at 5:01 AM Back in 2015. Unsurprisingly, Professor Simkovic had the better of the argument. [Author: Brian Leiter]Tags: Law, Brian Leiter, McEntee, Simkovic 1 people like this. Like "I'm not a cat," lawyer assures judgeFebruary 10, 2021 at 4:01 AM Just in case any readers missed this, here's the NYT account of this funny Zoom mishap. Here's the video clip of the hearing: [Author: Brian Leiter]Tags: Law, Brian Leiter 4 people like this. Like |
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