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March 23, 2006

Talking Out Of School

I
don't think I'll ever understand what leads academics to blog about the internal political dynamics of their home institutions.

Posted by Eric at March 23, 2006 1:39 PM

Comments

Ya, and I thought he promised not to bore me?

Posted by: johna at March 24, 2006 3:42 PM

Guess this means you won't be commenting on UNC Law's ongoing Dean hunt?

Posted by: Will at March 25, 2006 10:06 AM

Why should internal law school politics be immune from comment? Transparency is generally supposed to be a GOOD thing. Keeping things quiet usually is just a way for people with some degree of power to insulate themselves from accountability.

I'd suggest that those who are being criticized address the criticism on the merits. If Livingston is wrong, or has his own personal ax to grind, someone should point it out. To quote that old chestnut, the remedy for bad speech is more speech.

Posted by: Stuart at March 26, 2006 11:40 AM