University of Utah Law appoints Shima Baradaran Baughman as Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development

July 13, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Dean Elizabeth Kronk Warner has appointed Shima Baradaran Baughman as Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development.

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University of South Carolina Law interviews candidates for dean

July 10, 2020

THE STATE – A search is underway for a new dean of the University of South Carolina law school, but whoever is chosen will confront a host of problems.

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University of Wisconsin Law names Daniel P. Tokaji as dean

June 9, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN NEWS — Daniel P. Tokaji has been named dean of the University of Wisconsin Law School. He has been a professor at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law since 2003, serving as associate dean for faculty since 2018.  

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U.S. Department of Education extends online education flexibility through Fall 2020 semester

June 1, 2020

(TaxProf Blog) by Paul Caron – Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares updated guidance from the Department of Education providing additional flexibility for colleges to provide classes online.

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Robert Dinerstein named acting dean of American University Washington College of Law

May 26, 2020

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW – American University Provost Dan Myers announced today that he has appointed Professor Robert Dinerstein to serve as Acting Dean of American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL) beginning August 1, 2020. Dinerstein will take over for Dean Camille Nelson, whose last day as dean will be July 31, 2020.

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William & Mary Law names University of Virginia Law professor A. Benjamin Spencer as dean

May 26, 2020

WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — A. Benjamin Spencer, a nationally renowned civil procedure and federal courts expert and current professor of law at the University of Virginia, will begin at William & Mary Law School July 1. Spencer will be William & Mary’s first African-American dean of any school at the university, including the law

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Eruore Oboh joins University of Arkansas Law as assistant dean of admissions

May 8, 2020

UA LITTLE ROCK LAW — Eruore Oboh, a 2016 graduate of the UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, will return to the law school on May 11, 2020 as Assistant Dean for Admissions and Enrollment Management.

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New York Law School professor Kim Hawkins appointed Dean for Clinical and Experiential Learning

April 27, 2020

NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL — Professor Kim Hawkins has been appointed the inaugural Stephen J. Ellmann Dean for Clinical and Experiential Learning at New York Law School (NYLS), effective July 1, 2020. The position is named for the late Professor Stephen J. Ellmann (1951–2019), who taught at NYLS for more than 30 years, oversaw the School’s clinical

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Northeastern Law professor Martha Davis promoted to University Distinguished Professor

April 27, 2020

NEWS@NORTHWESTERN — Affordable access to water is an issue that affects every household in the U.S. and is made even more critical during the COVID-19 pandemic, says Martha Davis, a professor of law at Northeastern who has been promoted to University Distinguished Professor.

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Timothy LoveLace joins Duke Law faculty

April 27, 2020

DUKE LAW — H. Timothy Lovelace, Jr., a noted legal historian of the civil rights movement, will join the Duke Law faculty in June from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, where he is a professor of law.

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