Ahilan Arulanantham to lead UCLA School of Law’s Center for Immigration Law and Policy as co-faculty director and professor from practice

April 13, 2021

UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — Ahilan Arulanantham, one of the nation’s most respected advocates for immigrants’ rights, is celebrated for his visionary efforts both inside and outside of the courtroom. This includes leadership in a great number of transformative lawsuits that have had a profound and positive impact on the lives of noncitizens in the United States.

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The University of Akron School of Law appoints former practicing physician George Horvath to faculty

April 13, 2021

THE AKRON LEGAL NEWS — As a practicing cardiologist and academic physician, George Horvath witnessed firsthand how U.S. laws affect healthcare access and delivery, the ways in which the intricate processes involved in the approval of medications and devices impact product availability and safety and the effect these issues have on patients and providers.

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Anna Spain Bradley joins UCLA School of Law faculty

April 13, 2021

UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — Anna Spain Bradley, a scholar of international law, human rights, dispute resolution and racism, who currently serves as UCLA’s vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion, has joined the UCLA School of Law faculty as a professor of law.

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Willamette Law appoints two new faculty and transitions one

April 13, 2021

WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY — Professor Karen Sandrik was appointed to associate dean for faculty, Professor David Friedman was appointed to associate dean for strategic initiatives. Additionally, The Dean Laura Appleman transitions from associate dean for faculty back to the full-time faculty as Van Winkle Melton professor of law and university research integrity officer.

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Harvard Law names Tracee Whitley as dean of administration

April 13, 2021

HARVARD LAW TODAY — When veteran legal industry executive Tracee Whitley was an undergraduate at Harvard, she never imagined she’d eventually return decades later to become Harvard Law School’s new dean for administration.

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NYU Law appoints Judge Robert A. Katzmann as professor of practice

April 13, 2021

NYU SCHOOL OF LAW — Judge Robert A. Katzmann of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit joins NYU Law as a professor of practice, effective January 21. Katzmann’s new role coincides with his assumption of senior status as a federal judge on January 21.

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Guy-Uriel E. Charles joins Harvard Law faculty as Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. Professor of Law and will lead HLS’s Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice

April 13, 2021

THE AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE — Guy-Uriel E. Charles, an expert in constitutional law, election law, campaign finance, redistricting, politics and race, will join the Harvard Law faculty effective July 1. He will teach Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Election Law, and Race and the Law and other courses and seminars in those areas.

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Simon Canick returns to Columbia Law School’s Arthur W. Diamond Library as Law Library Director

April 13, 2021

COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL — “Simon brings a wealth of professional knowledge and management experience, an innovative and strategic perspective, and an unwavering commitment to furthering and supporting a rich and vibrant intellectual life at the Law School to his new role,” says Gillian Lester.

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Columbia Law School names Shyamkrishna Balganesh as Professor of Law

April 13, 2021

COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL — Balganesh returns to Columbia as a professor of law after spending fall 2019 as Samuel Rubin Visiting Professor of Law. What drew him back are not just the “superstars” in property and intellectual property already teaching here, he says, but the Law School faculty’s commitment to “the unity of the legal

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Stacy L. Leeds appointed to Foundation Professor of Law and Leadership at ASU College of Law

April 13, 2021

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY — Stacy L. Leeds, the first Native American female dean and a prominent Indian law trailblazer, will be part of ASU Law’s Indian Legal Program, joining a cohort of Native faculty that is the largest and most experienced in the country.

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