Amanda Watson appointed assistant dean for library and information services at Harvard Law 

April 8, 2024

HARVARD LAW TODAY — Harvard Law School has appointed Amanda Watson as the new assistant dean for library and information services. Watson, currently the director of the law library at the University of Houston, will assume the role previously held for nearly a decade by Jocelyn Kennedy prior to her departure last summer.

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Mary-Kathryn Takeuchi appointed legal fellow of Notre Dame Law Exoneration Justice Clinic 

April 8, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME — Notre Dame Law School’s Exoneration Justice Clinic has hired alumna Mary-Kathryn (“Katie”) Takeuchi ‘20 J.D. as a legal fellow.

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Incoming Baylor Law dean Jeremy Counseller discusses plans to improve the school

April 8, 2024

BAYLOR LARIAT — After serving as a faculty member for more than 20 years, Jeremy Counseller, the Abner V. McCall Chair of Evidence Law, is preparing for his start date as dean of Baylor Law School.

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Incoming St. John’s University Law dean Jelani Jefferson Exum named to endowed professorship

April 1, 2024

ST JOHNS UNIVERSITY — Recently, when they came together for Celebrating Women in the Law—an annual event co-hosted by the Law School’s Alumnae Leadership Council (ALC) and Women’s Law Society—alumni, students, and friends had even more to celebrate when it was announced that incoming Dean Jelani Jefferson Exum will be the inaugural Rose DiMartino and Karen Sue

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University of San Diego Law names three new professorships 

April 1, 2024

USD NEWS CENTER —  University of San Diego (USD) School of Law will recognize three highly respected members of the faculty with named professorships for the 2024-2025 academic year.

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George Triantis appointed dean of Stanford Law

March 27, 2024

STANFORD REPORT — George Triantis, the Charles J. Meyers Professor of Law and Business and a senior associate vice provost for research at Stanford, has been named dean of Stanford Law School, Provost Jenny Martinez announced today.

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University of Baltimore Law dean Ronald Weich reflects on his leadership of the school

March 27, 2024

THE DAILY RECORD — Ronald Weich, the longtime dean of the University of Baltimore School of Law, previously announced his plans to step down after the 2023-24 academic year and has since been appointed dean at the Seton Hall School of Law in Newark, New Jersey.

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An interview with University of Colorado Law professor Laura Dolbow 

March 27, 2024

COLORADO LAW — In August, Prof. Laura Dolbow will join the Colorado Law Faculty as Associate Professor.

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Marcilynn Burke named dean of Tulane Law

March 21, 2024

THE TULANE HULLABALOO — On Friday, Tulane University named Marcilynn Burke, current dean of law at the University of Oregon, the new dean of the Tulane School of Law.

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