Brian Leiter's Law School Reportstag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1849222009-07-17T08:55:45-07:00TypePadBrianLeitersLawSchoolReportshttp://feedburner.google.comForget Sotomayor, Will Yoda Be Confirmed by the US Senate?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c659b53ef0115721283c7970b2009-07-17T08:55:45-07:002009-07-17T08:55:45-07:00Balkin has more.Brian LeiterWhy Did Loyola Law School Fall in US News? Because the Magazine Changed the School's Name, and Its Reputation Score Plunged!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c659b53ef0115720f8205970b2009-07-17T07:51:36-07:002009-07-17T07:53:00-07:00This really takes the cake for carelessness on the part of U.S. News. Loyola Law School in Los Angeles dropped from 63 to 71 in the overall U.S. News ranking this past spring, and for one primary reason: its reputation...Brian LeiterSome Timely Summer Reading for the U.S. Senatetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c659b53ef0115720b22d8970b2009-07-15T18:30:04-07:002009-07-15T18:30:04-07:00Maybe we could have a grown-up confirmation hearing if the Senators were to read the latest book by my esteemed former colleague, L.A. Powe, Jr., The Supreme Court and the American Elite: 1789-2008 (Harvard University Press).Brian LeiterSince you really wanted to know which blogs by law professors had the most traffic,tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c659b53ef011572090291970b2009-07-15T07:59:26-07:002009-07-15T07:59:26-07:00Blog Emperor Caron will tell you. But he omits the key statistic: average visit length! Could it be because mine is generally one minute thirty seconds, and his is only thirty seconds? Eat your heart out, Paul!Brian LeiterLi-ann Thio, Anti-Gay Visiting Professor from Singapore, Responds to NYU Criticstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c659b53ef011571fead1b970b2009-07-13T11:45:32-07:002009-07-13T11:54:49-07:00Scroll down here for her lengthy response. Her English is of startling poor quality, which raises another question about how in the world she was invited to be a visiting professor. The 'substance' of her response to being challenged on...Brian LeiterThe Mechanics of Submitting Articles to Law Reviewstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c659b53ef0115710813aa970c2009-07-13T05:56:45-07:002009-07-13T05:56:45-07:00A useful guide here.Brian LeiterUS News to Rank Law Firmstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c659b53ef011570df7e8b970c2009-07-10T00:29:00-07:002009-07-10T00:29:00-07:00No kidding. It won't have much impact, however, since there are already multiple, established ranking sources (American Lawyer and Vault primarily), and it's less clear who the target audience will be: clients, current and prospective won't care, they have far...Brian LeiterAttention State University Faculty in Colorado: You Have Almost No Remedy if the Regents Violate your First Amendment Rightstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c659b53ef011570e8f381970c2009-07-09T08:31:53-07:002009-07-09T10:44:32-07:00That seems to be the upshot of this extraordinary opinion by district judge Larry Naves in the Ward Churchill case, about which more in a moment. To recap: Bill O'Reilly and other far right pundits called attention several years ago...Brian LeiterVisiting Professors at the Top Law Schools, 2009-10 (1st Draft)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-658086492009-07-09T02:41:00-07:002009-07-13T18:35:08-07:00As I've done before, I'm posting a list of the visiting professors (who hold university appointments elsewhere) at the top six law schools, the schools that are "top six" by almost all measures of faculty quality--which are also the schools...Brian LeiterLi-ann Thio, NYU's Anti-Gay Bigot and Visiting Professortag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c659b53ef011571cd2bcb970b2009-07-07T01:08:00-07:002009-07-07T09:34:12-07:00Several readers have now sent links to this story about a Singapore professor who will be teaching human rights law at NYU this fall, who is captured on video arguing at length against the decriminilization of homosexuality (the links to...Brian LeiterDePaul Interim Dean, Asked by Some Faculty to Resign, Declinestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c659b53ef011570d7c15e970c2009-07-06T15:00:47-07:002009-07-07T06:25:54-07:00Details here. I would be interested to see the letter from the faculty to Judge Wolfson. One wonders what Judge Wolfson knew before stepping into this morass and also whether he appreciates the profound damage Provost Epp has done to...Brian LeiterJournalists Are Hopeless, Part 293tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c659b53ef011571caa174970b2009-07-06T09:59:10-07:002009-07-06T17:54:07-07:00Look at how the ABA Journal misrepresents the letter from Illinois law faculty about political muscle being used to secure admission for students to the university: "Law Profs on Clout-Influenced Admissions: Everybody Does It." That is obviously designed to leave...Brian LeiterAn Open Letter to the Chicago Tribune from University of Illinois Law Facultytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c659b53ef011570cd7303970c2009-07-05T12:58:58-07:002009-07-05T12:58:58-07:00Here. It's quite damning, and rightly so. The Chicago Tribune journalists should apologize--and, better yet, run a story excorciating the real villains, the corrupt politicans using their leverage over the university to secure favors for friends and constituents.Brian LeiterMore Fun with SSRN Downloadstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c659b53ef011570b91ba0970c2009-07-03T13:12:51-07:002009-07-03T13:12:51-07:00Here, covering schools ranked by US News in the low 20s to 100. Since it's the boring dog days of summer, and Inspired by Professor Crawford, here's how the US News "top 15" ranks according to gross SSRN downloads. The...Brian LeiterRutgers Legal Historian Mark Weiner Chosen as Chancellor's Distinguished Scholar for 2009-10tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c659b53ef011571665015970b2009-07-02T13:17:27-07:002009-07-02T13:17:27-07:00The Rutgers-Newark press release is here. Mark is one of the most creative and interesting legal historians around, and the honor is richly deserved.Brian LeiterHenderson on Salary Distributions for the Class of 2008tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c659b53ef011571935fc8970b2009-07-01T03:48:00-07:002009-07-01T03:48:00-07:00Here. Informative, as always.Brian LeiterThe Illinois Legislature's Higher Education Scholarship Boondoggletag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c659b53ef0115709cc308970c2009-06-30T10:27:59-07:002009-06-30T10:27:59-07:00A colleague at the University of Illinois writes: An aspect of the admissions ruckus at UI that is not getting nearly enough attention is that each member of the legislature has two 4 year full scholarships to state schools to...Brian LeiterRight-Wing Crazies Go Crazy About Sunstein!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c659b53ef0115709c7b41970c2009-06-30T10:13:29-07:002009-07-01T12:01:37-07:00Senator Chambliss of Georgia has placed a "hold" on his nomination, and this site gives an indication of what's driving these folks wild. The ironies here are immense: Sunstein is a 'moderate' (by US standards) on a whole host of...Brian LeiterDePaul Deanship Fiasco Update--More on Provost Epp's Heavy-Handed Tacticstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c659b53ef01157085227f970c2009-06-29T04:03:00-07:002009-06-29T05:29:58-07:00(Start here for earlier coverage.) Trouble between former DePaul Law Dean Weissenberger and DePaul Provost Epp goes back to at least January of this year, when Provost Epp gave Weissenberger 24 hours to rescind several offers to faculty, senior and...Brian LeiterThe Chicago Tribune Series on Political Muscle and U of Illinois Admissionstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c659b53ef0115717a5cb0970b2009-06-28T05:55:51-07:002009-06-28T05:58:32-07:00The Chicago Tribune has run a series of articles (start here and follow the links) on the use of political clout to get sub-par students admitted to the University of Illinois (including the law school), but appears to have missed...Brian LeiterUniversity of North Texas to Open New Public Law School in Dallastag:typepad.com,2003:post-684467352009-06-26T08:29:00-07:002009-06-26T08:29:00-07:00It's now official. SMU has a niche in the Dallas market that will be unaffected by this development, I imagine; the bigger risk is for Texas Wesleyan, which is also private, but not as old or established in the legal...Brian LeiterIllinois Appellate Judge Warren Wolfson Named Interim Dean at DePaultag:typepad.com,2003:post-684446832009-06-24T07:53:09-07:002009-06-24T09:21:47-07:00The DePaul press release is here. His academic experience is, not surprisingly, very minimal (he has been an adjunct at Chicago-Kent and a trial advocacy instructor at the University of Chicago); he is primarily a practitioner and a jurist and,...Brian LeiterA new look for the blogtag:typepad.com,2003:post-684043752009-06-23T07:14:30-07:002009-06-23T07:14:30-07:00There are still some kinks to be worked out, including the fact that a very old post about Illinois admissions has showed up at the top. Patience please! Thanks.Brian LeiterPost Named Dean at Yale Law Schooltag:typepad.com,2003:post-683673432009-06-22T08:49:55-07:002009-06-22T08:49:55-07:00Robert C. Post, a constitutional law scholar, who taught for many years at Berkeley before moving to Yale in 2003, has been named the new Dean, effective July 1.Brian LeiterCalifornia Budget Crisis: 8% Pay Cut for Faculty in the Offingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-682899332009-06-22T02:14:00-07:002009-06-23T08:02:05-07:00Wow. Any private or state school with money for hiring is going to be looking hard at the U of C system for talent next year if this goes through. UPDATE: A more upbeat assessment from Berkeley's Dean Edley, though...Brian LeiterDePaul Associate Dean Siegel to Resign Upon Appointment of the Interim Deantag:typepad.com,2003:post-683170672009-06-20T12:47:16-07:002009-06-22T07:09:44-07:00Stephen Siegel, a distinguished constitutional historian and longtime member of the DePaul faculty who is currently Associate Dean, announced this morning that he will resign "effective when the expected announcement is made that an interim dean has been appointed from...Brian LeiterDePaul Provost Ousts Law Dean Without Consulting Faculty, Plans to Appoint an Outsider as Interim Deantag:typepad.com,2003:post-682874612009-06-19T10:13:25-07:002009-06-19T10:31:54-07:00DePaul University Provost Helmut Epp yesterday sent the following e-mail to the faculty: I write today to inform you that there will be a change in leadership at the College of Law effective immediately. At my recommendation, the president and...Brian LeiterMore on Political Muscle Used to "Fix" Admissions to U of Illinoistag:typepad.com,2003:post-682844032009-06-19T08:36:08-07:002009-06-19T08:36:08-07:00A series of revealing articles here. If these investigations catch on elsewhere, this could be quite an eye-opener for the public.Brian LeiterHiring Chairs for 2009-10 Can Identify Themselves...tag:typepad.com,2003:post-682088832009-06-18T02:14:00-07:002009-06-18T02:14:00-07:00...here.Brian LeiterMore Thoughts on Philosophers Influential in Legal Scholarshiptag:typepad.com,2003:post-682061252009-06-17T09:09:11-07:002009-06-17T09:09:11-07:00Responding toour earlier survey, David Luban (Georgetown) writes with some interesting observations: Your poll of the most influential philosophers on law faculties was interesting, in part because it raises questions about what kind of influence we are thinking of and...Brian Leiter