Eric Lane Stepping Down As Hofstra Law Dean

Dean Eric Lane of Hofstra Law has announced he will step down at the end of December.  Lane joined the faculty in 1976 and has served as Dean since 2013.  Judge Gail Prudenti, who recently joined the law school in 2015 as Executive Director of the Center for Children, Families and the Law and Senior Associate Dean for Operations, has been named Interim Dean.  The school will conduct a search next year.