Friday, October 26, 2007
Faculty
I joined members of the faculty Appointments Committee at the annual Faculty Recruitment Conference this week. It is at this event that law schools interview prospective professors. Most of the entry-level teachers who are hired come through this process.
While there, I noted to the candidates the tremendous strength of our current faculty. The three professors who were there on behalf of our Law School are typical in their productivity. Each is a terrific scholar in his/her own field. Professor Peter Henning, Chair of the Appointments Committee this year, just published a co-authored teaching text entitled Global Issues in Criminal Law. Professor Erica Beecher-Monas, who joined us as a lateral hire from another institution, just published a major academic study of scientific evidence, with Cambridge University Press. Professor Noah Hall, who is still new to the profession, has joined one of the leading environmental law casebooks as an editor. All of them also write law review articles, in addition to fulfilling their responsibilities in the classroom and through institutional service.
The breadth and depth of this work is quite remarkable. I am proud to lead such a group of thinkers.
