Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Per Capita Productivity of Articles in Top Journals, 1993-2008 New England law Schools

Maine Law's faculty did quite well in a recent per capita productivity study of articles published in top-50 journals.

Here are the results for all New England law schools:
Per Capita Productivity of Articles in Top Journals, 1993-2008 New England Law Schools
1. Yale University (18.46)
2. Harvard University (14.32)
3. Boston University (8.77)
4. Roger Williams University (6.27)
5. Boston College (5.65)
6. University of Connecticut (4.21)
7. University of Maine (3.21)
8. Quinnipiac University (3.08)
9. Northeastern University (2.76)
10. New England School of Law (2.00)
11. Western New England College (1.73)
12. Suffolk University (1.38)
13. Vermont Law School (1.28)

Professor Rogoff Lectures at the University of Turin

Professor Martin Rogoff delivered lectures at the Faculty of Law at the University of Turin on November 10 and 11, entitled "The Approach of U.S. courts to Choice of Law" and "The U.S. Presidential Election System and the Presidential Election of November 4, 2008." While in Turin Professor Rogoff also finalized arrangements for a doctoral candidate from Turin to spend a semester as Visiting Scholar at the Law School and talked with Italian colleagues about joint research and other cooperative activities between our professors and students.

Third Edition of Professor Knott's Book Published

The third edition of Professor Chris Knott's book, Where the Law Is: An Introduction to Advanced Legal Research, was published earlier this month. The book has been adopted in use in over 50 law schools thus far.

Book Review by Christine Hepler Published

Christine Hepler just published a book review of Sonya Hamlin's book, Now What Makes Juries Listen, for the AALL Spectrum (http://aallspectrum.wordpress.com/).

Professor Delogu Publishes Article

Emeritus Professor Orlando Delogu published, "The Judicial Branch: Not Just Another Agency, But a Constitutionally Authorized Department of Government," in the October 23, 2008 issue of Maine Lawyers Review.