Stanford Law Dean Liz Magill named Provost of University of Virginia starting in summer 2019

August 6, 2018

STANFORD NEWS — Stanford Law School Dean M. Elizabeth Magill announced that she will depart the university to become provost at the University of Virginia, a position she plans to assume in the summer of 2019.

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Southern Illinois University School of Law names Cindy Buys interim dean

July 30, 2018

SIU SCHOOL OF LAW — Southern Illinois University School of Law recently announced Cindy Galway Buys, acting associate dean for academic affairs in the School of Law, will begin serving as interim dean of the school.

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Elon Law names new associate dean for accademic success

July 25, 2018

ELON UNIVERSITY — Wendy Scott, a former dean at Mississippi College School of Law and a nationally recognized doctrinal law professor with experience at Tulane Law and North Carolina Central School of Law, has been named Elon Law’s new associate dean for academic success.

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Georgia State Law associate dean for student affairs stepping down

July 25, 2018

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY — Kelly Cahill Timmons, associate dean for student affairs at Georgia State University School of Law, is stepping down after serving in the position for 11 years.  

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Wayne State Law names inaugural associate dean for research and faculty development

July 25, 2018

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY — Wayne State Law Professor Jonathan T. Weinberg has been selected as the Law School’s inaugural associate dean for research and faculty development.

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UVA Law adds two new visiting professors with expertise in biotechnology, education

July 25, 2018

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Michele Bratcher Goodwin, a biotechnology and health policy expert, and Kimberly J. Robinson, an expert in education law, will serve as visiting professors at the University of Virginia School of Law this fall.

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Michigan Law clinical fellows will move into clinical teaching positions

July 2, 2018

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF LAW — Four clinical fellows completed the Michigan Law Clinical Fellows program in the 2017–2018 academic year and will move into clinical teaching positions at universities throughout the United States.

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Jennifer Chacon joins UCLA School of Law as professor of law

July 2, 2018

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES SCHOOL OF LAW — Immigration law expert Jennifer M. Chacón has joined the UCLA School of Law faculty as a professor of law.

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Arkansas Law professors appointed co-directors of school’s competitions program

July 2, 2018

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS — University of Arkansas Law Professors Danielle Weatherby and Amanda Hurst have been appointed co-directors of the school’s competitions program. In this role, they also serve as faculty advisers to the school’s Board of Advocates, a student-run organization responsible for organizing all intramural advocacy competitions at the law school.

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Washington University Law Professor Brian Tamanaha named Lemann University Professor

June 20, 2018

THE SOURCE — Washington University Law Professor Brian Z. Tamanaha has been named the John S. Lehmann University Professor at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis. He was installed Feb. 21 at a ceremony in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom in Anheuser-Busch Hall.

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