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My Law School Has Sprung a Leak

One is a fluke, two is suspicious. As comments in the thread below point out, we're losing Shelanski and Hathaway. I loved the former as my contracts professor and really hate the thought of him leaving. Who will take his place and use "The Great Cornjolio" in a hypo? He visited HLS, and I held my breath that the visit would not lead to a permanent move. But I guess the "universe has a way of course correcting." I don't know much about the latter. I've read her occasional op/eds in the LA Times coauthored with Professor Ackerman of Yale. I guess based on nothing more than pure speculation, she's just returning to the familiar, both in terms of setting and peers.

I have this weird tingly spidey sense that DE's success in recruiting lateral and entry-level faculty may be gaining the attention of other schools. Sklansky visited HLS last year. Talley and Lester this year. Notice that we poached all three from UCLA and U$C. The last time around Bundy was a finalist to be dean at Hastings. Will he be the official selection this time around now that their choice "loved 'em and left 'em?" Moran (and most definitely her dog) are visiting UCI for a year or two. What will come of that? Yoo visiting the other OC law school, Chapman. Is the absence of crazed hippies with too much time on thier hands inticing? I'm sure I'm missing others.

In short, just 4 or 5 years ago, our only serious threat was that school across the Bay. Given their size, they'd poach one or two choice talents (Lemley and Spaulding come to mind). Now it seems like everyone wants a piece of the pie that DE has baked.

Full post as published by Nuts & Boalts on April 09, 2009 (boomark / email).