Elon Law appoints Scott Leighty assistant dean for development & alumni relations
YES WEEKLY — An Elon University alumnus with a history of successful fundraising and programmatic development in higher education and the nonprofit sector has been named Elon Law’s new assistant dean for development & alumni relations. Scott Leighty ‘09 was promoted to Elon Law after serving the university as the senior engagement officer and, most recently,…
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PENN CAREY LAW — The Francis J. & William Polk Carey JD/MBA Program welcomes Claire Devlin GEd’22 as the new Associate Director of Admissions. Devlin began her career in admissions at her alma mater, Wellesley College. After working there for three years, she came to Penn to pursue her Master of Science in Education in Higher Education.…
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BUSINESS RECORD — Melissa Weresh, Dwight D. Opperman Distinguished Professor of Law at Drake University, was recently named the Herb and Karen Baum Chair of Ethics in the Professions, the university announced. The faculty position guides students across the university in developing a personal commitment to the highest standards of ethics and ethical decision-making, according…
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THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON — The Academic Success Program at The University of Akron School of Law started the fall term with a new team and a more robust program. With a new director and two new assistant directors, the department is back at full strength.
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MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY — Derek Mosley, a judge of the Milwaukee Municipal Court for 20 years, has been named the director of Marquette University Law School’s Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education, Marquette President Michael R. Lovell announced today. Mosley, who was appointed Municipal Court Judge in 2002 following a seven-year career as…
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FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY — Against a backdrop of critically urgent discourse around addiction and mental health policy and a broad spectrum of environmental law issues, FIU’s College of Law has hired three assistant professors who are expanding FIU Law’s scholarship and teaching in these areas of national importance.
Read More about Florida International University Law adds experts in addiction and mental health to the facultyIndiana University Maurer Law community welcomes new dean Christiana Ochoa
INDIANA DAILY STUDENT — Christiana Ochoa was recently announced as the Dean of the Maurer School of Law. She is the first Latina dean of the law school. This announcement was celebrated by the Latinx student and staff community here at IU, as they expressed their support for her and look forward to the culture…
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ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — At the heart of everything Damien Granderson ’03 shared with Albany Law School students was, “Know your why.” “As long as you know your why that will push you through adversity and failures that you will, inevitably, face,” Granderson said. “If you know your why it will provide you with the…
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UH LAW CENTER — Research Assistant Professor Julian Cardenas was recently appointed as the Director of the Center for U.S. and Mexican Law at the University of Houston Law Center. The Center for U.S. and Mexican Law, established in 2012, is the first independent research center in the United States dedicated to the study of Mexican law…
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USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — For Professor Mugambi Jouet, joining the USC Gould School of Law is a kind of homecoming after traveling, working and studying the history and application of criminal justice around the world. Jouet, associate professor of law, vacationed frequently in Los Angeles as a child to visit his father and is…
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