UConn Law professors Kiel Brennan-Marquez, John Aloysius Cogan Jr. and Miguel de Figueiredo receive promotions
UCONN TODAY — The Office of the Provost has announced the promotion of three UConn Law professors: Kiel Brennan-Marquez, John Aloysius Cogan Jr. and Miguel de Figueiredo. All three will receive tenure and a promotion from associate professor of law to professor of law.
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PENN LAW — This fall, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School will welcome Cara McClellan GSE’12 as the founding Director and Associate Practice Professor of the Advocacy for Racial and Civil (ARC) Justice Clinic, the Law School’s newest in-house clinic, which will provide students with hands-on experience working in civil rights litigation and policy advocacy around systemic racism.
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DUKE LAW — Jon Petkun uses large-scale data sets to study the legal and economic organization of such public institutions as federal and state civil justice systems and the military. His goal: to help improve their efficiency, service, equitability, and accessibility to all.
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DUKE LAW — For more than a decade, Mara Revkin has been conducting immersive field research on legal systems and social change in conflict-torn societies in the Middle East and North Africa. Her goal, she says, is to use empirical research to help policymakers and practitioners develop evidence-based strategies to build peace, security, and respect…
Read More about Duke Law to add national security and human rights scholar Mara Revkin to facultySamford University Cumberland Law incoming dean Blake Hudson discusses his vision for the school
BIRMINGHAM BUSINESS JOURNAL — Blake Hudson, who will take over this summer as dean of Samford University’s Cumberland Law School, wants to reach deeper into rural and underprivileged parts of the state in his new role.
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SAMFORD UNIVERSITY — Following a nationwide search, Blake Hudson has been named dean of Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law, Provost J. Michael Hardin announced today. The appointment is effective July 1, 2022.
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VERMONT LAW SCHOOL — The Vermont Law School (VLS) Board of Trustees today announced that it has named Rodney A. Smolla incoming VLS president. The higher education leader and legal educator, litigator, scholar, and author will become the school’s president on July 1.
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UCI Law — Austen Parrish, a respected scholar, gifted classroom teacher and admired legal academy leader, will become the third dean of the School of Law at the University of California, Irvine, following a nationwide search. He will assume the post on Aug. 3.
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THE NATIONAL JURIST — New deans appointed at schools in all corners of the country.
Read More about Recent law school dean hires across the countryMelanie B. Jacobs selected as dean of University of Louisville Law
DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION –The University of Louisville (UofL) has appointed legal scholar Melanie B. Jacobs as the next dean of the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law. Jacobs, currently at Michigan State University, is a globally renowned expert in family law. Interim UofL President Dr. Lori Gonzalez said the institution held listening sessions in…
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