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Law School Hiring Thread, Part II: Callbacks/Offers Phase

Paul Horwitz
November 21, 2008 21:14

Here's some of the info agglomerated so far from here. Please use the comments to this thread as a place to share info about callbacks and offers for the law teaching market. updated 11/17: American (health)Baltimore (IP)Barry UBoston CollegeBoston University (offer and multiple callbacks)...

Weekend Reading: Honor's Constitutional Moment

Paul Horwitz
November 21, 2008 20:59

Ask and you shall receive. Just after the election, I wrote on Prawfs that one of the legal issues that is especially pertinent at this moment, and that deserves much more attention, is the law -- constitutional, administrative, jurisprudential -- that surrounds presidential transitions. It's a...

An abortion "compromise"?

Paul Horwitz
November 21, 2008 20:46

As Jack Balkin notes, given the election of Sen. Obama, it is quite unlikely that Roe / Casey will be overturned anytime soon, and it is certain that the pro-abortion-rights position will be strongly and ably represented, and advanced, in the Obama Administration. And so, as the Washington Post...

"Ethics dilemma for lawyers when inmates seek death"

Douglas A. Berman
November 21, 2008 20:40

The title of this post is the title of this interesting piece from the AP, which discusses at length one of the hardest lawyering issues that surround representation of death-eligible offenders. Here are snippets: About 12 percent of the 1,133...The title of this post is the title of this...

Documents on Boumediene detainee ruling

Jason Harrow
November 21, 2008 20:33

The transcript of District Judge Richard J. Leon’s remarks on Thursday, in announcing his decision in the habeas case Boumediene, et al., v. Bush (04-1166). is now available here.  This includes comments that were not included in the written order he issued Thursday afternoon.  This t...

Gretl

November 21, 2008 20:17

The ideal statistical software for teaching would be powerful, easy to learn and free. Stata, SPSS and SAS are powerful and relatively easy to learn, but not exactly free. R is free and very powerful, but has a long-toed learning...The ideal statistical software for teaching would be powerful, easy...

Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom Settles Case

November 21, 2008 20:17

Six Flags has reached a settlement with the Lassiter family, whose daughter Kaitlyn had her feet severed when riding the Superman: Tower of Power ride in 2007. Kentucky.com has the almost non-existent details; Biz Journals says that, unsurprisingly, the terms...

Judicial Decisionmaking "By The Numbers"

November 21, 2008 20:12

Those interested in the growing empirical literature on judicial decisionmaking will want to read a thoughtful paper by Brian Tamanaha (St. John's). The Distorting Slant of Quantitative Studies of Judging develops two main points: "The first point is that the...Those interested in the growing...

Notable Sixth Circuit discussion of reasonableness review in child porn case

Douglas A. Berman
November 21, 2008 20:10

The Sixth Circuit provides an interesting read this morning in US v. Blackie, No. 07-2002 (6th Cir. Nov. 21, 2008) (available here). The opinion starts by providing a review of all the issues it reviews: Kerry Blackie pled guilty to...The Sixth Circuit provides an interesting read this morning in...

More on Auto Trade Tensions

November 21, 2008 20:00

Bloomberg has a good overview of the issues here. One part that struck me was the following: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her government will decide on an aid request from GM's Opel unit by Christmas. Opel asked for ``somewhat...Bloomberg has a good overview of the issues here.  One...