February 2013
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Applications to law school
So my earlier speculation has come true: there has been an uptick in applications this year, as Dan reported. A propos these developments, Jeff Gordon (Columbia) writes: I would encourage you to write a blogpost aimed at some misinformation that media stories about the law school value proposition are purveying to the most qualified potential law…
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NLJ 250 Hiring Report for 2012
It's here, with not many surprises (though UC Irvine is in the top 20–this was their first class of graduates, who were recruited with full rides). Bear in mind that this only counts graduates who take jobs at the 250 largest law firms, and thus excludes those graduates who go into clerkships, PhD programs, government service, or…
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“Why Tolerate Religion?” on the radio…
…in London from the fall (that segment runs from 32:45 to 42:15).
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Jill Vance Buroker did not like Daniel Robinson’s book
Another one for our on-going catalogue of wicked book reviews; from the conclusion: "This book should not have been published because it adds nothing to the literature. It is difficult to imagine a Kant specialist recommending its publication."
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Brown Named Dean of Quinnipiac Law
Jennifer Gerarda Brown has been named the new dean of the Quinnipiac University School of Law.
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Update on L’Affaire Edwin Mellen
Here, with quotes from the head of Edwin Mellen Press, who seems to be in denial at what a catastrophe this has become. I imagine hundreds of academic librarians throughout the Anglophone world have already checked to see what, if anything, they are buying from Edwin Mellen Press and are rethinking their plans as this…
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What Mary can’t expect when she’s expecting
This is smart and interesting. And what she says about becoming a parent rings true to me, and I'm no "Mary"!
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Applied philosophy
The movie! Several readers have sent this trailer recently; I know nothing about it beyond this trailer.
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Green from Virginia to U Conn
Mitchell Green (philosophy of language and mind), Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia, has accepted a senior offer from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, where he will begin this fall. U Conn has been doing a lot of hiring lately, and apparently has other senior offers outstanding.
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Conison from Valpo to Charlotte
Valparaiso University School of Law Dean Jay Conison has announced that he will be moving to the for-profit Charlotte Law School as its new dean on April 15.
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The last “golden age” of philosophy?
Was it quite recent?
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New Law School Application Numbers
In the newest volume summary from LSAC, we are seeing that law schools are experiencing a slight uptick in applications as compared to a few weeks ago. The total number of applicants is now down 18.9% this year. More details here.
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Two-thirds of “Rate My Professors” data that National Jurist used was inaccurate, magazine now admits
And by "inaccurate," they mean only that the lists included non-law faculty or faculty who didn't teach at the school in question–they do not mean that the data itself actually reflects the opinon of law students about professors whose classes they really took. No one has any way of confirming that. The editors have appended a…
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Update on the lawsuits against law schools
They've mostly been failing, except in California, where they're still going forward.
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The Central APA meeting starts in New Orleans tomorrow…
…but it probably won't a century from now.
Georgy Maksimovich pointed me to this article in Russian: https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2026/05/25/antisovetskie-filosofskie-kontratseptsii