University of Kansas Law professor confirmed as U.S. attorney for Kansas

December 27, 2017

TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL – Stephen McAllister, who serves as the state’s solicitor general and was dean of KU’s law school from 2000 to 2005, was nominated in September by President Donald Trump.

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Elon Law associate professor named Jennings Professor and Emerging Scholar

December 27, 2017

ELON UNIVERSITY – Associate Professor David S. Levine is the fifth educator to hold the two-year professorship since its establishment in 2008.

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Colorado Law professor appointed to Colorado Supreme Court

December 18, 2017

GAZETTE – Gov. John Hickenlooper Thursday named CU law professor Melissa Hart as his next appointment to the Colorado Supreme Court.

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University of Illinois Law hires new faculty member

December 15, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS – The College of Law is pleased to announce that Jeremy McClane will join the tenure-stream faculty as an Associate Professor beginning in the summer of 2018.

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Executive director of Georgia State Law’s center for international arbitration to rejoin legal practice at law firm

December 15, 2017

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY – Shelby Grubbs become a managing member of the Atlanta office of his firm, Miller & Martin, and lead its international commercial dispute resolution practice.

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John Marshall Law School promotes seven faculty members to leadership roles

December 15, 2017

MILTECH – Professors Julie Spanbauer, Marc Ginsberg, Ardath Hamann, Samuel Jones, Hugh Mundy, Joanne Hodge and Susan Brody have all been appointed to new positions.

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Mississippi College Law names Patricia Bennett as Dean from interim role

December 11, 2017

MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE – Patricia Bennett will serve as the new dean at the Mississippi College School of Law following a successful year as its interim leader.

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Vanderbilt Law appoints labor economist first-ever Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair

December 1, 2017

VANDERBILT LAW SCHOOL – Labor economist Joni Hersch has become the first law school professor to hold a Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair.

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Wake Forest Law names interim director as permanent director of outreach

December 1, 2017

WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL – Hazel Mack, the former leader of Legal Aid of North Carolina, has been promoted to director of outreach at Wake Forest University School of Law.

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