* Who is the hottest dean? Your nominations are needed.

(At right: A portrait of Howard Dean as a young man. Seriously.)

* Who is the Paris Hilton of the federal judiciary?

* Are you a professor at a private law school? If so, how much money do you make?

* Why are those Florida judges always getting themselves into trouble?

* It’s interview season — for law firm jobs, judicial clerkships, etc. Do you know the do’s and don’ts of interviewing?

* Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: It’s a tie!

* Congratulations to Alice Fisher and Ken Wainstein, who were (finally) confirmed by the Senate as, respectively, heads of the DOJ’s Criminal Division and National Security Division.

* Outstanding Discovery Requests: Handicapping the Race to Partnership, Skaddenfreude (Academic Salaries), Internal Memos.