UC Berkeley Law names Merri Lopez-Keifer as executive director of Center for Indigenous Law & Justice  

May 15, 2025

UC BERKELEY LAW — Merri Lopez-Keifer, recently appointed executive director of UC Berkeley Law’s Center for Indigenous Law & Justice, is eager to lead its efforts in promoting tribal sovereignty and advocating for Native Nations. 

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Case Western Reserve Law welcomes four new faculty members  

May 15, 2025

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY — The School of Law is excited to welcome four new faculty members beginning in the 2025-26 school year. These hires reflect our continued investment in academic excellence across our top-ranked Health Law program, our Bloomberg award-winning legal writing program and our innovative new online JD program.

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Campbell Law dean emerita Melissa Essary to retire in May 

May 15, 2025

CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY — Campbell Law School Dean Emerita and Professor of Law Melissa Essary will retire in May 2025, Campbell Law Dean J. Rich Leonard has announced. Friday’s commencement ceremony marks Essary’s final official duties, as she will hood the law school’s 183 graduates, the largest graduating class in the school’s 49-year history.

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University of Minnesota Law adds Pamela Foohey to the faculty  

May 15, 2025

MINNESOTA LAW — The University of Minnesota Law School is thrilled to announce that Pamela Foohey will join the faculty as professor of law in fall 2026. Foohey is currently the Allen Post Professor of Law at the University of Georgia School of Law, where she is a scholar of bankruptcy law, commercial law, and consumer finance. Her

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University of the Pacific McGeorge Law professor John Sprankling announces retirement 

May 15, 2025

UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC — After 32 years of teaching, Professor John Sprankling is retiring from the University of the Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law. A cornerstone of McGeorge’s faculty and a nationally renowned expert in property law, Sprankling leaves behind a legacy of academic excellence. 

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NYU Law adds legal historian Sarah Seo to the faculty  

May 15, 2025

NYU LAW — Sarah Seo, a legal historian of 20th century US criminal justice, will join the NYU Law faculty this summer, Dean Troy McKenzie ’00 announced on May 1. She is currently the Michael I. Sovern Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, where she teaches courses in criminal law and American legal history.

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Yale Law to add Stephanie Safdi to the faculty as clinical associate professor of law 

May 5, 2025

YALE LAW SCHOOL — Dean Heather K. Gerken has announced that Stephanie Safdi ’13 will join the Yale Law School faculty as a clinical associate professor of law on July 1.

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University of New Mexico Law director of student and career services Bonnie Stapleton announces retirement 

May 5, 2025

THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF LAW — After 16 years of dedication and service to the School of Law, Director of Student and Career Services Bonnie Stepleton has retired.

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Pace Law adds professor Gregory Antill to the faculty  

May 5, 2025

PACE UNIVERSITY — The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University is pleased to announce that Gregory Antill, a criminal law and philosophy scholar, will join the faculty as an Assistant Professor of Law beginning in Fall 2025. Professor Antill will teach courses in criminal law and tort law while also supervising student scholarship

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University of Virginia Law appoints Ashley Deeks as vice dean 

May 5, 2025

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL — Professor Ashley S. Deeks, a national security law expert, will serve as the next vice dean of the University of Virginia School of Law. Her term starts July 1.

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