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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

The University of Maine School of Law, in the coastal city of Portland, Maine, is seeking a full-time visitor for the Spring 2026 semester. Our primary curricular needs are the first-year Property course and related upper-level courses, including natural resources. The visiting appointment may be at the Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, or Professor of Practice level, depending on the experience of the candidate. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Required: Applicants must possess a J.D. degree or its equivalent, an excellent academic record, and a record or promise of successful teaching and student mentoring, including an ability and willingness to incorporate innovative teaching approaches into the curriculum.

To apply, please submit an application to: mainelawsearch@maine.edu. Please include (1) a cover letter that fully describes your qualifications and experiences, (2) your curriculum vitae, and (3) contact information for three professional references. 

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. You may email any questions to mainelawsearch@maine.edu.

Appropriate background screening will be conducted for the successful candidate. The University of Maine System is an equal opportunity institution committed to nondiscrimination.

The University of San Francisco School of Law is in the heart of one of the world’s most dynamic and progressive cities, which gives our community a global perspective and access to a vibrant legal community, premier arts and culture, as well as centers of innovation in tech, finance, environmental justice, and more. The campus is located in a beautiful neighborhood just north of Golden Gate Park and halfway between Ocean Beach and the Financial District.

The University of San Francisco School of Law is steeped in the hallmarks of a Jesuit education with an unwavering commitment to social justice and a focus on training skilled, ethical, and community-engaged lawyers. The Law School has a proud 110year history of preparing its diverse graduates to be excellent and ethical attorneys who serve their clients and communities with integrity.

The Law School is seeking entry-level tenure track and lateral tenured applicants for three positions on our full-time faculty to begin in the fall of 2026. USF Law welcomes outstanding candidates in all areas but is especially interested in the fields of criminal, property, and civil procedure law, with secondary interests in environmental, employment, and international law. Practice experience is especially valued for…

Call for Submissions – Spring 2026 Issue

Stetson Business Law Review

The Stetson Business Law Review is now accepting submissions for our Spring 2026 Issue: Volume 5, Issue 2. We welcome article proposals and complete manuscripts from professors, practitioners, judges, and scholars working in all areas of business law and related disciplines.

This is an open issue, meaning we are accepting submissions on all topics within the broad field of business law. We especially encourage submissions that either (1) promulgate a novel theory or approach to a business law issue, and/or (2) provide practical insights for practitioners, particularly those practicing in Florida.

Submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis. To be considered for the Spring 2026 issue, we recommend submission by December 15, 2025.

About the Journal

The Stetson Business Law Review is a student-edited publication at Stetson University College of Law with a mission of publishing high-quality scholarly works on topics arising in any field related to business legal theories, influential court cases, and relevant national or Florida controversies.

How to Submit

Submissions may be made via Scholastica or emailed directly to jbonjorn@law.stetson.edu with “Spring 2026 Submission” in the subject line. Please include a CV along with…

The Association of American Law Schools Section on Leadership, for which I serve as Chair this year, is hosting the program described below tomorrow on scholarship in the area of lawyer leadership. Business law and leadership are a natural fit, and each time we argue for change through our scholarship, we are assuming a role of leadership in law. Yet, many of us never expressly acknowledge that connection in our research and writing.

Moreover, many of us may not talk about lawyer leadership in our classrooms or assign law leadership scholarship to our students. Yet, our students begin to lead in the law and otherwise develop their professional identities while we are teaching them in law school. Encouraging and guiding that part of our students’ journey into lawyering is, in my view, one of the great joys of being a law faculty member.

The section is excited to offer this program featuring national experts on law leadership who engage in research and writing relating to that field. Come and listen in to learn how the scholarship of lawyer leadership may matter to you and your work. Links to further information and registration are included below.

Advancing Lawyer Leadership: Why Scholarship

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As the BLPB’s ostensible Monday blogger, I have written in many years past on and about Memorial Day and other Monday holidays. I try to take a business-related approach, when possible. Last year, for example, I posted used an artificial intelligence approach to comment. In 2023, I took a more personal angle, reflecting on a family member–a civilian–who lost his life working in enemy territory in World War II. The holiday is so important! Yet, each year, I struggle a bit to find a new connection that may be of interest to readers. Of course, the main message is that it is important to remember those who have sacrificed their lives for our country . . . .

I should be asking my co-blogger Marcia to author today’s post. On LinkedIn, she wrote about her father, who died earlier this year. She noted that while he did not die on the battle field, he did suffer and die as a result of his military service. This type of sacrifice is among the many we should and do remember on Memorial Day.

Although not all businesses close on Memorial Day, those that do offer all of us the…

I have not posted for a while. My life has been over-busy (writing, editing, helping students to and through the end of the semester, constructing exams, attending celebrations for graduating students, etc.), and at times like these, I need to step back and re-prioritize. So, while I have had a lot to say over the past few weeks, I have not prioritized saying it to you.

But I am taking time out today to write because, at this busy time in the semester, it is important that we recognize the need for self-care. (Of course prioritizing tasks is part of that . . . .) This week, the Institute for Well-Being in Law is again hosting its annual Well-Being in Law Week. Ben, Colleen, and I have posted on this before. See here for a post authored by Ben, here for Colleen’s most recent post, and here for my 2021 post.

Even though I am still up to my eyeballs in work, I am planning on popping into some of the programs. This year’s theme, The Social Rx: Boosting Well-Being with Connection, is especially salient to me. A few years ago, I was trying to do too much…

Yesterday, The New York Times published the attached article. [this one, on the Paul, Weiss settlement] Many of you may have read about the referenced brokered deal between the Paul, Weiss firm and the Trump administration. But did you consider the related firm decision making as a matter of business associations law? I want us to engage with that in lieu of today’s class, using our knowledge of partnership

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Instructor of Business Law

9-Month Non Tenure-Track Position

The AACSB accredited College of Business at Louisiana State University Shreveport (LSUS) seeks applications for an instructor position for Business Law starting August 2025. Applications will be considered from all candidates who meet our AACSB qualifications.

The selected candidate will report to the Chair – Department of Accounting and Business Law, and will be expected to teach at both the undergraduate and graduate levels in face-to-face and online settings, maintain AACSB qualification in any of the four categories (scholarly practitioners, scholarly academic, instructional practitioners or practice academics), and actively engage in service to the department, college, university, and community.

Minimum Qualifications: Applicants must possess a Juris Doctor degree from an ABA-accredited law school. Candidates must demonstrate teaching excellence.

Preferred Qualifications: Strong preference will be given to candidates who are admitted to practice law by the highest court of at least one of the United States.  Preference will be given to candidates who have at least one year of experience teaching Business Law classes.

Application: To apply for this position, a CV, cover letter, statement of teaching philosophy…

Penn State Dickinson Law in Carlisle, Pennsylvania is seeking a visiting assistant, associate, or full professor to teach Business Entities I & II (Unincorporated Business Entities and Corporations) in the spring 2026 semester.  Both are 3 credit classes. Applicants who prefer a full year visiting faculty role may also be considered. We also have a need for tax class coverage in the fall 2025 semester. Learn more about the opportunity and apply here.  Feel free to email Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Jeffrey A. Dodge at jad6742@psu.edu with questions.

A friend alerted me to this recent Report and Recommendation in a case involving a request to audit books and records under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (commonly known as ERISA). The Report and Recommendation relates to the inclusion of citations to nonexistent cases in court filings made by a solo practitioner, Rafael Ramirez. I find the court’s narrative, reasoning, and recommendation illuminating in a sobering sort of way. As many of us feel our way through how to best guide our students in using generative artificial intelligence in their legal work, the Report and Recommendation offers for for thought.

To start, I was surprised by the explanation offered by Mr. Ramirez in response to the court’s order to show cause why he should not be sanctioned for violating Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(b). In that regard, the court represented that

Mr. Ramirez admitted that he had relied on programs utilizing generative artificial intelligence (“AI”) to draft the briefs. Mr. Ramirez explained that he had used AI before to assist with legal matters, such as drafting agreements, and did not know that AI was capable of generating fictitious cases and citations.

Is it…