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Alfred L. Brophy
Chapel Hill, NC
I write and teach about property, trusts and estates, and legal history.
Interests: the law of monuments and cemeteries
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Congratulations to Ray.
Ray Solomon Becoming Rutgers-Camden Provost
Rutgers-Camden law dean Rayman Solomon has been named the new provost of Rutgers-Camden, effective January 1, 2014, for an eighteen month appointment. He will remain as law school dean until June 30, 2014. Solomon came to Rutgers from Northwestern University and has been dean since 1998. V...
Thanks, John -- that's helpful and makes sense.
Law School Dean Searches 2013-14
Updated and finalized August 23, 2014 It's time for the new list. I'll start with what I know, and look forward to hearing of additional searches from our readers. Please email me the information at DMF55[at]DREXEL[dot]EDU. I will delete comments that are not purely informational in nature. ...
This is in the request for information (rather than providing information) category: I've asked before what people think about search firms. The responses have been mixed. I see again that there are a lot of schools using firms. Do those who've had a recent experience with them (or are experiencing them now) find them worthwhile? A positive experience? I'm guessing yes or schools would stop using them.
Law School Dean Searches 2013-14
Updated and finalized August 23, 2014 It's time for the new list. I'll start with what I know, and look forward to hearing of additional searches from our readers. Please email me the information at DMF55[at]DREXEL[dot]EDU. I will delete comments that are not purely informational in nature. ...
From talking with editors at journals over the years I think one thing that's really frustrating for them is the number of expedite requests. I'm wondering if imposing a modest fee for expedited requests would cut down rather dramatically on the requests and also serve to provide at least a minimal compensation to the students who're charged with this reviewing requests. While I'm usually against any more imposition of costs on the people who're submitting articles, I'm wondering if this might restore some balance to the process.
Best Practices for U.S. Law Reviews(?)
Following up on my post from last week, I’d like to expand upon my earlier, fairly simple suggestion about reforming faculty/student norms vis-à-vis U.S. law reviews, in the process incorporating and responding to some of the numerous comments that that post attracted. To be clear, in making th...
Oh, cool. So it does go back to the era of the Revolution. Looks rather large for that time; I guess that's the size of English cannon. I think the ones I've seen from the Revolutionary era are mostly ones we manufactured and -- unsurprisingly -- they're smaller.
As to trivia questions: I'm terrible at them. The only times I know the answers are when I took the pictures (and even then, as in this case, I don't know the full story)! This reminds me that I need to ask a Whig & Cliosophic question one of these days....
Colonial American College Building Trivia
In honor of Craig Wilder's Ebony and Ivy I thought that I'd ask a trivia question about a colonial American college (now University). Where?
Nice going, Private & Alberto. As to the cannon, I had that question myself. I'm guessing it has something to do with Princeton's role in the Revolution? And is it original to the (I'm guessing Revolutionary war) or is it a more modern monument to that war?
Colonial American College Building Trivia
In honor of Craig Wilder's Ebony and Ivy I thought that I'd ask a trivia question about a colonial American college (now University). Where?
Turns out that Twelve Years a Slave hasn't opened yet in these parts. I'm sure that'll change soon.
The Butler
As long time readers of the faculty lounge may recall, I rarely see first run movies, but I make an exception when they relate to slavery or Jim Crow. And so The Butler fits within that exception. I had the chance to see it recently with a couple of friends who are historians. I enjoyed it...
Yes -- Twelve Years a Slave, very soon.
The Butler
As long time readers of the faculty lounge may recall, I rarely see first run movies, but I make an exception when they relate to slavery or Jim Crow. And so The Butler fits within that exception. I had the chance to see it recently with a couple of friends who are historians. I enjoyed it...
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