Jason J. Czarnezki appointed dean of IIT Chicago-Kent Law
ILLINOIS TECH CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW — Jason J. Czarnezki has been appointed as the next dean of Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech), effective June 1, 2025.
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UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW — LaVonda N. Reed became dean and professor at The University of Baltimore School of Law on July 1, 2024. She is the first female dean at the School of Law.
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY — Drawing lines between environmental justice, technology, and corporate social responsibility, Erika George is a leading scholar in the field of business and human rights. Her research, including her book Incorporating Rights: Strategies to Advance Corporate Accountability (Oxford University Press 2021), examines the growing demands for business enterprises to respect international human rights.
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TEXAS TECH SCHOOL OF LAW — Texas Tech University School of Law is excited to announce that Lauren Valastro will join the faculty this fall as an Assistant Professor of Law and the Frank McDonald Scholar in Business Law, teaching Business Entities and Contracts.
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SETON HALL LAW — Legal bioethics professor Carl H. Coleman, J.D., Associate Dean and Professor of Law, Seton Hall School of Law, has been named a fellow by the Hastings Center, the oldest independent, nonpartisan interdisciplinary research institute of its kind in the world, playing a critical role in establishing the field of bioethics.
Read More about Seton Hall Law appoints professor Carl Coleman as fellow for Center for Health & Pharmaceutical LawNorthwestern Law welcomes new faculty
NORTHWESTERN PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW — This fall, Northwestern Pritzker Law welcomed a number of outstanding faculty hires: Professors Molly Brownfield, Kristina DeGuzman, Monica Haymond, Kara Ingelhart, Andrea Lewis Hartung, Priyanka Motaparthy, Eric Sirota, and our inaugural Marti Family Fellow Priyanka Goonetilleke.
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NYU LAW — Jonathan Gould, whose research examines the relationship of politics and law, will join NYU Law in the 2025–26 academic year as Professor of Law with tenure, Dean Troy McKenzie ’00 announced on December 17. Gould comes to NYU from Berkeley Law, where he serves as the Class of 1965 Professor of Law and where,…
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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA — The University of Minnesota Law School is thrilled to announce Amna A. Akbar will join the faculty as the Benjamin N. Berger Professor in Criminal Law in the fall of 2025. Akbar is a scholar of contemporary social movements, policing, race, capitalism, and inequality.
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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA — The University of Minnesota Law School is pleased to announce Vinita R. Singh will join the faculty as an associate professor of law in the fall of 2025. Professor Singh studies economic statecraft, with an emphasis on examining how federal income taxation can be used to advance U.S. foreign policy and national security goals.
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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA — The University of Minnesota Law School is pleased to announce that Samuel J. Merchant will join the faculty in the fall of 2025 as an associate professor of law. Merchant is currently a visiting assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, where he teaches constitutional law, criminal procedure, sentencing, and…
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