The Faculty Lounge: Law School Dean Searches 2010-11 Edition

March 01, 2011

Law School Dean Searches 2010-11 Edition

Updated 5/4/2011

It's time for the annual list of law school dean openings. As always, the first iteration will probably be incomplete. Nonetheless, there is plenty here to chew on. I've provided as much information as I could pull together at this point. Folks with more information should feel free to email me.

For those with archival interests, and with apologies for incomplete data which I'm not going to bother updating at this point, here are prior lists:

2008-09 Law School Dean Search List

2009-10 Law School Dean Search List

Albany (Dean Thomas Guernsey serving until summer 2011) (Roger Abrams, Jim Chen, Mike Madison, Anna Shavers and Larry Solan finalists)

Arkansas (Dean Cynthia Nance serving until summer 2011) (search committee here) (Stacy Leeds, Christopher Pietruszkiewicz, Kathryn Rand and Beverly Moran finalists) (Beverly Moran withdrawn)

Boston College (George Brown, Interim Dean) (Witt Kieffer consulting on search) (Michele Goodwin, Russell Osgood, James Repetti, Vincent Rougeau, and Robert Schapiro finalists) (narrowed to Osgood and Rougeau on 2/21/11) (Vince Rougeau named dean.)

Brooklyn (Michael Gerber, Interim Dean) (search committee here) (Daniel Capra and Lawrence Mitchell finalists) (Mitchell selected as dean at Case and Capra has withdrawn)

Case Western Reserve (Robert Rawson, Interim Dean) (search committee here) (Lawrence Mitchell named dean)

Chapman (Scott Howe, Interim Dean) (search committee here) (Tom Campbell named dean)

Cleveland State (Phyllis Crocker, Interim Dean) (search committee here) (R. William Funk consulting on search) (finalists are Craig Boise, Lee Fisher, Susan Richey and Neils B. Schaumann; Beverly Moran and Dan Hamilton withdrew). (Craig Boise named dean.)

Colorado (Dean David Getches serving until summer 2011) (Search committee here) (Gregory Hicks, Lawrence Mitchell, Margaret Raymond, and Philip Weiser finalists)

Dayton (Dean Lisa Kloppenberg serving until summer 2011) ( Paul McGreal named dean.)

DePaul (Warren Wolfson, Interim Dean) (Witt Kieffer consulting on search) (Gregory Mark named dean)

Fordham (Michael Martin, Interim Dean) (search committee here) (Robert Schapiro, David Partlett, and Tom Lee finalists) (Michael Martin named dean.)

George Washington (Dean Frederick Lawrence serving until end of 2010. Gregory Maggs named interim dean.) (Roger Transgrud, Chair of search committee) (eight finalists here) (Paul Berman and Robert Schapiro finalists) (Paul Berman named dean)

Gonzaga (George Critchlow, Interim Dean) (finalists include Annette Clark, Jane Korn, Chris Pietruszkiewicz, and Paul McGreal as well as yet unnamed others) (Jane Korn named dean)

Kansas (Stephen Mazza, Interim Dean) (search committee here) (Jim Chen, Annette Clark, Michael Moffitt and one as-yet unnamed person, finalists) (update 2/21/11 - apparently Kansas reopened its search in January 2011; second round finalists are Jeff Lipshaw, Stephen Mazza, and Beverly Moran). (Stephen Mazza named dean)

Loyola New Orleans (Kathy Lorio, Interim Dean) (María Pabón López named dean)

Manitoba (Caldwell Partners consulting on search) (Laura Turnbull, Raymond Wyant, and Lee Stuesser finalists) (Laura Turnbull named dean)

New Hampshire (formerly Franklin Pierce) (Dean John Hutson serving through summer 2011) (Korn/Ferry consulting on search) (John Broderick, Michael Lawrence, Jim Lupo, and Nick Terry finalists) JOHN BRODERICK NAMED DEAN.

North Dakota (Kathryn Rand interim dean) (Academic Search consulting on search) (search committee here) (Kathryn Rand and John Cross finalists)

North Texas (seeking founding dean)

Northwestern (Dean David Van Zandt serving through 2010, Kim Yuracko interim dean thereafter) (search committee here) (Russell Reynolds Associates consulting on search)

Oklahoma City University (Lawrence Hellman serving through June 2011)

Oregon (Dean Margie Paris serving through summer 2011) (Isaacson, Miller consulting on search) (Michael Moffitt named dean)

Pepperdine (Thomas Bost, Interim Dean) (Korn/Ferry consulting on search) (Judge Deanell Tacha named dean)

Richmond (Dean John Douglass serving through summer 2011) (Corinna Lane Chair of search committee) (Witt Kieffer consulting on search) (Jeffrey Rosen, Joel Reidenberg, Wendy Perdue, and Michael Seigel finalists) (Wendy Perdue named dean)

Saint Louis (Sandra Johnson, Interim Dean) (search committee here) (Annette Clark named dean)

San Diego (Dean Kevin Cole serving through summer 2011) (Korn/Ferry consulting on search) (Robert B. Ahdieh, Nicholas Allard, and Lawrence Mitchell named finalists) (Mitchell named dean at Case) (second round of finalists include Michael Waterstone, Russell Osgood, and Stephen Ferruolo)

South Carolina (Dean Walter Pratt serving through summer 2011) (search committee here) (David Caudill, Steven Mazza, Susan Richey, Scott Schools and Robert Wicox finalists) (Robert Wilcox named dean)

Texas Tech (Susan Fortney, Interim Dean) (search committee here)

Toledo (Daniel Steinbock, Interim Dean) (search committee here)

Villanova (Doris DelTosto Brogan, Acting Dean) (search committee here) (Storbeck Pimentel consulting on search) JOHN GOTANDA NAMED DEAN

Washington & Lee (Mark Grunewald, Interim Dean) (search committee here)

Western Ontario (Canada) (Dean Ian Holloway serving through summer 2011) (Laverne Smith & Associates consulting on search)

Windsor (Canada) (Dean Bruce Elman serving on interim basis) (Janet Wright & Associates consulting on search) (Larry Chartrand and Camille Cameron finalists)

Wisconsin (Dean Kenneth Davis serving through summer 2011) (search committee here)

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