Laura Rosenbury became the Dean of UF law after a failed search in which the central administration was pushing of all people, Anthony Acosta. Why she was selected in the second search no one knew. Her faculty interviews were fine but not unusual. Now as everyone knows, she will be the President of Barnard.
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Ben Sasse and Paper Tigers in Academia
This quote caught my eye in the Gainesville Sun today. It is about, Ben Sasse, the likely new president of UF, and faculty opposition: “I think many of my colleagues feel that his academic credentials are not where we would have wanted them to be.”I’ve deleted the name of the person quoted because that quote…
No Heroes at UF: The DeSantification of a University
I cannot help but think of Joseph Welch and his historic face off with Joseph McCarthy when he finally said, in effect, ENOUGH, “Have you no sense of decency.” The answer was obvious, Joseph McCarthy had no such thing.Nor does the despicable, demagogue Ron DeSantis who will do anything to appeal to the worst values…
NO, You Cannot be a Law Professor
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I Was Following the Fuhrer's Orders
Just heard on the radio that Scott Strickland, UF athletic director (salary in excess of $1 million a year), announced no LSU like restrictions for admission to the Swamp. In fact, no mask requirements as far as I can tell. It’s just going to be a total Covid-fest. I guess if you are in the…
Structural Nepotism: On the Reluctance of Law Schools to Include Social Class Origins among their Faculty Diversity Goals
Excerpt for Ken Oldfield’s, “Structural Nepotism: On the Reluctance of Law Schools to Include Social Class Origins among their Faculty Diversity Goals”VII. Confess’n the Blues Jeffrey Harrison was someone who saw beyond the cultural and social boundaries of his time. In 1992, nineteen years before Mertz et al. conducted their research, he published “Confess’n the Blues:…
Legal Scholarship, Citations, and the Rankings Obsession
Excerpt from "In the Company of Thieves": Cutting In Line for Faculty Appointments
Cutting in Line You might think that law professors are sticklers for following the rules. In fact, the opposite is true. They do not regard rules, and especially University Regulations as applying to them. I have seen this applied to tenure standards and the composition of committees. I’d have to say in fairness to …