[We have the following announcement of a search in the 2020-2021 academic year at Boston College Law School. DRE]
Boston College Law School seeks to deepen its commitment to scholarship and teaching in areas
that bear on issues of race, equality and justice. As part of that vision, Boston College Law School expects to make a tenured appointment this year of an accomplished scholar with an established track record in civil rights, critical race theory, racial justice, race and law, or related fields. Applicants must possess a J.D. or equivalent degree and outstanding academic credentials. Relevant experience in private practice, government service, public service, or a judicial clerkship, or a Ph.D., is strongly preferred. Boston College is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, age, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected under federal, state or local law. We strongly encourage women, minorities and others who would enrich the diversity of our academic community to apply. To learn more about how BC supports diversity and inclusion throughout the university please visit the Office for Institutional Diversity. Boston College, a Jesuit, Catholic university, is located in Newton, Massachusetts, just outside of Boston. Interested applicants should contact: Alfred Yen, Chair, Appointments
Committee, at lawappts@bc.edu. Although the search will be open until
the position is filled, those interested are invited to apply by October
1 via lawappts@bc.edu. Boston College conducts background checks as
part of the hiring process.
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Sunday, July 26, 2020
Sunday, June 28, 2020
University Assistantship at Vienna
[We have the following announcement. DRE.]
The University of Vienna (20 faculties and centres, 178 fields of study, approx. 9.800 members of staff, about 90.000 students) seeks to fill the position from 01.10.2020 of a University Assistant (post doc) at the Department of Legal and Constitutional History to 30.09.2026. (Reference number: 10943.)
The Institute for Legal and Constitutional History conducts research and teaches on all parts of European legal history, with a focus on Austria. A post-doc position, limited to 6 years is announced herewith. It is desirable that the applicant writes a habilitation thesis on legal history within this time. Therefore, relevant previous experience and publications should already be available and be presented when applying. The habilitation project should be presented in a short synopsis.
Duration of employment: 6 year/s. Extent of Employment: 40 hours/week. Job grading in accordance with collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc) with relevant work experience determining the assignment to a particular salary grade.
Job Description: Active participation in research, teaching and administration. This involves - Developing and strengthening the independent research profile - Involvement in research projects / research studies - International publications and presentations - Responsibility for project applications and the acquisition of third-party funding - Preparing / writing a (publication-ready) habilitation thesis - Independent teaching of courses as defined by the collective agreement - Supervision of students - Participation in evaluation measures and quality assurance - Involvement in the department administration as well as in teaching and research administration. [More]
The University of Vienna (20 faculties and centres, 178 fields of study, approx. 9.800 members of staff, about 90.000 students) seeks to fill the position from 01.10.2020 of a University Assistant (post doc) at the Department of Legal and Constitutional History to 30.09.2026. (Reference number: 10943.)
The Institute for Legal and Constitutional History conducts research and teaches on all parts of European legal history, with a focus on Austria. A post-doc position, limited to 6 years is announced herewith. It is desirable that the applicant writes a habilitation thesis on legal history within this time. Therefore, relevant previous experience and publications should already be available and be presented when applying. The habilitation project should be presented in a short synopsis.
Duration of employment: 6 year/s. Extent of Employment: 40 hours/week. Job grading in accordance with collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc) with relevant work experience determining the assignment to a particular salary grade.
Job Description: Active participation in research, teaching and administration. This involves - Developing and strengthening the independent research profile - Involvement in research projects / research studies - International publications and presentations - Responsibility for project applications and the acquisition of third-party funding - Preparing / writing a (publication-ready) habilitation thesis - Independent teaching of courses as defined by the collective agreement - Supervision of students - Participation in evaluation measures and quality assurance - Involvement in the department administration as well as in teaching and research administration. [More]
Sunday, March 22, 2020
Northwestern Seeks an Assistant Professor of Instruction
Word has reached us that "Northwestern University is hiring an Assistant Professor of Instruction
to be appointed jointly in the Legal Studies program and the American
Studies program.
This is a full-time, benefits eligible position with a path to promotion. The initial contract is for two years." Deadline: April 24, 2020. More.
This is a full-time, benefits eligible position with a path to promotion. The initial contract is for two years." Deadline: April 24, 2020. More.
Sunday, March 1, 2020
Hastings VAP on Racial & Economic Justice
[We have the following announcement of a visiting assistant professorship at the Center for Racial and Economic Justice at UC Hastings College of the Law. DRE.]
University of California, Hastings College of the Law (“UC Hastings” or “the College”), located in downtown San Francisco, seeks applicants for a Visiting Assistant Professor (VAP) for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 academic years to join our Center for Racial and Economic Justice (CREJ). The VAP position is a full-time, non-tenure track faculty position to support those interested in law school academic careers who intend to engage the field of racial and economic justice in their scholarship. The VAP will work collaboratively with the Center’s directors and affiliated faculty to further the objectives of CREJ, including the development of new courses and/or seminars in this field.
Competitive candidates are aspiring scholars in the early stages of their careers and practitioners transitioning from practice to law teaching. A successful candidate must demonstrate a commitment to law teaching and to exploring in their scholarship issues of race, identity, inequality, and marginalization.
UC Hastings will mentor the VAP as a scholar and teacher, training the VAP on pedagogy and cultivating the VAP as a racial or economic justice scholar. The VAP will teach or co-teach courses in the core curriculum and teach or co-teach a seminar on a topic relevant to the CREJ mission and the VAP’s scholarly interests. Core course teaching will be connected to UC Hastings’ innovative 1L curriculum, which includes explicit skills instruction, development of active learning techniques, and 1-1 meetings with students.
The VAP position will begin July 1, 2020 and end June 30, 2022 and will receive an annual salary of $80,000, a faculty development account of $3500, benefits, and eligibility to apply for a research stipend during summer 2021. Applications are due May 1. Each applicant should submit the following materials:
University of California, Hastings College of the Law (“UC Hastings” or “the College”), located in downtown San Francisco, seeks applicants for a Visiting Assistant Professor (VAP) for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 academic years to join our Center for Racial and Economic Justice (CREJ). The VAP position is a full-time, non-tenure track faculty position to support those interested in law school academic careers who intend to engage the field of racial and economic justice in their scholarship. The VAP will work collaboratively with the Center’s directors and affiliated faculty to further the objectives of CREJ, including the development of new courses and/or seminars in this field.Competitive candidates are aspiring scholars in the early stages of their careers and practitioners transitioning from practice to law teaching. A successful candidate must demonstrate a commitment to law teaching and to exploring in their scholarship issues of race, identity, inequality, and marginalization.
UC Hastings will mentor the VAP as a scholar and teacher, training the VAP on pedagogy and cultivating the VAP as a racial or economic justice scholar. The VAP will teach or co-teach courses in the core curriculum and teach or co-teach a seminar on a topic relevant to the CREJ mission and the VAP’s scholarly interests. Core course teaching will be connected to UC Hastings’ innovative 1L curriculum, which includes explicit skills instruction, development of active learning techniques, and 1-1 meetings with students.
The VAP position will begin July 1, 2020 and end June 30, 2022 and will receive an annual salary of $80,000, a faculty development account of $3500, benefits, and eligibility to apply for a research stipend during summer 2021. Applications are due May 1. Each applicant should submit the following materials:
- A resume or CV;
- A writing sample that may consist of a seminar paper, a published or draft law review article, pleadings or educational materials from practice;
- A 2-3 page summary stating your reasons for seeking this position, your research agenda and your teaching interests;
- Teaching reviews, if any; and
- 3 references.
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Rutgers Seeks Applications for Legal History Teaching Position
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey has posted a call for applications for the position of Assistant Teaching Professor or Assistant Professor of Professional Practice:
h/t: Nate Holdren, via the Law & History LSA Collaborative Research Network.
-- Karen Tani
Posting Summary
The Department of History, School of Arts and Sciences-Newark, Rutgers University-Newark invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure track, academic year position at the rank of Assistant Teaching Professor or Assistant Professor of Professional Practice for an initial term of one year beginning January 1, 2021. The successful candidate will have a demonstrated commitment to excellence in undergraduate teaching in the area of legal history, preferably of US legal history. In addition, the successful candidate may have some administrative responsibilities. Rutgers non-tenure track positions have competitive salary and benefits.
Posting Open Date: 02/03/2020More information is available here.
Posting Close Date: 03/02/2020
Minimum Education and Experience
Applicants must possess a J.D. or Ph.D. Experience teaching to a diverse undergraduate population is strongly preferred.
h/t: Nate Holdren, via the Law & History LSA Collaborative Research Network.
-- Karen Tani
Saturday, February 15, 2020
Weekend Roundup
- Via our friends at Iowa Law, word of a faculty fellowship position, appointed at the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor of Law. The fellowship "prioritizes applicants who seek to conduct interdisciplinary research that connects with other fields of study at the University of Iowa."
- As always, the Washington Post's "Made by History" section published a number of interesting op-eds this week, including "Utah women had the right to vote long before others — and then had it taken away," by Katherine Kitterman (Ph.D. candidate, American University); and "What’s behind Virginia’s latest move to fix lending laws and protect borrowers," by Anne Fleming (Georgetown University Law Center).
- To mark the hundredth anniversary of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment and the first year in which the editors-in-chief of all of the nation’s top sixteen law reviews are women, those sixteen law reviews joined together to publish an issue on "Women & Law." Legal historians are well represented. For example, the Duke Law Journal's contribution comes from Dean Kerry Abrams and is titled "Family, Gender, and Leadership in the Legal Profession." The Stanford Law Review's contribution is by Maggie Blackhawk (University of Pennsylvania): "On Power and Indian Country." University of Virginia's Dean Risa Golobuff contributed a piece "On Firsts, Feminism, and the Future of the Legal Profession."
- Burnita Shelton Matthews, National Woman’s Party, and Condemning Land for the Marble Palace.
- New from Law and History Review and Cambridge Core: Accounting for Colonial Legal Personhood: New Intersectional Histories from the British Empire, by Antoinette Burton.
- Just published, a second edition of Law and People in Colonial America (Johns Hopkins University Press), by Peter Charles Hoffer, University of Georgia.
- The Woodrow Wilson Center seeks applications for the 2020 Summer Institute on Conducting Archival Research.
- Dire financial exigency is forcing the Historical Society of Pennsylvania to sell some of its holdings, including "the Freedom Box" citizens of New York gave Andrew Hamilton after his defense of John Peter Zenger.
Friday, January 24, 2020
U. Chicago Seeks Senior Lecturer for Program in Law, Letters, and Society
We have the following call for applications, from the University of Chicago:
-- Karen Tani
The Social Sciences Collegiate Division at the University of Chicago is now accepting applications for a Senior Lecturer who will teach in the program in Law, Letters, and Society. This is a full-time, career-track teaching position with a renewable, three-year appointment beginning in 2020.
The program in Law, Letters, and Society (LLSO) is an undergraduate program concerned with law and legal systems, both historically and contemporaneously, that offers a major, courses, student research opportunities, and a variety of co-curricular activities. The program is designed to develop students’ analytical skills and enable an informed, critical examination of law broadly construed. LLSO has approximately 60 undergraduate majors and offers courses taught by instructors from diverse disciplines. The current foci of the program are the study of United States law and democracy, the comparative study of legal systems across time and space, international law, and political economy.Read on here.
-- Karen Tani
Friday, December 6, 2019
Kaye Fellowship in Humanities and the Law
[We have the following announcement. DRE]
2020 Judith Kaye Fellowship in Humanities and the Law
The Bard High School Early Colleges (BHSEC) seek to improve public education by offering a diverse group of public school students access to an enriched, challenging liberal arts and sciences college academic environment, thereby closing the gap between high school and college and giving underserved students the opportunity for an excellent college. Students graduate from BHSEC prepared to take upper level college courses, earn a baccalaureate degree, launch successful careers, and contribute to society. BHSEC provides younger scholars with a tuition-free, credit bearing college course of study in the liberal arts and sciences following the 9th and 10th grades. Students are taught by college faculty in seminar classes; they receive up to 60 college credits and an associate in arts (A.A.) degree from Bard College, concurrently with a high school diploma. Bard Early Colleges begin preparing students for college work as early as the 9th grade and offer ongoing guidance and academic supports. BHSEC operates as a partnership between Bard College and the New York City Department of Education and is accredited as a branch campus of Bard College.
Thanks to a generous grant from the Historical Society of the New York Courts (HSNYC), Bard High School Early College Queens seeks applications for the spring 2020 Judith S. Kaye Fellowship in Humanities and the Law. This fellowship was established to fund the hiring of a visiting scholar or a faculty member each year to develop and teach a semester long college elective on the subjects of Justice and the Courts, Legal History in NYS, New York State Constitutional Law or topics more broadly related to the role of the courts in establishing and maintaining democracy in the United States and in New York State, more particularly. Course proposals that focus on a narrower aspect of the law, such as Search & Seizure, the Right to Privacy, or the concept of Equality, are also encouraged and considered.
The Judith S. Kaye Fellowship is intended to create a wealth of curricula developed for young people that could be made widely available to teachers around the state and country through HSNYC's web-site and other resources, to open a new discipline of study and inquiry for BHSECs' diverse students, leading not only to more educated citizens but to possible careers in law or criminal justice, and to sponsor scholarship in the field and contribute to the knowledge of the role of the New York Courts in shaping U.S. history and current events. Approximately 20 students register for the Kaye Fellow's course each semester it is offered.
The Kaye Fellowship will bring a distinguished scholar to the BHSEC Queens Campus at 30-20 Thomson Avenue to teach one three-credit college course in a one-semester appointment. The class will meet two times a week for 90 minutes over a semester running from January 29 to early June 10. This position is open to scholars in legal history, American constitutional law or legal studies. The Fellowship offers a modest stipend of $6000, and gives scholars the opportunity to develop innovative early college curriculum around the themes of Justice and the Role of the Courts, as well as to advise students and to present to the BHSEC community and the Historic Society of the Courts of New York.
To apply, submit a brief letter of interest describing the proposed course, curriculum vitae, and three contact references through Interfolio.com [here].
Bard College is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from those who contribute to our diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, mental, or physical disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, familial status, veteran status, or genetic information.
Bard is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for all individuals in employment practices, services, programs, and activities. AA/EOE
2020 Judith Kaye Fellowship in Humanities and the Law
The Bard High School Early Colleges (BHSEC) seek to improve public education by offering a diverse group of public school students access to an enriched, challenging liberal arts and sciences college academic environment, thereby closing the gap between high school and college and giving underserved students the opportunity for an excellent college. Students graduate from BHSEC prepared to take upper level college courses, earn a baccalaureate degree, launch successful careers, and contribute to society. BHSEC provides younger scholars with a tuition-free, credit bearing college course of study in the liberal arts and sciences following the 9th and 10th grades. Students are taught by college faculty in seminar classes; they receive up to 60 college credits and an associate in arts (A.A.) degree from Bard College, concurrently with a high school diploma. Bard Early Colleges begin preparing students for college work as early as the 9th grade and offer ongoing guidance and academic supports. BHSEC operates as a partnership between Bard College and the New York City Department of Education and is accredited as a branch campus of Bard College.
Thanks to a generous grant from the Historical Society of the New York Courts (HSNYC), Bard High School Early College Queens seeks applications for the spring 2020 Judith S. Kaye Fellowship in Humanities and the Law. This fellowship was established to fund the hiring of a visiting scholar or a faculty member each year to develop and teach a semester long college elective on the subjects of Justice and the Courts, Legal History in NYS, New York State Constitutional Law or topics more broadly related to the role of the courts in establishing and maintaining democracy in the United States and in New York State, more particularly. Course proposals that focus on a narrower aspect of the law, such as Search & Seizure, the Right to Privacy, or the concept of Equality, are also encouraged and considered.
The Judith S. Kaye Fellowship is intended to create a wealth of curricula developed for young people that could be made widely available to teachers around the state and country through HSNYC's web-site and other resources, to open a new discipline of study and inquiry for BHSECs' diverse students, leading not only to more educated citizens but to possible careers in law or criminal justice, and to sponsor scholarship in the field and contribute to the knowledge of the role of the New York Courts in shaping U.S. history and current events. Approximately 20 students register for the Kaye Fellow's course each semester it is offered.
The Kaye Fellowship will bring a distinguished scholar to the BHSEC Queens Campus at 30-20 Thomson Avenue to teach one three-credit college course in a one-semester appointment. The class will meet two times a week for 90 minutes over a semester running from January 29 to early June 10. This position is open to scholars in legal history, American constitutional law or legal studies. The Fellowship offers a modest stipend of $6000, and gives scholars the opportunity to develop innovative early college curriculum around the themes of Justice and the Role of the Courts, as well as to advise students and to present to the BHSEC community and the Historic Society of the Courts of New York.
To apply, submit a brief letter of interest describing the proposed course, curriculum vitae, and three contact references through Interfolio.com [here].
Bard College is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from those who contribute to our diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, mental, or physical disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, familial status, veteran status, or genetic information.
Bard is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for all individuals in employment practices, services, programs, and activities. AA/EOE
Thursday, October 17, 2019
Boston University Seeks Assistant Professor of International Law & Organization
We have word of a law-related job opening at Boston University. Historians are encouraged to apply:
-- Karen Tani
The Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the study of International Law & International Organization beginning July 1, 2020, subject to budget approval. We seek applicants who focus on the impact and uses of international law in any functional areas, including (but not restricted to) human rights, development, diplomacy, security, global environment, international trade and finance, and international organization. We welcome applications from scholars in any relevant discipline, including law, political science, sociology, history, and international relations, and are open to all methodological approaches and regional specializations. Successful candidates would be expected to have completed a Ph.D. by August 15, 2020. The Pardee School of Global Studies is committed to multidisciplinary, policy-relevant research and teaching. Candidates who have demonstrated policy experience are especially encouraged to apply.More information is available here.
-- Karen Tani
Saturday, August 3, 2019
Weekend Roundup
- Over at the New Books Network, legal historians are in the spotlight: you'll find conversations with former guest bloggers Sarah Seo (Iowa Law) and Sam Erman (USC) on their recent books Policing the Open Road and Almost Citizens, respectively; also conversations with University of Virginia law professor Jessica Lowe, on her new book Murder in the Shenandoah, and her UVA colleague Cynthia Nicoletti, on her 2017 book Secession on Trial.
- Speaking of UVA, should the University rename the Alderman library? A Law Library summer intern makes the case.
- From the Washington Post's "Made by History" section: Khalil Gibran Muhammad (Harvard Kennedy School) on "why police accountability remains out of reach"; David Pettinicchio (University of Toronto) on "why disabled Americans remain second-class citizens."
- Former US Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli, Jr.'s Jackson Lecture at Chautauqua Institution and an interview by the Robert H. Jackson Center are here and here.
- The Historical Society of the District of Columbia Circuit's series based on its oral history collection continues with posts on Samuel Dash, Bernard Nordlinger, and Judge Reggie Walton.
- ICYMI: Judge Glock's Unpacking the Supreme Court: Judicial Retirement, Judicial Independence and the Road to the 1937 Court Battle, in the Journal of American History (June 2019). Over at Lawfare: Arshan Barzani’s review of William A. Schabas’s The Trial of the Kaiser (Oxford University Press, 2018). At Balkinization, Marty Ledereman's post on the history of congressional investigations of presidential activity. At HNN, Ronald L. Feinman post on "The Long History of Unjust and Lawless Attorneys General."
- It looks like this job posting at Whitman College, for an Assistant Professor of Politics, could be a good fit for a legal historian.
Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Princeton Seeks Associate or Full Professor, Legal History of the U.S.
We have the following call for applications from Princeton University:
Legal History of the United States. Associate or Full Professor. Anticipated start date: September 1, 2020.
The Department of History at Princeton University invites applications from scholars with a strong engagement with the history of American law and society. The time period--from the colonial period to the present--and field of specialization are open, but the candidate should be prepared to offer an undergraduate survey on American legal history, as well as upper-level undergraduate courses and graduate seminars on specialized aspects of this field. Review of files will begin October 7, 2019, but applications will be considered until the department chooses to close the search. Applicants should provide a detailed letter of application, curriculum vitae, book abstract(s) and chapter outline(s), and one chapter- or article-length writing sample. Applicants should also provide contact information for at least three potential recommenders as part of the online application process. Please apply online at https://www.princeton.edu/acad-positions/position/12681 This position is subject to the University's background check policy.
Friday, July 5, 2019
UC Irvine Seeks Applications for Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law & Society
We have the following job posting:
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, CRIMINOLOGY, LAW AND SOCIETYMore information is available here.
The Department of Criminology, Law and Society at the University of California, Irvine invites applications for one or more Assistant Professor positions in CLS. We welcome applications from outstanding candidates in all fields. We are especially interested in candidates with research interests and expertise in one or more of the following areas: 1) Policing; 2) Global challenges in criminology, law & society; 3) Technology, law, and social control. We also aim to deepen our departmental strengths in conducting innovative research that addresses problems of inequality and injustice in a range of social and institutional settings, including within those three substantive areas of interest.
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
UC Berkeley Seeks New Director for Center for the Study of Law & Society
The Center for the Study of Law and Society (CSLS) at the University of
California, Berkeley School of Law has issued a call for applications for a new
full-time Executive Director.
CSLS "supports theoretically-based, empirical research on new developments at the interplay of law and society in contemporary and historical contexts." Technically part of the law school, it also "fosters a multi-disciplinary context in which UC Berkeley faculty and graduate students from many departments interact and engage with visiting socio-legal scholars from universities in the United States and abroad."
More information about the position is available here.
CSLS "supports theoretically-based, empirical research on new developments at the interplay of law and society in contemporary and historical contexts." Technically part of the law school, it also "fosters a multi-disciplinary context in which UC Berkeley faculty and graduate students from many departments interact and engage with visiting socio-legal scholars from universities in the United States and abroad."
More information about the position is available here.
Saturday, April 13, 2019
Weekend Roundup
- Ohio University seeks an instructor of Law, Justice, and Culture. The deadline for applications is May 6.
- Congratulations to legal historians recently named John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellow for 2019-20. These include ASLH President-Elect Lauren Benton, Vanderbilt University, for "Legalities of Small Wars in European Empires, 1400-1900"; Lena Salaymeh, Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University for "Revolutionary Islamic Law"; and Brad Snyder, Georgetown Law, for "Democratic Justice: Felix Frankfurter, Judicial Restraint, and the Creation of the Liberal Establishment." The complete list of recipients is here.
- Martha Jones (Johns Hopkins) has been elected to the Society of American Historians. Congratulations!
- Samuel Moyn has been designated the Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at the Yale Law School. Congratulations, as well!
- California Bound: Slavery on the New Frontier, an exhibit curated by Tyree Boyd-Pates and Taylor Bythewood-Porter, is at the California African American Museum in Los Angeles through April 28.
- I'm grateful to Virginia Law's Aditya Bamzai for posting his amicus brief in PDR Network et al. v. Carlton & Harris Chiropractic, Inc., early in the same week in which I got to the Office of Price Administration in my legal history course, even though its discussion of Yakus is not the only treatment at hand of how the US squared the need for speedy wartime price control with the dictates of Article III. [DRE]
- From Tocqueville 21, William Novak (University of Michigan Law School) on "Honneth, Dewey, and the Depths of Democracy." And from AHA Perspectives, Katherine Benton-Cohen (Georgetown University) on How Experts and Their Facts Created Immigration Restriction.
Sunday, March 31, 2019
Thank you, Lisa Ford!
We were thrilled to have Lisa Ford guest-blogging for us in March 2019. Here are her three posts (lots to chew on here)--all in one place for your convenience:
- Hello from sunny Sydney! (plus some tips on productivity)
- Hello again from Sydney! Collaboration: Why and How
- Hello, again, from Sydney. Legal History Jobs in Australia
Thank you, Professor Ford!
Sunday, January 20, 2019
Job Notice: Seeking Constitutional and Legal Scholars
Our attention has just been drawn to the following posting on H-FedHist:
Seeking Constitutional and Legal Scholars. We seek two scholars, one in U.S. constitutional and one in U.S. legal history, to help develop a timeline of federal history. The timeline will highlight critical and formative milestones in the history of the U.S. federal government and the development of the United States, and identify essential readings. Please respond with questions and interest to the H-FedHist editor at federalhistory@gmail.comH/t: Jay Stewart
Saturday, January 5, 2019
Weekend Roundup
- From the Washington Post's "Made by History" section, Louis Masur (Rutgers University) on "Why It Took a Century To Pass an Anti-Lynching Law"; Christopher Petrella (American University) on "What We Get Wrong about the 'Poor Huddled Masses'"; and more.
- Some CFPs for junior scholars: the LSA's Junior Scholars Workshop Call is now out here. The deadline is Jan.15, 2019. The University of Michigan Law School's Junior Scholars Conference Call is here, for the 5th annual version. Applications due Jan.12, 2019.
- There's nothing new about soldiers' post-war struggles with mental illness and domestic violence. Jessica Butler's take on WWI veterans and violent crime against family members (H/t: Nursing Clio)
- With the AHA annual meeting happening now in Chicago, there's good job interview advice about, including this Twitter thread by Beth Lew-Williams and this one by Claire Potter.
Weekend Roundup is a weekly feature compiled by all the Legal History bloggers.
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Call for Applications: Fellowships at the Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy
We have the following call for applications:
The Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy at the State University of New York at Buffalo plans to award several fellowships to scholars pursuing important topics in law, legal institutions, and social policy. Applications are invited from junior and senior scholars from law, the humanities, and the social and natural sciences.
Fellows are expected to participate regularly in Baldy Center events, but otherwise have no obligations beyond vigorously pursuing their research. Fellows receive standard university research privileges (access to university libraries, high-speed Internet, office space, computer equipment, phone, website space, working paper series, etc.), and are encouraged to develop collaborative research projects with faculty members where appropriate.
Post-Doctoral Fellowships are available to individuals who have completed the Ph.D. or J.D. but have not yet begun a tenure-track appointment. Post-Doctoral Fellows will receive a stipend of $40,000, up to $2000 in annual professional travel support, and appropriate relocation assistance. Post-doctoral fellowships are ordinarily for a period of two academic years. Information on current and past Baldy Post-Doctoral Fellows is available here.
Senior Fellowships are available for established scholars who wish to work at the Center, typically during a funded sabbatical or research leave. Awardees will receive a living expense allowance of $1,800 per month during the period of their residence as well as appropriate relocation assistance. Senior Fellows typically spend one semester in residence, but other terms are possible. Information on current and past Baldy Senior Fellows is available here.
Application materials include:(1) a description of the planned research (question, conceptual framework, method, possible findings, importance to the field),(2) a complete academic and professional resume,(3) an academic writing sample,(4) the names and contact information of three academic references asked by the applicant to submit letters, and(5) if a mid-career or senior applicant, the time period during which the applicant would work at the Center. Completed applications are due no later than Friday, February 1, 2019. (Apply by clicking the button below). For further information, see our answers to frequently asked questions. Additional questions about the Baldy Fellows Program should be addressed to Assistant Director Laura Wirth at baldyassistantdirector@gmail.com or (716) 645-2102.
Primary criteria for selection include intellectual strength of the proposal, demonstrated academic achievement, and promise of future success. Additional considerations include the overall mix of topics, disciplines, and backgrounds of the selected group of Fellows.For information on current and past Baldy Fellows, see the Baldy Center website.
The Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy is an endowed, internationally recognized institute that advances interdisciplinary research on law, legal institutions, and social policy at the State University of New York at Buffalo. More than 200 faculty members from numerous departments participate in Baldy Center research, conferences, consortia, and publications. The Center maintains cooperative ties to other research centers and hosts distinguished scholars from around the world as visitors, fellows, speakers, and conference participants.
Apply by clicking this link: Baldy Fellowships in Interdisciplinary Legal Studies 2019
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Tobin Project Jobs and Request for Proposals on Cultural Capture
The Tobin Project is seeking “talented recent graduates and current seniors” to “join our team as Research Analysts and Case Writers. Research Analysts work with leading social scientists and Tobin Project staff to generate and diffuse rigorous social science research aimed at solving important problems facing society. Case Writers translate such academic research into pedagogical case studies.
With the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), it is also requesting proposals for “graduate student research on ‘cultural capture’ and its relevance to executive branch rulemaking. Cultural capture refers to the possibility that informal connections between regulators and representatives of regulated industries, such as shared identities and overlapping social networks, may well lead to undue special interest influence. We are especially interested in proposals that will investigate the possibility of cultural capture through examination of ‘regulatory-adjacent spaces’—such as industry association meetings, policy conferences, and job fairs—where regulators and industry officials may socialize.” Deadline January 18, 2019
With the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), it is also requesting proposals for “graduate student research on ‘cultural capture’ and its relevance to executive branch rulemaking. Cultural capture refers to the possibility that informal connections between regulators and representatives of regulated industries, such as shared identities and overlapping social networks, may well lead to undue special interest influence. We are especially interested in proposals that will investigate the possibility of cultural capture through examination of ‘regulatory-adjacent spaces’—such as industry association meetings, policy conferences, and job fairs—where regulators and industry officials may socialize.” Deadline January 18, 2019
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Undergraduate Research Diversity Fellowships in Law and Social Science @ ABF
[We have the following announcement.]
The American Bar Foundation (ABF), among the world's leading research institutes for the empirical and interdisciplinary study of law, is now accepting applications for two exciting fellowship opportunities:
From June 3 to July 31, 2019, Fellows will work full-time at the ABF’s office in Chicago and receive a stipend of $3,600. Each Fellow will be assigned to work on a specific research project with an experienced ABF scholar, participate in various in-house seminars, and go on field visits to law firms, social justice nonprofits, and criminal courtrooms. They will also have the opportunity to sit in on graduate level classes and meet with admissions representatives from local law schools.
The LSAC Research Diversity Fellow will continue their fellowship after the summer and work as a part-time research assistant at the ABF for a full academic year.
Eligibility. The goal of these fellowships is to encourage a diverse and inclusive community in the fields of law and social science. Individuals who are diverse and underrepresented in both fields, and who demonstrate a commitment to diversity with respect to economic background, religious affiliation, race, ethnicity, disability, military experience, sexual orientation, and/or gender identity, are encouraged to apply.
Only sophomores and juniors attending colleges and universities in the U.S. will be considered. Applicants must have a grade point average of at least 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale). The LSAC Research Diversity Fellow must attend a Chicago-area university or college.
Application. Candidates must apply via Interfolio. Required materials include:
Two brief essays on topics indicated in the application form online.
A writing sample from any academic discipline.
Unofficial transcript of academic courses.
One letter of recommendation (non-confidential is acceptable) from a faculty member familiar with the student’s academic work.
Resume or academic CV.
Applications will open on November 15, 2018. Completed applications must be received by February 15, 2019. Due to the large volume of applications, late applications cannot be reviewed. Selections will be announced in April 2019.
To apply online for either fellowship, please visit [here].
For further information, please email fellowships@abfn.org or visit [here].
The American Bar Foundation (ABF), among the world's leading research institutes for the empirical and interdisciplinary study of law, is now accepting applications for two exciting fellowship opportunities:
Summer Research Diversity Fellowship (SRDF) – Summer 2019 (8 weeks)
LSAC Research Diversity Fellowship – June 2019 to May 2020 (Chicago area applicants only)Supported by the Law School Admission Council (LSAC), the Kenneth F. and Harle G. Montgomery Foundation, and Walmart, these fellowships are designed to introduce undergraduate students to the rewards and demands of a research-oriented career in the field of law and social science.
From June 3 to July 31, 2019, Fellows will work full-time at the ABF’s office in Chicago and receive a stipend of $3,600. Each Fellow will be assigned to work on a specific research project with an experienced ABF scholar, participate in various in-house seminars, and go on field visits to law firms, social justice nonprofits, and criminal courtrooms. They will also have the opportunity to sit in on graduate level classes and meet with admissions representatives from local law schools.
The LSAC Research Diversity Fellow will continue their fellowship after the summer and work as a part-time research assistant at the ABF for a full academic year.
Eligibility. The goal of these fellowships is to encourage a diverse and inclusive community in the fields of law and social science. Individuals who are diverse and underrepresented in both fields, and who demonstrate a commitment to diversity with respect to economic background, religious affiliation, race, ethnicity, disability, military experience, sexual orientation, and/or gender identity, are encouraged to apply.
Only sophomores and juniors attending colleges and universities in the U.S. will be considered. Applicants must have a grade point average of at least 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale). The LSAC Research Diversity Fellow must attend a Chicago-area university or college.
Application. Candidates must apply via Interfolio. Required materials include:
Two brief essays on topics indicated in the application form online.
A writing sample from any academic discipline.
Unofficial transcript of academic courses.
One letter of recommendation (non-confidential is acceptable) from a faculty member familiar with the student’s academic work.
Resume or academic CV.
Applications will open on November 15, 2018. Completed applications must be received by February 15, 2019. Due to the large volume of applications, late applications cannot be reviewed. Selections will be announced in April 2019.
To apply online for either fellowship, please visit [here].
For further information, please email fellowships@abfn.org or visit [here].
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