Tough Acts to Follow

While I was away, FSU's law school has been the site of some interesting developments.  First, and perhaps of special interest to PrawfsBlawg readers, my colleague and buddy in the  making, Jon Klick, was named the Jeffrey A. Stoops Professor of Law after only one year of being an assistant professor.  Klick received his J.D. in 2003 and his Ph.D. in economics in 2002, both from George Mason University.  One of his many interesting articles is available here and it's about terror alerts in DC and their effects on crime rates.

Additionally, Curtis Bridgeman, who just finished his first year teaching at FSU also,  was named Professor of the Year by first year students at FSU, and his paper was selected for the Stanford-Yale junior faculty forum.

Finally, and due in no small part to Curtis and Jon's productivity and Jim Rossi's management, FSU's law school now stands in the top 20 of the SSRN recent downloads "tournament. "  See here for details.