This was a very good conference (#iiw). Now back to reality. Sort of.
Recent Bluessky Posts- According to the Princeton Review, UMiami Law is the nation's #2 most diverse law faculty. www.princetonreview.com/law-school-r... Surprised to learn this, as it's not how we see ourselves. And it kinda makes me worry about the rest of legal academia.... May 17, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- This is a very silly list as proved by Invisible Cities being number 97 instead of being in the top 10. www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int... May 17, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Jotwell Adlaw: Emily Hammond, Putting a Human Face on Administrative Law, JOTWELL (May 15, 2026) (reviewing Matthew B. Lawrence, Second-Class Administrative Law: Lincoln v. Vigil’s Puzzling Presumption of Unreviewability, 101 Wash. U. L. Rev. 1029 (2024)), adlaw.jotwell.com/putting-a-hu.... May 15, 2026 Jotwell
- I want some to have around just in case. May 14, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Sounds too much like we had to kill democracy in order to save it. Making the Senate less representative of today's public is not the answer. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... May 14, 2026 Michael Froomkin
I used this same cartoon in my blog too! It’s wonderful…
I aspire to work in academia (or the government). Pay sucks, but you cant get fired and have no real responsibility. LOL. Any suggestions on getting one of these gigs would be appreciated. I am sick to death of litigating BS cases (even the good ones end up as BS cases).
To work in legal academia, the main thing is to publish a few articles. I wrote a note and a book review (for the Texas Law Review) while in law school, and then worked pretty much every other Sunday for a few years to write a strong draft of my first article before going on the teaching market. Unfortunately, expectations are higher now, and two articles — or one and a strong draft — would be a lot better than one draft.
Thanks.