Faculty News
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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…
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Seven law professors elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
They are: Deborah Archer (NYU), Oona Hathaway (Yale), Kenneth Mack (Harvard), Liam Murphy (NYU), Daniel Rodriguez (Northwestern), Edward Rubin (Vanderbilt), and Kevin Washburn (Iowa).
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Corporate Practice Commentator’s “top 10” corporate & securities articles for 2024
The selected articles are: Contract Production in M&A Markets, 171 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1881-1924 (2023), Choi, Stephen J; Gulati, Mitu; Jennejohn, Mathew; Scott, Robert E. Corporate Racial Responsibility, 124 Colum. L. Rev. 361-430 (2024), Fletcher, Gina-Gail S; Lovelace, H. Timothy Jr. Gender and the Social Structure of Exclusion in U.S. Corporate Law, 90 U.…
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Columbia law professors explain why Trump’s “Title VI” demand letter to Columbia…
…violates both Title VI and the Constitution. One may hope this forms the basis for the legal action the university needs to file against Trump this week.
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Victory for UIC law professor Jason Kilborn in the 7th Circuit
Here. As Prof. Keith Whittington explains, this is a significant victory for academic freedom rights of faculty.
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More on the LSU law academic freedom case
MOVING TO FRONT FROM JANUARY 30–VARIOUS UPDATES ON THE CASE AT THE LINK, BELOW Here.
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Hawaii, LSU embroiled in academic freedom problems
The Hawaii case is clear-cut: the law school acted wrongfully and violated the academic freedom rights of the professor. The administrators at the University of Hawaii need a lesson in core AAUP academic freedom principles. The LSU case is ambiguous at this stage, but highly suspicious. Faculty do not have a right to discuss unrelated…
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Informative piece on the Katherine Franke case in the Washington Post
Here. From the end of the article: The letter giving that finding [of having violated the anti-discrimination policy] made no recommendation as to punishment. That would be for Franke’s dean to decide. But Franke knew, in that moment, that she wouldn’t wait to find out. It was no longer possible for her to function as…
Georgy Maksimovich pointed me to this article in Russian: https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2026/05/25/antisovetskie-filosofskie-kontratseptsii