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Podgor on Blogs and the Promotion and Tenure Letter

By propertyprof

One of the things I enjoy doing (and hope to do some more of in the faculty lounge) is talking about scholarship.  Ellen Podgor's just posted a short essay, "Blogs and the Promotion and Tenure Letter," which appeared in the Washington University Law Review back in 2006.  It is about how much blogs should count in the tenure and promotion process.  (Like everyone else, I have some thoughts on this--which I talk about in an essay on the future of legal scholarship, "Mrs. Lincoln's Lawyer's Cat"--gotta read the essay to understand the title.  I liken bogging to lunch conversations.)

Here is Ellen's abstract:  " Should blogs count as legal scholarship for purposes of tenure? This essay looks at the line between legal scholarship and service. It considers the value of blogging and the role it should play in a person's tenure review." 

Alfred Brophy

Full post as published by The Faculty Lounge on April 19, 2008 (boomark / email).