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I am in Detroit today for the third annual Peter J. Henning Memorial Lecture. As many of you know, Peter was a mentor and friend who died way too young. Peter’s teaching and work spanned business and criminal law. He and I, perhaps predicatbly, shared an interest in insider trading law.

A number of folks, including a few of us academics, help to support this lecture series financially and through attendance. If you would like to join in that effort, please contact me or Jennifer Bird-Pollan. The first two speakers were the Honorable Jed S. Rakoff and Mary Jo White. I look forward to Professor Israel’s talk as the third in the series later today!

As you start in on the new work week, I want to let you know about the Section on Leadership’s webinar on Wednesday, September 17th, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ET/12:00 pm – 1:00 pm CT/11:00 am – 12:00 am MT/10:00 am – 11:00 am PT.  The title for the program is “Adaptive Leadership Theory & Rule of Law as Resources in Challenging Times for Law & Legal Education.” The program description is set forth below.

Under authoritarian pressure, law schools may be tempted to self-censor or compromise their missions. Adaptive leadership offers deans and administrators strategic and moral tools to regulate stress, preserve mission integrity, and cultivate leadership across their communities. Complementing this, the Rule of Law Working Group—through the Holloran Center and Mellon-funded “Pluralizing” Legal Professional Identity project—is creating resources to embed democracy, equity, justice, and the rule of law into the curriculum.

You can register here.

The session has been organized, and is being led, by the section’s chair-elect, Tania Luma.  She is joined by Kendall Kerew and Kelly Terry.  This program promises to offer much wisdom to faculty and staff both in our institutional and instructional lives at work.  I am excited to…