Finally, a Reason to Read Birgeneau's Emails

In a typically grandiose (item 8) but atypically well-written email, Chancellor Birgeneau recently invited students to "celebrate the joyous announcement" that Professor Oliver E. Williamson has won a Nobel Prize.

This morning, Boalt's most venerable Federal Courts professor gave us a reason: the prize appears to distinguish Boalt as the first law school in the country with a Nobel laureate on the faculty.

No word yet on what the Dean has offered in exchange for the prize money.