The ContractsProf Blog is unofficially the official blog of the AALS Section on Contracts, curated by Jeremy Telman, OCU School of Law. Special attention to arbitration, contacts & constitutional law, and international law whenever possible
Wilmington University has a new law school, and they need people to teach . . . EVERYTHING, including traditional doctrinal subjects like contracts. www.contractsprofblog.com/2026/07/new-...
New Law School at Wilmington University Seeks New Faculty MembersMultiple positions: Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Full Professor of Law – Wilmington University Farnan School of Law. Summary: Thewww.contractsprofblog.comGuest post on the blog today. It is a fairly common occurrence that we Boomers are now dependent on technology that is not very dependable, and technology providers do not make it easy to find solutions. Does contract law help? www.contractsprofblog.com/2026/07/cont...
Contracts Law in Action: Dealing with Technology ProvidersA Guest Post from Professor Emeritus Allen Kampwww.contractsprofblog.comBrooklyn Law is hiring to fill THREE or FOUR tenured or tenure-track positions. Zounds! That includes openings in business law, contracts, and commercial law. And you could live in Brooklyn, everyone’s favorite Borough! www.contractsprofblog.com/2026/07/hiri...
Hiring at Brooklyn LawBrooklyn Law School is hiring for three to four tenure-track or tenured positions. We welcome entry-level and lateral candidates with teaching interestswww.contractsprofblog.comIU Bloomington Law is hiring. The posting lists numerous curricular needs, including contracts. www.contractsprofblog.com/2026/07/hiri...
Hiring at Indiana UniversityEntry-Level and Lateral Tenured/Tenure-Track Hiring at Indiana University Maurer School of Law Indiana University Maurer School of Law in Bloomington iswww.contractsprofblog.comFor those of you who haven’t had enough football (in American, soccer), we have happy news that, through the magic of contracts, Dani Rojas (Cristo Fernandez) is playing for the El Paso Locomotive www.contractsprofblog.com/2026/07/frid...
The Charleston School of Law is hiring for multiple positions, including contracts and sales. I taught at the College of Charleston for three years, so I can tell you, Charleston is lovely. www.contractsprofblog.com/2026/07/hiri...
Some Friday Frivolity for you from Sid DeLong on the difficulty of understanding seemingly plain instructions in the modern world. www.contractsprofblog.com/2026/07/sid-...
Guest post up today from Sid DeLong about the ways in which practitioners can shape commercial law through aggressive, partisan interpretation of Article 2. www.contractsprofblog.com/2026/07/sid-...
Sid DeLong on Weaponizing Article II (Part I)Weaponizing Article 2 in the Classroom and the Courtroom Part I Sidney W. DeLong How can a system of law, a system of ideas whose hypothesis it is thatwww.contractsprofblog.comI enjoyed the latest episode of @agoldman.bsky.social's @hyperfixedpod.bsky.social, but I think it missed some principles of property and contracts law and so failed to deliver a healing message of community-through-law in the Internet of Things www.contractsprofblog.com/2026/07/frid...
Friday Frivolity: Of Mice and Relational ContractsComments on the Latest Episode of the Podcast Hyperfixedwww.contractsprofblog.comPenn State Dickinson Law is seeking a visiting professor to teach contracts and sales in Spring 2027. I teach contracts and sales, so take it for me, this is a sweet gig! www.contractsprofblog.com/2026/07/penn...
Penn State Seeks Visitor for Contracts and SalesAPPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS POSITION SPECIFICS PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW is seeking a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Visiting Associate Professor ofwww.contractsprofblog.comIt’s been a while since our last Tuesday Tips, but here are five new pieces of scholarship that you won’t want to miss, including work from Nate Oman @mleszcz.bsky.social, Alan Schartz & Simone Sepe, @jamesftierney.bsky.social, and Richard Frankel. www.contractsprofblog.com/2026/07/tues...
Tuesday Tips: New Scholarship from SSRNIt’s been nearly two months since we last reported on new and noteworthy scholarship. SSRN has become a muss less user-friendly site in the past year, andwww.contractsprofblog.comToday’s post is just a check in on two leading contracts Substacks. You can read about NIL litigation in a post by @hoffprof.bsky.social, and you can read about sperm markets in a post by @kimkrawiec.bsky.social. www.contractsprofblog.com/2026/07/chec...
Checking in on Contracts SubstacksThere have been two very interesting Substacks that I wanted to promote since my last post on Substacks. By the way, if you are a contracts scholar with awww.contractsprofblog.comPlanet Money had a highly entertaining episode recently about labor economics and the _Alien_ movie franchise. There are labor themes throughout, but the entire series hinges on the monopsony power of the conglomerate that owns the Nostromo www.contractsprofblog.com/2026/07/frid...
Friday Frivolity: Labor Economics and AlienThis frivolity comes to you courtesy of the Planet Money podcast, which devoted an entire episode to the theme of labor economics in the Alien franchise.www.contractsprofblog.comOnce again, a state university has fired a non-tenured instructor because a student took offense to a course element and appealed to a politician for help. These are perilous times in the humanities, for instructors and administrators alike. www.contractsprofblog.com/2026/07/indi...
Today’s post responds to @nytimes.com reporting on the Merit Systems Protection Board. Under unitary executive theory, it seems the MSPB can be bent to the President’s will. Under such circumstances, can it function? Is there a _Jarkesy_ issue? www.contractsprofblog.com/2026/07/the-...
The New York Times and the Broken Merit Systems Protection BoardAbraham Lincoln complained about office seekers, comparing their demands unfavorably to those of the Civil War and finding them more taxing on hiswww.contractsprofblog.comSCOTUS ruled 6-3 last week against an implied right of action for rescission under the Investment Company Act, leading me to rhapsodize about my nostalgia for implied rights of action. Is this another post-Erie departure from the general law tradition? www.contractsprofblog.com/2026/06/scot...
A contracts take on Landor: In short, if Spending Clause enactments give rise to only contractual obligations, then they come with a duty of good faith and fair dealing. States violate that duty through not training or overseeing agents. www.contractsprofblog.com/2026/06/ther...
Today on the Blog, Sid DeLong presents the views of Holmes, Learned Hand, and Posner on interpretation, distinguishing among discovery interpretation, adversarial interpretation, and forensic interpretation. www.contractsprofblog.com/2026/06/sid-...
Sid DeLong on Forensic InterpretationForensic InterpretationSidney DeLong Two Kinds of Interpretation. Suppose you have agreed to meet a close friend in a crowded shopping mall so that youwww.contractsprofblog.comPeople don’t take promises seriously anymore. As Sid DeLong explains on the Blog today, you used to have to pay for breach with your flesh, your liberty, your life, or your immortal soul. www.contractsprofblog.com/2026/06/frid...
Another guest post from Sid DeLong today. This one is about Joseph Williams' book _Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace_, on which Sid and I both relied when teaching legal writing. www.contractsprofblog.com/2026/06/bad-...