AKRON LEGAL NEWS — It’s been just over five years since Emily Janoski-Haehlen first started at The University of Akron School of Law in January 2017. Initially hired as the director of the law library and an associate professor of law, she is now a full professor and serves as associate dean of academic affairs, law library and the law and technology program. But in less than two weeks, she will take on her greatest challenge yet as the first permanent female dean of the law school, replacing outgoing dean and C. Blake McDowell Jr. Professor of Law Christopher J. (C.J.) Peters, who chose not to renew his contract last June.
“I am proud to break the glass ceiling and become the first permanent female dean at Akron Law, especially during our centennial celebration,” said Janoski-Haehlen, who officially takes over on Feb. 21, 2022. “I am certainly not the first female law school dean but I am excited to join the ranks of the women before me who have shattered that invisible barrier.“My favorite quote from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg that I have hanging in my office is ‘Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception,’” she said.