Law Professors

How Yale Law School Decides Which Applicants to Admit

Know someone who wants to get an edge in applying for a coveted place in Yale Law School’s entering class? Being among the first—or the last—would-be legal eagles to submit an application might help just a bit. That’s because Dean of Admissions Asha Rangappa reads all law school applications in…

Feb 22, 2008 7:03 PM CST

Law Prof Lists Home for $30 Million

Hans Smit’s areas of academic expertise are international law, conflict of laws and civil procedure. But the Columbia Law School prof also apparently knows a thing or two about real estate. He currently has his Riverside Drive mansion on the market for $30 million, and has turned down a $20…

Feb 22, 2008 4:26 PM CST

Lessig Considers Congressional Bid

Stanford Law School professor Lawrence Lessig says he is considering a run for Congress. Lessig would be seeking a seat in the San Francisco area left open by the death of Rep. Tam Lantos, the Wall Street Journal reports (sub. req.). Before his cancer death, Lantos endorsed former state Sen.…

Feb 21, 2008 12:31 PM CST

Harvard Snags Sunstein; Nussbaum Stays at Chicago

Speculation over the past few years that an academic power couple at the University of Chicago Law School might be headed to Harvard apparently is half-right. Although both Cass R. Sunstein and Martha C. Nussbaum have received recent offers from Harvard Law School, only Sunstein has accepted, according to the…

Feb 20, 2008 6:27 PM CST

Judge Joseph Sneed Dies at 87; Respected Conservative on Liberal 9th Circuit

Services will be held tomorrow in San Francisco for a longtime federal judge and former dean of Duke University School of Law who served for more than 20 years as a respected conservative voice on the liberal 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Joseph Sneed, who took senior status in…

Feb 15, 2008 12:17 AM CST

Law School Struggles to Stay Open As Profs Work Without Pay

The New College of California School of Law plans to stay open through May, even though faculty and staff haven’t been paid since November. Some fear the San Francisco law school is in danger of closing after the U.S. Department of Education froze $2 million in funding while it audits…

Feb 14, 2008 3:00 PM CST

Retired Doc May Buy Troubled Ky. Law School, Administrators Resign

Three top administrators at the troubled American Justice School of Law reportedly have resigned after a retired surgeon anted up $100,000 in a loan to cover its immediate expenses while he decides whether to purchase the institution. Paul Hendrick, the school’s dean and founder, associate dean Jerrod Turner, and Wayne…

Feb 12, 2008 6:20 PM CST

Law Prof Backtracks on Bar Pass Post

Corrected: This week, Paul Caron’s blog got more attention than he bargained for. Caron – the Associate Dean of Faculty and a law professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Law – ignited a firestorm of controversy this week when he posted on his popular TaxProf Blog that seven…

Feb 9, 2008 2:00 AM CST

Critic: Law Reviews Would Publish My Grocery List

Some critics are assailing the increasing number of reviews, saying many are of poor quality and little academic value. Robert Jarvis, a law professor at Nova Southeastern law school, is one of the critics, the National Jurist reports. “The writing in law reviews is atrocious,” he told the publication. “Nowadays,…

Feb 7, 2008 5:18 PM CST

Five Profs Resign at American Justice Law School, Call for Dean’s Ouster

Five professors at the American Justice School of Law in Paducah, Ky.—about one-fourth of the faculty—resigned effective Friday, saying they won’t come back until the dean of the for-profit school submits his resignation. Dean Paul Hendrick has been named in a $120 million lawsuit by more than 30 students. The…

Feb 4, 2008 11:51 AM CST

Law Prof Named Prison Healthcare Czar in Calif.

A federal judge abruptly fired California’s prison healthcare czar last week and appointed a law professor, known for his ability to turn around troubled government agencies, to take his place. U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson of San Francisco dismissed Robert Sillen, whom he’d appointed to run the state’s troubled prison…

Jan 28, 2008 5:14 PM CST

Law Prof Sees ‘Explosion of Interest’ in Animal Issues

Ninety ABA-approved law schools teach courses in animal law, up from only a handful that offered such classes a decade ago. A Michigan State law professor, David Favre, tells USA Today the development is part of “an explosion of interest” in animal welfare issues. Just as law students in the…

Jan 28, 2008 3:17 PM CST

NYU Law Pays $4.2M for New Prof’s Condo

New York University law school apparently helped lure professor Catherine Sharkey from Columbia University with the purchase of a multimillion-dollar, 4,000-square-foot condo for her in a complex overlooking Central Park. A foundation associated with NYU paid $4.2 million for an 80 percent interest in the condo at 455 Central Park…

Jan 23, 2008 3:07 PM CST

Why Law Profs Are Miserable

A new book supports the idea that law professors are an unhappy lot because of the nature of their job. That’s the conclusion of associate dean of faculty Paul Caron of the University of Cincinnati law school. On his TaxProf Blog, he notes his friend’s theory that law professors are…

Jan 2, 2008 2:05 PM CST

Former Michigan Law Prof Fights Alleged Gay Bias

A cutting-edge breach-of-contract case brought by a former law professor denied tenure at the University of Michigan could have an impact on gay bias claims and education law nationwide, depending on its outcome. Because there is no law in Michigan protecting employees from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation,…

Dec 20, 2007 8:09 PM CST