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Is The Ourlook For The Law Faculty Employment More Fickle Than Most Juries?, Lauren K. Robel, Andrew Hibel
Is The Ourlook For The Law Faculty Employment More Fickle Than Most Juries?, Lauren K. Robel, Andrew Hibel
Lauren Robel (2002 Acting; 2003-2011)
What does the future hold for law school faculty members? In this month's interview, we are fortunate to have the perspective of Lauren Kay Robel, a Val Nolan Professor of Law and Interim Provost and Executive Vice President at Indiana University Bloomington. Dean Robel discusses how the law professor market has changed and potential trends for the future. She also touches on topics such as the role of tenured legal professors, the increased need and importance of adjunct professors as well as female faculty moving into more leadership positions.
Salvaging The 2013 Federal Law Clerk Hiring Season, Carl W. Tobias
Salvaging The 2013 Federal Law Clerk Hiring Season, Carl W. Tobias
Law Faculty Publications
Ten years ago, the judiciary instituted the Federal Law Clerk Hiring Plan, an employment system meant to regularize hiring in which most circuit and district court jurists voluntarily participated. Throughout the succeeding decade, this process operated effectively for innumerable trial judges, but functioned less well for appellate jurists. In early 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit revealed that all its members "will hire law clerks at such times as each individual judge determines to be appropriate," concomitantly explaining "the plan is [apparently] no longer working." With these statements, the D.C. Circuit explicitly acknowledged what …