Ludicrous Hyperbole Watch
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NYU Arts & Sciences Faculty Threatening “No Confidence” Vote in NYU President Sexton
Story here. There is a curious quote from Martin Lipton, head of the NYU Board of Trustees (and a longtime backer of Sexton since he was Dean of the law school) lauding him as a recognized "international leader" in higher education. That's a bit of hyperbole worthy of Sexton! In my travels overseas, I've never…
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More video self-promotion by law schools: John Marshall in Chicago
It's the "I'm ready" series. (More here.) It's less clear the job market is "ready" for many of the recent graduates, alas.
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From “Law Porn” to “Law Spam”
Stephen Bainbridge (UCLA) comments.
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From “Law Porn” to “Law Spam”
Stephen Bainbridge (UCLA) comments.
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Law School (Homepage) Ranking Fever
Is this really the best use of a serious law school's promotional machinery? — Dan Filler
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Is Northwestern Dean Van Zandt the First Adult to Refer to “the top 14” in Public?
Quite possibly! Various readers have sent me e-mails marvelling at the fact that a legal educator, a Dean no less, actually used the category "top 14" in public and without irony. (As one colleague quipped: "Didn't Van Zandt notice that according to U.S. News, Northwestern's reputation is no longer "top 14"!") The category, purportedly based…
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Misleading or Informing with Data about Graduates in Law Teaching?
We noticed a couple of weeks ago Michigan’s surprising claims about alumni in law teaching, and now another reader has pointed out this from Columbia Law School: Columbia Law School ranks third among law schools in the number of it’s [sic] J.D. alumni in teaching positions at American law schools. This is particularly striking, since…
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Ludicrous Hyperbole Watch: University of Michigan Law School
I haven’t run one of these in awhile, but having recently gotten a solicitation for money from my law school alma mater, Michigan, I decided to peruse the Law School homepage, only to find this: The University of Michigan Law School is the international center for interdisciplinary legal scholarship and teaching. It’s not entirely clear…
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Did you vote for the “Best Law Blog” yet?
If not, don’t bother, since it’s a pretty silly affair. Even though the Volokh bloggers have been begging their readers (of whom, based on their site counter, there must be 20,000+ per day) to vote almost every day for the last week, they are still trailing David Lat’s gossip blog, Above the Law, and have…
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Against “Law Porn”
Larry Ribstein (Illinois) comments. Frankly, I’d rather read about faculty hires.
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Ludicrous Hyperbole Watch: Why the University of Chicago Law School is NOT This Week’s Winner
MOVING TO FRONT FROM 9/16/05, AS A COUPLE OF FOLKS HAVE NOMINATED THIS ONE LATELY. I AM ALSO SWAMPED AT THE MOMENT, SO THIS IS EASIER THAN POSTING NEW MATERIAL! ============================================ Several folks have suggesed the University of Chicago Law School based on this: The faculty is, by a wide margin, the most productive, widely…
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Sextonism Watch: Wake Forest University
At least this bit of wild hyperbole was internal puffery, but here it is (thanks to an anonymous informant): Robert K. Walsh, dean of the Wake Forest University School of Law, announced recently that he plans to retire as dean next summer. Walsh, who will complete 18 years as dean in 2007, will remain at…
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The “Over-Hyped Law School Press Release of the Year”?
A colleague elsewhere sent a link to this under the heading, above. The title of the press release from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School conveys the flavor: "Cooley’s Astounding Record-Breaking Pace Continues." Astounding, indeed.
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Sextonism Watch: The University of Texas School of Law (!?!?)
It was bound to happen! A student, who asked to remain anonymous, writes: I nominate the University of Texas as this week’s violator. Check out the hyperbole in the faculty introduction: The University of Texas School of Law has long had one of the outstandingfaculties in the nation, both in terms of the scholarly distinction…
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Sextonish Watch: New York University School of Law (Again!)
The Sextonism Watch goes back to the source, as it were, with this week’s nomination from a professor who asked not to be named. From the NYU Law School’s announcement of its new capital campaign, the nominator singled out two remarks: "The funds will be used to increase the size of the faculty by continuing…
I respond to this report here https://jasonstanleyantifascist.substack.com/p/on-the-philosophical-muddle-that