Five new professors join Columbia Law School faculty

June 29, 2021

COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL — Faculty whose expertise includes labor law, criminal defense, election law, comparative constitutionalism, information privacy, and health care access will introduce new courses and clinics to the curriculum.

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Cumberland School of Law welcomes Chinelo Diké-Minor to faculty

June 29, 2021

SAMFORD UNIVERSITY CUMBERLAND SCHOOL OF LAW — In January, Cumberland School of Law welcomed Chinelo Diké-Minor to its faculty. As an assistant professor, she teaches health law and a variety of criminal law courses.

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Northeastern appoints Melvin J. Kelley IV as Associate Professor of Law and Business

June 29, 2021

NORTHEASTERN UNINVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Northeastern Law is pleased to announce that Melvin J. Kelley IV will join the university faculty effective July 1, 2021, as associate professor of law and business within the School of Law and the D’Amore-McKim School of Business.

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UCLA Law professor Jason Oh receives faculty chair appointment

June 29, 2021

UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — UCLA School of Law Professor Jason Oh has received a faculty chair appointment in recognition of his substantial contributions to the study of tax law – including, on May 12, his latest appearance before the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee.

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Incoming Northwestern Law dean Hari Osofsky discusses her vision for the school

May 27, 2021

REUTERS — Nearly a year after Northwestern Pritzker School of Law lost its dean to a role within the broader university, it has found a successor: Hari Osofsky, an energy transition and climate change scholar who is currently dean of Penn State Law.

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University of Detroit Mercy Law names professor Jelani Jefferson Exum as dean

May 20, 2021

THE DETROIT NEWS — A nationally recognized expert in sentencing law and procedure has been named as the first African American dean of the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law.

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Penn State Law dean Hari M. Osofsky named dean of Northwestern Law

May 20, 2021

NORTHWESTERN NOW — Hari M. Osofsky, dean of Penn State Law and the Penn State School of International Affairs and Distinguished Professor of Law, professor of international affairs and professor of geography, has been appointed dean of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, effective Aug. 1. She is also appointed the Myra and James Bradwell Professor.

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Bridget J. Crawford named Distinguished Professor at Pace University

May 12, 2021

PACE UNIVERSITY ELISABETH HAUB SCHOOL OF LAW — Bridget J. Crawford, a member of the Elisabeth Haub School of Law faculty, has been named as a Distinguished Professor. The title of Distinguished Professor is the highest honor the University can bestow upon a faculty member.

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University of Virginia School of Law welcomes Joy Milligan to faculty

May 12, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Joy Milligan, who studies the intersection of law and inequality, will join the University of Virginia School of Law faculty in the fall. Milligan comes to UVA from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, where her focus has been on race-based economic inequality and, most recently,

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Pepperdine Law welcomes Judge Danny Weinstein as honorary faculty member

May 12, 2021

PEPPERDINE CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — On January 28, the Straus Institute held a virtual international meeting to celebrate Judge Danny Weinstein’s addition to the Pepperdine Caruso Law family. He will be an honorary faculty member and the Distinguished Mediator in Residence, co-teaching with Managing Director Sukhsimranjit Singh.

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