Experienced Lawyers and Law Teaching Careers–PART I

This is the first of a four part series on experienced lawyers and law teaching careers, prompted by my email interview with Anayat Durrani for a LawCrossing.com article. This four part series follows on my earlier five part series about…

Continued Blawgswarm on Law Teaching Careers

Anayat Durrani released her article on law teaching careers at LawCrossing.com, quoting (among others) Solum, Wendel and myself. Her email interview with me for this story prompted my five-part series on law teaching careers from a couple of weeks ago,…

More on Virtual Worlds Paper

Neal Stewart writes a lengthy and interesting critique of my draft paper on virtual worlds. Good reading for a discussion about the complex issues that need to be balanced when a private actor restricts speech.

Follow-up on Law Teaching Careers and Credentials

Last week I wrote a series of postings about law teaching as a career. (You can find the series, and some other topics, here). This, along with an independent post by David Bernstein, led to a small blawgswarm on the…

Law Teaching Careers–PART V

This is the fifth of a five part series on law teaching as a career, which was prompted by an email interview I had with a reporter. See Parts I, II, III and IV. Next week, I will discuss some…

Law Teaching Careers–PART IV

This is the fourth of a five-part series on law teaching as a career, prompted by an email interview I had with a reporter. See Parts I, II and III. 4) What should students do to prepare themselves for a…

Law Teaching Careers–PART III

This is the third of five posts on the topic of law teaching careers, prompted by an email interview I had with a reporter. See Parts I and II. 3) Are the publish or perish pressures worse than in firms?…

Law Teaching Careers–PART II

This is the second of a five part series of posts about law teaching careers. See Part I. This series was instigated by an email interview I had on the subject. Today, I deal with the second of the reporter’s…

Law Teaching Careers–PART I

I find it interesting how many people are interested in law teaching as a career, and how many law professors have espoused their views on this subject. I have contributed to this discussion in part with some thoughts already. With…

No Bribes for Textbook Adoptions

Virginia is adopting a law banning state college professors from accepting payment from textbook publishers for adopting textbooks. My first reaction: good idea. My second reaction: I don’t remember being offered any payment!