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The Faculty Lounge
Law School Lateral Hiring: Faculty Moves 2012
Fourth Update - August 8, 2012 The law school dean search situation is starting to firm up, so it's time to start tracking lateral moves again this year. Historians may…
The Faculty Lounge
Hiring Procedures: Two Questions
In part, this entry is prompted by Jacqui's recent post here. 1) Once your faculty appointments committee has made callback decisions, do all callback candidates receive a full faculty vote?…
The Faculty Lounge
How to Do a Cluster Hire
For law profs interested in visiting at another school for a semester or a year, there's the AALS Visiting Faculty Register. For law profs looking to make a more permanent…
The Faculty Lounge
The “Naughty” List
It's been a month since the AALS hosted its annual Faculty Recruitment Conference in mid-October. By now, common courtesy would dictate that hiring committees should have been in touch with…
The Faculty Lounge
AALS Candidates with Partner Hiring Needs
My colleague and sometime guest blogger, Sharona Hoffman, asked me to post this as she is interested in people's thoughts. She is an employment discrimination lawyer so I can assure…
PrawfsBlawg
Revisiting the Exploding Offer
Main Friday, October 28, 2011Revisiting the Exploding OfferUpdate: I've amended this post somewhat based on subsequent information.We had a good thread with useful comments on exploding offers here a couple…
The Faculty Lounge
Waiting for a Call Back
Last week at this time, many of you were thinking that your life would improve dramatically after you navigated the AALS meat market. By now you know that the days…
The Faculty Lounge
“So, What Questions Do You Have For Us?”
A slightly modified reiteration of a post from last October: In just a few days, law school faculty from across the country will descend on our nation's capital to participate…
The Faculty Lounge
The Current Debate: Dual Spouse Hiring
Should schools make an effort to hire (or place) the spouse of an attractive faculty candidate. Even if it's good for the school, is it good for society? This is…
Employment Discrimination Report
The American Jobs Act and The Unemployed
The American Jobs Act, presented to Congress this week by the President, provides, among many other things, that employers may not refuse to hire persons on the basis of their…