Hofstra Law Job Opening

HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW is accepting applications for a position as a professor of legal writing, a full-time faculty position with a renewable contract leading to eligibility for presumptively renewable five-year contracts. Applicants should have excellent legal research, writing and oral communication skills, as well as a JD degree. Hofstra is particularly interested in laterally hiring professors who already have significant experience teaching legal writing.

Send applications via e-mail to Betty J. Black at betty.j.black@hofstra.edu. You'll need to attach a cover letter, CV, and writing sample. In the subject line, include the words "Legal Writing."  For more information, you can contact Professor Andrew Schepard (Andrew.i.Schepard@hofstra.edu or 516-463-5890) or Richard Neumann (Richard.k.Neumann@hofstra.edu or 516-463-5881).

1. The position advertised may lead to successive five year contracts.
2. The professor hired will be permitted to vote in faculty meetings.
3. The school anticipates paying an annual academic year base salary in the range $70,000 - $89,999.
4. The number of students enrolled in each semester of the courses taught by the legal research & writing professor will be 41 – 45.

hat tip: Legal Writing Prof Blog

Legal Briefs: Utah Immigration Laws, Republicans, Car Crash

• As Utah Mulls Immigrations Laws, Mormons Struggle to Stake Out Position. Feet In 2 Worlds. For more on the immigration debate and Mormonism see our past conversation HERE.

• Why Are Most Mormon Republicans? Jewish Journal. 

• Onondaga Man Involved in Crash that Killed Leader of a Jackson Mormon Church Pleads Guilty to Negligent Homicide. The Jackson Citizen Patriot.

Administrative Note on an Accidental Posting

For anyone who may have seen a posting about Afghanistan from me in their RSS feed earlier today, my sincere apologies. A technical glitch caused me to post it to the wrong blog (I have two of my own). I'm looking to see what I did wrong so that it doesn't happen again. I will continue to post here with LDS-relevant information and commentary as information becomes available and as time permits.

The original post that I made has been moved here. All I can add is that on this week of Thanksgiving, I am thankful to live in a part of the world where one's religious belief, whether orthodox or otherwise, and whether Christian or not, can be practiced freely and largely without fear of violence or reprisal. God bless America. --SJR

Women in the Law Committee of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society Has a New Blog!

We are excited to announce that a new blog has been added to our "blogroll". The Women in the Law Committee's new blog contains items of interest to both men and women in the J. Reuben Clark Law Society. Including news of JRCLS events, attorney profiles, and timely topics. I look forward to hearing more from the female attorneys.

Register for the Annual JRCLS Conference

Register now for the Annual JRCLS Conference, held February 17 – 19, 2011, at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. See flyer Here. To register online, visit www.jrclsconference.com. Some events have limited space, so hurry and register!

We have a great lineup of speakers, including:

• Harriet Miers, former White House Counsel

• Robert King, U.S. Ambassador 

• Lance B. Wickman, General Counsel for the LDS Church

• James Rasband, BYU Law School Dean

• Catharina Haynes, US Court of Appeals Judge (5th Circuit)

• Jennifer Elrod, US Court of Appeals Judge (5th Circuit)

• Don Willett, Texas Supreme Court Justice

• Tom Lee, Utah Supreme Court Justice

• Dee Benson, US District Court Judge (Utah)

• Jane Boyle, US District Court Judge (Texas)

• Sam Sparks, US District Court Judge (Texas)

There will also be panelists from a variety of practice areas, including government, industry, the private bar, and academia. For a current list of speakers and other information on the conference, visit www.jrclsconference.com.

The conference will include a spouse getaway to see some Texas sights.  It will also include some delicious Texas BBQ, hometown music, armadillo races, and other lively entertainment at Eddie Dean’s Ranch on Friday, February 18th. 

If you have specific questions about the conference, send an email to questions@jrclsconference.com

Mormon Media Studies Symposium is This Week

This week at Brigham Young University two presentations on copyright law will be given.

The interdisciplinary Mormon Media Studies Symposium will be held this Thursday and Friday at Brigham Young University, Provo. On Friday morning, Professor Edward Carter of the BYU Department of Communications will be presenting a paper entitled "'Entered at Stationers' Hall': The 1841 British Copyright of the Book of Mormon." Following Professor Carter's presentation, Stephen McIntyre will be presenting a paper entitled "'The Literary Concerns of My Church': Copyright Law and the Control of Sacred Texts in Mormonism."

The presentations will be given in the BYU Conference Center, Room 2254, and will last from 9:00-9:50 am. Click HERE for the full conference schedule, and additional information on the Symposium

Ohio's Annual J. Reuben Clark Law Society Meeting

The board for the Ohio chapter of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society is excited to have Dean Scott Cameron, Executive Director of the Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School as the keynote speaker at the semi-annual event this Saturday, November 6th, from 1pm-3pm. This JRCLS event will be held in the Squire Sanders Office located at 2000 Huntington Center 41 South High Street Columbus, OH 43215.

This will be a great opportunity to listen to a great speaker and network with other law students and attorneys from Ohio. Spouses are invited and of course there will be refreshments.

Although not required, please RSVP with Brandon Teeples, mbt@ricketts-law.com.

I have personally attended these Ohio chapter events in the past, they were fantastic and well worth the effort.