CELL Blog | Center for Engaged Learning in the Law

What are the responsibilities of faculty members to each other? As Gerry Hess aptly demonstrated in an earlier post, there are many faculty members who reach out to others to provide assistance. There are many faculty members who are “silos,” operating independently — and often quite successfully. Then there are those who do not seem to advance the polity. I heard recently of a faculty member who was asked by a student if that faculty member had an outline for a class the student was currently taking with another faculty member. The faculty member readily supplied it, without informing the other faculty member. I was wondering how anyone reading this post feels about that kind of conduct. On the one hand, it may indeed assist the students. On the other hand, it can look like it is undercutting the professor teaching the course. Any opinions out there?

–Steve Friedland