Emory Law has announced that Mary Anne Bobinski will complete her term as dean in summer, 2024. Bobinski became dean in 2019. She will return to a full-time faculty role.
UMass School of Law has announced that Sam Panarella will be its new dean. He is currently a professor of law and director of the Max Baucus Institute at the University of Montana School of Law. Panarella, who earned his JD from Lewis & Clark, will take over on July 18.
Mercer University School of Law has announced that Karen Sneddon will be its permanent dean. Sneddon has served as interim dean since October 2021. She joined the Mercer faculty in 2006. Sneddon earned her JD from Tulane.
Wake Forest School of Law has announced that Andrew Klein will be its next dean. He is currently interim chancellor of Indiana-Purdue University Indianapolis and executive vice president of Indiana University. He served as dean of IU Indianapolis Law from 2013-2020. Klein, who holds a JD from Emory, will take over on July 1.
North Carolina Central University School of Law has announced that Patricia Timmons-Goodson will be its next dean. She is a retired North Carolina Supreme Court associate justice. Timmons-Goodson, who holds a JD from UNC-Chapel Hill and an LL.M from Duke, will take over on July 1.
The University of Missouri School of Law has announced that Paul Litton will be its permanent dean. Litton has served as interim dean since July 2022. He joined the Mizzou faculty in 2006. Litton earned his JD and Ph.D from the University of Pennsylvania.
Oklahoma City School of Law has announced that David Holt will be its next dean. Holt is currently the mayor of Oklahoma City. Holt, who holds a JD from Oklahoma City Univerity, will take over on July 1.
The University of Cincinnati College of Law has announced that Haider Ala Hamoudi will be the new dean of its law school. Until recently he was interim dean of Pitt Law. Hamoudi holds a JD from Columbia.
The University of Alabama School of Law has announced that William Brewbaker will be the new dean of its law school. He joined the faculty in 1993 and served as interim dean in 2013-14. Brewbaker, who holds a JD from Vanderbilt and an LL.M. from Duke, will take over on July 10. Bill and I served together on the Alabama Law faculty for eight years. He is one of the most authentic and thoughtful people I've known over my life and I am so pleased about his appointment.
Albany Law School has announced that Cinnamon Piñon Carlarne will be the new president and dean of the freestanding law school. She is currently on the faculty, and an associate dean, at Ohio State Law. Carlarne, who holds a JD from UC Berkeley, will take over on July 1.
Western State College of Law has announced that Marissa Cianciarulo will be the new dean of its law school. She is currently interim dean at Chapman. Cianciarulo, who holds a JD from American University Law, will take over on July 1, following the retirement of Allen Easley.
University of Southern California Law has announced that Franita Tolson is the new co-dean of its law school. She was previously vice dean for faculty and academic affairs at USC Law. Tolson, who holds a JD from Chicago, took over on April 7. Her co-dean, Andrew Guzman, becomes the provost of USC this summer.
Western New England University School of Law has announced that Zelda B. Harris will be the new dean of its law school. She is currently director of the Center for Advocacy and professor of law at Loyola Chicago Law. Harris, who holds a JD from Washington University in St. Louis, will take over on August 1.
William McGeveran, professor of law and former associate dean for academic affairs, has been named interim dean of the University of Minnesota School of Law beginning on July 1. McGeveran joined Minnesota in 2006 and holds a JD from NYU.
University of Dayton School of Law has announced that Andrew Strauss will step down as dean on December 31st. Strauss became dean in 2015. He will rejoin the faculty after a sabbatical.
Mary Crossley, professor of law and former dean at Pittsburgh Law, has been named interim dean of the law school stepping in for professor Haider Ala Hamoudi. Crossley joined Pittsburgh in 2005 as dean and holds a JD from Vanderbilt.
University of Arkansas at Little Rock has announced that Colin Crawford will be its next law school dean. He is currently dean at Golden Gate University School of Law. Crawford, who holds a JD from Harvard, will take over on July 1.
Stetson Law has announced that Benjamin Barros will be its next dean. He is currently dean and professor of law at Toledo. Barros, who holds a JD from Fordham, will take over on July 1.
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