University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law promotes Professor André Douglas Pond Cummings to Associate Dean of Faculty Development

September 9, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK LAW — Professor André Douglas Pond Cummings has been named the next associate dean for faculty development at the UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law. Cummings joined the law school faculty in 2018 and was recently named the Charles C. Baum Distinguished Professor of Law.

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Atlanta’s John Marshall Law moves downtown

August 25, 2021

ATLANTA’S JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL — Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School (AJMLS) is delighted to announce its recent move to One Marquis Tower in Downtown Atlanta. After a multi-floor construction project, designed by Stevens & Wilkinson, the Law School took possession of its pristine new campus on August 6, 2021. AJMLS is now housed on three

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Mercer Law dean Cathy Cox named president of Georgia State and College University

August 25, 2021

THE MERCER LUSTER — Cathy Cox, former Georgia Secretary of State and the current dean of Mercer’s School of Law, has been named as the sole finalist to become president of Georgia State and College University by the University System of Georgia.

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Karen Sneddon appointed interim dean of Mercer Law

August 25, 2021

THE DEN — Mercer Law School Associate Dean Karen Sneddon has been named interim dean of the school by Provost Dr. D. Scott Davis following current Dean Cathy Cox’s appointment by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents as president of Georgia College and State University.

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University of Miami Law names Nell Newton as interim dean

August 25, 2021

NEWS@THEU — As the University of Miami School of Law welcomed first-year students for orientation on Monday, President Julio Frenk announced the selection of the school’s interim dean. Nell Jessup Newton, a former Notre Dame Law School dean, will join the University as interim dean and visiting professor beginning this September.

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Northeastern Law professor Rashida Richardson selected for White House science and technology policy post

August 25, 2021

NEWS @ NORTHEASTERN — Northeastern law scholar Rashida Richardson has been appointed to a new White House role in which she will help to advise President Joe Biden and others on issues related to data, automated systems, digital privacy and security, and civil rights.

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Stanford Law professor Brian H. Fletcher named Acting Solicitor General

August 24, 2021

BLOOMBERG LAW — Elizabeth Prelogar must step away from the U.S. solicitor general’s office while the Senate considers her nomination to lead the office permanently with a new Supreme Court term on the horizon featuring guns and abortion.

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Washington University in St. Louis Law dean Nancy Staudt to step down

August 24, 2021

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS — Nancy Staudt, dean of the School of Law and the Howard & Caroline Cayne Distinguished Professor of Law at Washington University in St. Louis, will conclude her deanship and leave the university Oct. 1.

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West Virginia University Law veterans’ clinic moves to Charleston

August 24, 2021

CHARLESTON GAZETTE MAIL — The newest dean of the West Virginia University College of Law says there is still work to do to establish the school’s much-anticipated Charleston presence, but there is at least one clinic moving south this fall.

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Georgia State University Law dean LaVonda Reed discusses challenges to the rule of law and her vision for the school

August 12, 2021

WABE — The first Black woman to lead the Georgia State College of Law says every institution of higher education should put its students at the center of everything that institution does. “Our faculty and staff here at the college of law work really closely with our students to prepare them for what they will get out

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