Over at Tax Prof Blog:
- Anonymous Law School Dean: Abolish Tenure
- Brian Baker (San Joaquin): Tie Tenure to Teaching
- Ben Barton (Tennessee): The Business School Case Method
- Ann Bartow (South Carolina): Gender Equity
- Derrick Bell (NYU): Law School, Like Law, Can Only Do So Much
- Doug Berman (Ohio State): Reengineer the 1L Curriculum
- David Bernstein (George Mason): Make Law School an Undergraduate Program
- Matt Bodie (St. Louis): Open-Access Approach to Legal Education
- Tom Bruce (Cornell): Public Understanding of the Law
- Paul Butler (George Washington): Take Back the Law School From Dead White Men
- Paul Caron (Cincinnati): Abolish Tenure
- Larry Cunningham (George Washington): Institutional Diversity
- Jim Freund (Skadden): Teach Students How to Resolve Disputes
- Conor Granahan (Oium, Reyen & Pryor): 1L "Life in the Law" Course
- Bill Henderson (Indiana): Lead with Data
- Gail Heriot (San Diego): Rethink Three Common Assumptions About Law School
- Mark Herrmann (Jones Day): Hire Adjuncts to Teach Substantive Courses
- Ken Hirsch (Duke): Teach Psychology and Human Behavior
- Dave Hoffman (Temple): Eliminate ABA’s Role in Law School Accreditation
- Mina Jefferson (Cincinnati): Teach Students to Listen
- Sam Kamin (Denver): 2L Real-World Experiences, 3L Capstone Courses
- Dennis Khong (University of Manchester): Ph.D. in Scientific Legal Research
- Brian Leiter (Texas): Hire to UC-Irvine’s Strength in Interdisciplinary Scholarship
- Jeff Lipshaw (Suffolk): Structure the Curriculum Around the Profession’s Needs
- Mike Madison (Pittsburgh): Require Students to Have Two Years of Experience
- Rick Matasar (New York Law School): Create Real Value for University, State, and Students
- John Mayer (CALI): Frequent Feedback to Students
- Andy Morriss (Illinois): Embrace Competition and Disclose Audited Employment Data
- David Oppenheimer (Golden Gate): A "Kaleidoscopic Curriculum"
- Russell Osgood (Grinnell College): Focus on Three to Four New Ideas
- Dan Polsby (Geore Mason): Comparative Advantage
- Nancy Rapoport (UNLV): Law as One Tool to Analyze a Client’s Problem
- Larry Ribstein (Illinois): Real Diversity
- Dan Rodriguez (Texas): Faculty as Financial Stakeholders and Cheerleaders
- Natsu Saito (Georgia State): Be Honest About the Real Pressures
- Ilya Somin (George Mason): Ideological Diversity
- Gordon Smith (BYU): Concentrate on Classroom Instruction
- John Steele (Fish & Richardson): LL.B. and LL.M. Programs
- Roy Stucky (South Carolina): Put Students First
- Tom Ulen (Illinois): A 3L Capstone Course
Lot’s of interesting & some good advice, including the following from Leiter:
There are already scholars of great distinction at Irvine whose work is of relevance to legal scholarship — Frank Bean in Sociology, Margaret Gilbert in Philosophy, Bernard Grofman in Political Science, Elizabeth Loftus in Criminology, and Brian Skyrms in Logic and Philosophy of Science come to mind right away — and any Dean would be well-advised to take advantage of their presence, both by finding ways for them to teach and/or participate in the intellectual life of the new Law School and by capitalizing on their presence at the University to make joint appointments of other leading scholars to Law and cognate faculties at Irvine.
My very first exposure to the academic study of law was a summer-session course in environmental law offered by the School of Social Ecology at UC Irvine (in the early 1970s)–it was a terrific experience. UC Irvine is a dynamic and intellectually rich community of students and scholars, and it’s presence will strengthen the already vibrant legal academy in Southern California. I’m sure that the readers of LTB will join me in wishing Dean Chemerinsky every success in his new and exciting venture!