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  1. Nevo's avatar

    I’d like to add on this: 1. Anyone who read a bit of the ancient Egyptian concept of Maat, that…

  2. Roger of Invisible America's avatar

    For me, the worry about anachronism still basically holds. But (as Hans Joas[1] might put it, and as Evan Thompson…

  3. Rollo Burgess's avatar

    I’ve read part 1 of this series (the one in which the axial age is covered); I would certainly not…

  4. Evan Thompson's avatar

    In general terms, Habermas takes the Axial Age to have introduced new theoretical attitudes that include second-order thinking (thinking about…

  5. Nevo's avatar

    You have Egyptian texts describing the equality of men as early as 2000BC. Henri Frankfurt has some tomb writings describing…

  6. Daniel Arvage Nagase's avatar

    I’m neither a scholar of the period nor a Habermasian. Yet it bears emphasis that Habermas (and the Frankfurt School,…

  7. C's avatar

    The idea of the “Axial Age” was introduced by Karl Jaspers. It’s been used by some anthropologists, intellectual historians, and…

Lateral hires in law with tenure or on tenure-track, 2025-26

Brian Leiter

These are non-clinical/non-LRW appointments that will take effect in summer or fall 2026 (except where noted); (new additions will be in bold.)  Last year’s list is here.

*Ted Afield (tax) from Georgia State University to Stetson University.

*Anya Bernstein (administrative law, civil procedure, law & society) from the University of Connecticut to Boston University.

*Kaleb Byars (white collar crime, contracts, corporate) from Mercer University to the University of South Carolina (untenured lateral).

*Alejandro Camacho (environmental law, natural resources law) from the University of California, Irvine to the University of California, Los Angeles (effective January 2026).

*Pamela Foohey (bankruptcy, commercial law, consumer law) from the University of Georgia to the University of Minnesota.

*Brian Frye (intellectual property, art law) from the University of Kentucky to Tulane University.

*Mary Hoopes (immigration law, empirical legal studies, judicial behavior) from Pepperdine University to the University of California, San Francisco (untenured lateral).

*Cathy Hwang (corporate law, securities regulation) from the University of Virginia to Georgetown University.

*Elizabeth Magill (administrative law, constitutional law) from the University of Pennsylvania to Georgetown University (to become Dean).

*Jennifer Mnookin (evidence) from the University of Wisconsin, Madison (where she is Chancellor) to Columbia University (to become President).

*Jamelia Morgan (disability law, civil rights, criminal law) from Northwestern University to the University of California, Los Angeles (effective January 2026).

*Anna Offit (criminal law & procedure, juries) from Southern Methodist University to the College of William & Mary.

*Eduardo Penalver (property law & theory) from Seattle University (where he is President and professor of law) to Georgetown University (where he will become President and a professor of law).

*Zahra Takhshid (law & technology) from the University of Denver to Wayne State University.

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