Congratulations to Professors Eve Brensike and Richard Primus, who pummeled the competition and waltzed off into the moonlight with the title of Above the Law's Legal Eagle Couple of the Month for May. These liberal lovebirds have bleeding hearts -- because Evan "McDeany" Caminker pierced them with Cupid's arrow!

LEWW salutes Professors Brensike and Primus, their delectable Dean, and the entire University of Michigan Law School. ATL readers, go donate to a worthy cause on their behalf! Or just buy them a salad spinner!

Earlier: Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: May 2007 Couple of the Month

Lawyers are taking over the NYT weddings section like mold on warm cheddar! Once again, we had a tough time picking three contestant couples from the horde of JDs this week. An unusually high number of law firm partners (and a GC) tied the knot (see here, here, and here for some that didn't make the cut), and partly as a consequence, some younger associate-level couples were left out in the cold. LEWW even had to suck it up and cut one of our law school classmates from the finals!

Here are the carefully selected contestants:

1. Soogy Lee and Nathan Taft

2. Alyssa Qualls and John McCormick

3. Eve Brensike and Richard Primus

Continue reading about this week's couples, after the jump.

(And if you haven't already voted, don't forget about the April Couple of the Month race -- we'll close the poll soon.)

We're not huge fans of this photo of Dean Evan Caminker of the University of Michigan Law School, posted at the WSJ Law Blog:

First, we don't think it's the most flattering picture of Dean Caminker. Compare it to the ones collected here (contestant #1). Based on the photo above, you wouldn't guess that Dean Caminker won our contest for America's Hottest Law School Dean.

Second, Dean Caminker is wearing a sweatshirt. In sartorial terms, this is a capital crime. If not for the fact that he was forced to wear the sweatshirt, having lost a football bet with Dean Nancy Rogers of Ohio State, we would strip Dean Caminker of his hottie title.

Finally, a bitchy postscript. We have problems with this paragraph from the Law Blog post:

You can call Michigan’s Dean Caminker lots of things: a Yale Law grad, a Supreme Court clerk (Brennan), a Wilmer Cutler alum, a constitutional law scholar. Just don’t call him a welcher!

How can any responsible journalist leave out "America's Hottest Law School Dean" from this list of titles? It's a glaring omission (which a Law Blog commenter had to point out). C'mon, Peter, get with the program!

(Would a reference to our hotties contest be deemed too "lowbrow" for the WSJ Law Blog? We doubt it. After all, it's the blog where we first read about the Emily Pataki bar failure email.)

Ohio State v. Michigan: Dean Caminker Honors the Bet! [WSJ Law Blog]
Law School Dean Hotties: The Winners!!! [Above the Law]
Law School Dean Hotties: Comment from Dean Caminker [Above the Law]

* It's finally here: Ohio State vs. Michigan. And the respective law school deans are getting in on the wagering. Dean Nancy Hardin Rogers of Ohio State and Dean Evan Caminker of Michigan cleverly weave law with the age-old rivalry. Dean Rogers asks: "A burning question among the national media is whether the outcome in Columbus on Saturday will have res judicata effect between these two teams, or whether the loser will be able to appeal for a trial de novo at the National Championship game in January." [WSJ Law Blog]

[Ed. note: Dean Caminker (pictured at right) is no stranger to the pages of Above the Law. ATL readers recently voted him the Hottest Law School Dean in America, an award that he accepted graciously.]

* Law students help uncover more possible violations at Gitmo. [MSNBC]

* Church and state are at it again. [Opinion Journal via How Appealing]

* John Dean chimes in on the re-nominations controversy. [FindLaw]

* Bobbleheads of Justices Kennedy and Stevens are up for bidding on eBay, with proceeds going to chairty. [SCOTUS Blog]

We have contacted the two winners of our hottest law school dean contest, Asha Rangappa of Yale and Evan Caminker of Michigan, to obtain comment from them on their victories.

We haven't heard back yet from Dean Rangappa. But Dean Caminker provided us with this short and sweet statement, via email:

It was a team effort; everyone gave 110% and just wouldn't quit.

Brevity is the soul of wit. And Dean Caminker is gracious as well as gorgeous.

Congrats again, Dean Caminker!

Earlier: Prior coverage of Law School Dean Hotties (scroll down)

Turnout has been great in our three Law School Dean Hotties contests. In the women's race -- currently led by Asha Rangappa and Leah Jackson, with 39 and 31 percent of the vote, respectively -- almost 7,000 votes have been cast. (Thanks, Fark!)

Things have also been busy on the men's side. In the main contest, in which over 1,000 votes have been cast, Dean Evan Caminker of the University of Michigan enjoys a commanding lead (40 percent). The B-bracket race is the closest of all three contests: Walter Dickey (29 percent) has a small lead over Bryant Garth (26 percent). But pretty much all five contestants are in the running.

Now it's time for us to announce when the polls will close. Voting will conclude on Wednesday, October 18, at 3 PM (Eastern time). This means that two more full days remain in which the candidates (and their supporters) can campaign.

As in our ERISA Hotties Contest, we will gladly accept and disseminate any campaign messages from the candidates. Just send them to us by email, and we will publish them in ATL. Thanks, and good luck!