Georgetown Law Professor Jane Aiken selected as Dean of Wake Forest Law

May 1, 2019

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Wake Forest University has chosen Jane Aiken to become the next Dean of the School of Law. Aiken comes to Wake Forest from Georgetown Law, where she has been a professor and administrator since 2007 and currently serves as the Blume Professor of Law.

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University of Utah Law Associate Dean Lincoln Davies named Dean of Ohio State Moritz College of Law

May 1, 2019

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY MORITZ COLLEGE OF LAW — Lincoln L. Davies will be the 20th dean of the Michael E. Moritz College of Law. Subject to approval by the Board of Trustees, Davies’ term will commence July 1, 2019. He succeeds Dean Alan C. Michaels, who will return to the faculty after leading the college since 2008.

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Chicago-Kent Law selects Anita Krug as new dean

April 22, 2019

ILLINOIS TECH NEWS — Illinois Institute of Technology has named Anita K. Krug, D. Wayne and Anne Gittinger Professor of Law at the University of Washington School of Law, as the new dean of Chicago-Kent College of Law.

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Florida A&M Law names Nicola Boothe Perry interim dean

April 22, 2019

TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT — Florida A&M University Provost Maurice Edington Tuesday named Nicola Boothe Perry interim dean of the College of Law, replacing LeRoy Pernell, who was appointed interim in May 2017.

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Wayne Law Professor Robert Sedler named special assistant attorney general by Michigan A.G.

April 22, 2019

WAYNE LAW — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel ’94, has appointed Wayne State University Law School Distinguished Professor Robert A. Sedler special assistant attorney general.

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Anat Alon-Beck joins Case Western Reserve Law faculty

April 22, 2019

CWRU LAW — Anat Alon-Beck has accepted the offer to join Case Western Reserve University School of Law as Assistant Professor of Law on the tenure track. Her research focuses on corporate law and entrepreneurship, with a focus on how legal and regulatory structures influence entrepreneurial opportunities.

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University of Virginia Law Professor George Yin to retire

April 22, 2019

UVA LAW — When does a seasoned tax expert decide to retire? At age 70½, of course. That’s when beneficiaries of retirement plans usually have to start taking distributions — and the age University of Virginia School of Law professor George Yin will be this year.

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Sarah Lora to lead Low Income Taxpayer Clinic at Lewis & Clark Law

April 15, 2019

LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Oregon attorney Sarah Lora will lead the Lewis & Clark Law School Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) starting in June 2019. Lora will replace beloved faculty member Jan Pierce, who is retiring this year after 19 years leading the clinic and serving as a clinical professor.

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St. Mary’s Law Dean Stephen Sheppard to step down

April 15, 2019

RIVARD REPORT — On Thursday, St. Mary’s University President Thomas Mengler wrote to the university community with news that Stephen Sheppard, dean of San Antonio’s sole law school, was resigning his post.

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Catholic University Law selects law firm partner Stephen Payne as dean

April 10, 2019

LAW.COM — Stephen Payne will serve as dean of Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law, beginning July 1. Payne is chair of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher’s Food and Drug Administration and health care practice group and has taught law and policy related to his practice as an adjunct at George Mason University’s Antonin

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