Pepperdine Law announces interim co-directors for Institute for Dispute Resolution 

April 7, 2025

PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY —  The Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law is pleased to announce the appointments of Professor Jack J. Coe, Jr., and Professor Donald Earl Childress III as Interim Co-Directors of the Straus Institute. In conjunction with this leadership transition, the Institute is also launching a national search

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University of North Carolina Law highlights new faculty coming in fall 2025 

April 7, 2025

UNC SCHOOL OF LAW — As you plan your course selections for the fall semester, we invite you to learn more about our newest faculty members below. Each brings unique specializations and teaching approaches that may align with your academic and career interests.

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University of Richmond Law celebrates faculty promotion and tenure 

April 7, 2025

UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND SCHOOL OF LAW — Congratulations to University of Richmond School of Law faculty who were recently promoted. Professor Danny Schaffa, legal expert in the field tax policy and tax law, was promoted to professor of law and was granted tenure. He joined the Richmond Law faculty in 2017.

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University of Minnesota Law welcomes professor Amna Akbar to the faculty   

April 7, 2025

MINNESOTA LAW — 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. With a focus on protest and organizing, she is interested in understanding law as a

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University of Minnesota Law appoints Charlotte Garden as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs 

April 7, 2025

MINNESOTA LAW — Professor Charlotte Garden, Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett Professor of Law, has been appointed the University of Minnesota Law School’s next associate dean for academic affairs, beginning in January 2026. Professor Garden joined the Minnesota Law faculty in 2022 from Seattle University School of Law. Her specialty areas are labor and employment law and constitutional law, especially

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Elon Law adds two new members to their advisory board   

April 7, 2025

TODAY AT ELON — An Elon Law alumnus serving as a North Carolina District Court judge and a Greensboro-based businessman are the two newest members of a board that helps advance Elon Law’s vision and mission.

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Constance A. Anastopoulo named interim dean of Charleston Law

April 7, 2025

CHARLESTON SCHOOL OF LAW — The Charleston School of Law Board of Trustees has named Constance A. Anastopoulo Interim President.

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Neel Sukhatme named dean of University of Michigan Law

April 7, 2025

MICHIGAN LAW — The University of Michigan Board of Regents has approved the appointment of Neel U. Sukhatme to serve as the David A. Breach Dean of Law and professor of law.

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Jennifer Reynolds named dean of University of Oregon Law

April 7, 2025

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON — Dear Academic and Administrative Leaders, I am delighted to announce that Jennifer W. Reynolds will be the new permanent Dean of the University of Oregon School of Law, following a national search.

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University of Toledo Law announces that interim dean Rebecca Zietlow will now serve as permanent dean

April 1, 2025

THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO — The University of Toledo is investing in its academic leadership team naming several interim deans to the permanent roles leading the University’s law, engineering and medical schools.

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