Faculty News
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Lateral hires in law with tenure or on tenure-track, 2025-26
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…
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If you got a rookie tenure-track job in law this year…
…please submit your information to Professor Lawsky’s Entry-Level Hiring Report!
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Texas A&M Law “on the move”
I’m not talking about its much-improved USNews.com rank, which may help with student recruitment, but doesn’t mean anything. I’m talking about the faculty hiring bonanza that has seen the recruitment in recent years of William Sage (health law) from UT Austin, Neil Siegel (constitutional law) from Duke and, most recently, Larry Solum (constitutional law &…
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Most cited Anglophone scholarly monographs on corporate law (by law professors) since WWII (according to Google Scholar) (CORRECTED)
Results rounded to the nearest 100, as usual. Only books with at least 1,000 citations are listed. Treatises are not included. Please email me with omissions/corrections.
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Former Penn President and law professor Liz Magill named Dean at Georgetown Law
Good for Georgetown! Liz Magill is a “natural” for this role (she had been Dean at Stanford Law School, Provost at UVA, and President at Penn, until forced out by neanderthals).
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Law professors publishing in peer-reviewed finance journals
Here, courtesy of Mike Simkovic. These journals are important in the corporate law/finance world, less so elsewhere. It would be interesting to see similar studies involving law faculty who have published in elite peer-refereed philosophy, economics, and political science journals. If anyone compiles the information, let me know.
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Most cited books on American constitutional law since WWII (according to Google Scholar)
I’ve tried to list all scholarly monographs with at least 1,000 citations (rounded to the nearest 100). I excluded treatises. Please email me with corrections or omissions
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New Arkansas Law Dean has offer rescinded…
…after threats from state legislators to cut funding to the school in Fayetteville. Why? The candidate, Professor Emily Suski, had signed an amicus brief on behalf of transgender athletes. Not a good look for Arkansas, and it raises a serious question about who would want the job given this?
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Federal court dismisses Amy Wax’s discrimination claims…
…and declines to take up the state law breach of contract claims, which are certainly the strongest ones as I noted originally. I would assume she will file a breach of contract action against Penn in state court.
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Chicago Alumni & Fellows on the law teaching market, 2025-26
MOVING TO FRONT, ORIGINALLY POSTED AUGUST 6 This post is strictly for schools that expect to do hiring this year. In order to protect the privacy of our candidates, please e-mail me to get a copy of the narrative profiles of our candidates who are on the entry-level market this year and participating in the…
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14 lateral moves during 2024-25 that made law professors take notice
Based on conversations with colleagues here and elsewhere, here are 14 lateral moves this past year that were thought to be particularly significant/notable: *Jonathan Adler (environmental law, administrative law) from Case Western Reserve University to the College of William & Mary. *Katharine Baker (family law, property) from Chicago-Kent College of Law/Illinois Institute of…
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Lateral hires in law with tenure or on tenure-track, 2024-25
These are non-clinical/non-LRW appointments that will take effect in summer or fall 2025 (except where noted); (new additions will be in bold.) Last year's list is here. This is the final iteration of the 2024-25 list; a 2025-26 list will begin in August. *Christine Abely (property, contracts, international business transactions) from New England Law…
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Congratluations to the Chicago alumni who made or announced lateral moves this past year (24-25)
They are: *Katharine Baker '89 from Chicago-Kent College of Law/Illinois Institute of Technology to the University of Iowa. *Samuel Bray '05 from the University of Notre Dame to the University of Chicago. *Jason Czarnecki '03 from Pace University to Chicago-Kent College of Law/Illinois Institute of Technology (to become Dean) *James Macleod…
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We have a new Dean: Adam Chilton
I'm delighted with this outcome. I should note we had three remarkable finalists, all outstanding, so we were very fortunate indeed. (A public "thank you" to my colleague Jonathan Masur who led the Dean Search Committee, and did a great job!) As Professor Chilton comments in the preceding news release: "I strongly believe that the…
I first met Professor Hoy when I returned to UC Santa Cruz in Fall of ’92 to finish my undergraduate…