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Professor Heminway brought nearly 15 years of corporate practice experience to the University of Tennessee College of Law when she joined the faculty in 2000. She practiced transactional business law (working in the areas of public offerings, private placements, mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, and restructurings) in the Boston office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP from 1985 through 2000.

She has served as an expert witness and consultant on business entity and finance and federal and state securities law matters and is a frequent academic and continuing legal education presenter on business law issues. Professor Heminway also has represented pro bono clients on political asylum applications, landlord/tenant appeals, social security/disability cases, and not-for-profit incorporations and related business law issues. Read More

Another semester teaching business associations law is just around the corner. In fact, our fall semester begins next week.  This post is dedicated to those who, like me, are prepping for and teaching that course this semester.

I was invited to participate in a discussion group entitled “Pressure on and Backlash against Corporations as Political Actors” at the 2022 Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) annual conference last week.  The description for the session is as follows:

When businesses wade into political issues like abortion, the environment, gun control, LGBTQ rights, Black Lives Matter, and international affairs, they potentially face consumer backlash and even governmental retribution. Remaining silent can also be risky, potentially upsetting other consumers and employees. And silence/inaction is not always an option: either a business remains in Russia after its invasion into Ukraine or closes its operations there, sometimes at considerable expense. This discussion group will analyze these issues from corporate, tax, policy, electoral, and constitutional law perspectives. Should businesses like Nike, McDonalds, Disney, and Ben & Jerry’s take political stances, stay out of politics altogether, focus on profits or something broader, and what are the practical and legal ramifications of these views? More broadly, what is…

DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW in Pittsburgh, PA, is seeking to hire several full-time tenured/tenure-track faculty positions to begin in the 2023-2024 academic year. We welcome applications from candidates across all areas of law, although subject areas of particular interest include: Property, Contracts, Torts, and Business Associations. Other areas of interest include: Professional Responsibility, Emerging Technologies, Intellectual Property, Health Law, and related elective course. Candidates must be available to teach in-person, although the public health situation may require occasional remote and/or hyflex teaching.

Required qualifications are a Juris Doctor from an ABA-accredited law school and superior academic credentials. Successful lateral candidates should ideally have demonstrated a commitment to excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service throughout their careers. Successful entry-level candidates should ideally demonstrate a strong potential for excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service. Prior teaching experience and/or clerking experience preferred but not required. Practice experience may provide evidence of potential for teaching excellence. Alternatively, the successful candidate may possess any equivalent combination of experience and training, which provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential job functions. This includes, but is not limited to the following: Commitment to the University’s values of diversity, equity and inclusion, and recognition…

LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, PAUL M. HEBERT LAW CENTER seeks to hire tenure-track or tenured faculty in a variety of areas, including, but not limited to, faculty who have expertise in business law, civil & comparative law, civil procedure, constitutional law, contracts, criminal law and procedure, evidence, family law, professional responsibility, and property. Applicants should have a J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school (foreign equivalencies will also be considered), superior academic credentials, and a demonstrable commitment to the production of quality scholarship, as well as a commitment to outstanding teaching.

Louisiana State University is an R1 land, sea, and space-grant university with a footprint across the state of Louisiana. It is one of only eight universities in the nation with a law school, dental school, medical school, veterinary school, and an elite MBA program. The LSU Law Center, the flagship state law school of Louisiana, is part of LSU A&M’s campus, located in the state capital, Baton Rouge. See more about LSU, including links to the area, at https://lsu.edu/visit/index.php.

LSU is committed to providing equal opportunity for all qualified persons in admission to, participation in, or employment in the programs and activities which the University operates without regard to race…

DePaul University College of Law invites applications from entry-level candidates for a tenure-track position expected to begin July 1, 2023. We have particular interest in the areas of Business Law, Contracts, Tax, Commercial Law, and Antitrust. 

DePaul Law is committed to improving society by educating purpose-driven lawyers who will serve their clients, the legal profession, and the broader community in ways that enhance access to justice and promote equitable policies and processes. We enthusiastically encourage applicants who would enrich the diversity of our community to apply. To learn more about us, please visit https://law.depaul.edu/Pages/default.aspx. 

Required Qualifications:

All candidates must hold a J.D. or equivalent degree, possess excellent academic credentials, and demonstrate potential to be an outstanding scholar and teacher.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

Interested candidates should apply online. Required materials include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, list of references, research statement, diverse learning environment statement, and writing sample. Please direct any questions about the position to mhelvest@depaul.edu.

The University of Kansas School of Law invites applications for two tenure-track, associate professor positions to begin fall 2023.  We invite entry-level and junior-lateral candidates in the areas of business, corporate, finance, and transactional law for the first position and entry-level candidates from all subject areas for the second position.  Qualified candidates who will contribute to the diversity of our law school community, including a diversity of scholarly approaches, are especially encouraged to apply.
 
Applicants must possess a J.D. from an accredited U.S. law school or equivalent degree, and must demonstrate strong scholarly potential and a commitment to excellence in teaching.  The School actively seeks applications from members of groups that are underrepresented in higher education.

Review of applications begins August 25 and will continue until the positions are filled. Initial interviews will be conducted via Zoom. We will review candidate materials posted in the AALS Faculty Appointments Register (FAR), and also invite applications from candidates not participating in the FAR. Applications must be submitted online:  

and should include a cover letter, a CV/resume, a detailed statement of research interests/future plans, a statement related to diversity, a writing sample, and the names of three references.

POSITION: TENURE-TRACK PROFESSOR OF LAW

STETSON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW seeks to fill at least three entry-level tenure-track positions.  While our needs are flexible, we are particularly focused on Contracts, Torts, and Legal Research and Writing, as well as the areas of the Uniform Commercial Code, Professional Responsibility, Intellectual Property (emphasis on Patent Law), and Health Law. We may also have a need for Spring 2023 visitors in Legal Research and Writing and Torts. Other doctrinal areas may be considered depending on our developing institutional needs.

Located in Florida’s Tampa Bay area, the nation’s nineteenth largest metro area, Stetson was established in 1900 and is Florida’s oldest law school. Our main campus is in Gulfport, just outside St. Petersburg. We also have a part-time program with classes on both the main campus and our satellite campus in downtown Tampa. Stetson has earned a national reputation for its advocacy program, which is ranked #3 in U.S. News and World Report, and its elder law and higher education programs, with Centers for Excellence in Advocacy, Elder Law, and Higher Education Law and Policy. Stetson also has achieved a national reputation in legal writing, with its legal writing program also ranked #3…

INSTITUTE FOR LAW & ECONOMICS (ILE)
AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL

INAUGURAL JUNIOR FACULTY BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL LAW WORKSHOP

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Institute for Law & Economics (ILE) at The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School is pleased to announce its inaugural Junior Faculty Business and Financial Law Workshop. The Workshop will be held in person on December 8, 2022 at Penn Law School, unless pandemic protocols require otherwise.

The Workshop supports and recognizes the work of untenured legal scholars in accounting, banking, bankruptcy, corporations, economics, finance and securities regulation and litigation, while promoting interaction among them and selected tenured faculty and practitioners. By providing a forum for the exchange of creative ideas in these areas, ILE also aims to encourage new and innovative scholarship in the business and financial arena.

Approximately 6-8 papers will be chosen from those submitted for presentation at the Workshop pursuant to this Call for Papers. At the Workshop, one or more senior scholars and practitioners will provide comments , followed by a general discussion of each paper among all participants. The Workshop audience will include invited untenured academics, faculty from Penn Law School, Penn’s Wharton School and other institutions, practitioners…

POSITION NOTICE

FACULTY POSITIONS
The University of Tennessee
College of Law

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF LAW invites applications from both entry-level and lateral candidates for up to four full-time, tenure-track faculty positions to begin at the start of the 2023-24 academic year. The College is interested in candidates with scholarly aptitude and experience in one or more of the following curricular areas:

  • Advocacy Clinic (a civil, juvenile, and criminal law direct legal services clinic)
  • Business law (including business associations and contracts)
  • Criminal law (both substantive and procedural)
  • Environmental law
  • Estate planning and tax
  • Health law
  • Property
  • Technology and data privacy

All positions require a J.D. or equivalent law degree. Successful applicants must have an impressive academic background. Candidates also must have a strong commitment to excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service. Significant professional experience is desirable. 

In furtherance of the University’s and the College’s fundamental commitment to diversity in our faculty, student body, and staff, we strongly encourage applications from people of color, women, individuals with disabilities, LGBTQ+ people, veterans, and others whose background, life experiences, viewpoints, or philosophy would contribute to the diversity of our faculty, curriculum, and programs.

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is an R1…

Greetings from Cervera, Spain.  As you know from my post last week, I am traveling in the Catalonia region of Spain for a few days this week after the 2022 Law and Society Association Global Meeting on Law and Society, which was held in Lisbon, Portugal this year.  I have the blessing of staying with a friend (whom I met through Zoom mindful yoga practices during the pandemic) in her private home.

I want to offer a quick post this week to reflect on what turned out to be a mini-theme in the presentations I attended at the Global Meeting on Law and Society.  That mini-theme was, perhaps unsurprisingly, corporate stakeholderism.  (And I note with some interest that Stefan has recently written and blogged on an aspect of corporate stakeholderism as well.)  The following programs from the collaborative research network (CRN) to which I belong picked up on this theme, in one way or another:

  • an entire paper panel entitled: “Corporations, Shareholders, and Other Stakeholders,” which featured academic work focusing on corporate governance and finance from a number of different stakeholder perspectives;
  • a roundtable discussion entitled “Corporations & Engendering Public Trust,” billed as a session that “brings together corporate

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Vanderbilt is starting a new law and business fellowship.  The job posting can be found here.  Thanks to Brian Broughman for passing this on to us. 
 
From the posting:
 
Vanderbilt Law School invites applications for a fellowship working with the school’s Law and Business Program. The fellowship is a two-year appointment that can start either Spring 2023 or Fall 2023. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.

The fellow will spend four semesters in residence at the law school and will have the opportunity to work under the mentorship of Vanderbilt law faculty, particularly faculty affiliated with the Law and Business Program. The position is designed to give the fellow time to focus on research and writing and to prepare for a tenure-track position at a US law school. Consistent with this goal, the fellow is only expected to teach one upper-level business law course each year, and the fellow will have an opportunity to present their research while at a Vanderbilt.

The fellow will earn a competitive salary, commensurate with the candidate’s relevant experience and educational background, and will be provided a budget for conferences and research expenses, and health benefits. Applications are invited from

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