Seton Hall Law appoints professor Carl Coleman as fellow for Center for Health & Pharmaceutical Law 

December 23, 2024

SETON HALL LAW — Legal bioethics professor Carl H. Coleman, J.D., Associate Dean and Professor of Law, Seton Hall School of Law, has been named a fellow by the Hastings Center, the oldest independent, nonpartisan interdisciplinary research institute of its kind in the world, playing a critical role in establishing the field of bioethics.

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Northwestern Law welcomes new faculty 

December 23, 2024

NORTHWESTERN PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW — This fall, Northwestern Pritzker Law welcomed a number of outstanding faculty hires: Professors Molly Brownfield, Kristina DeGuzman, Monica Haymond, Kara Ingelhart, Andrea Lewis Hartung, Priyanka Motaparthy, Eric Sirota, and our inaugural Marti Family Fellow Priyanka Goonetilleke.

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NYU Law to add professor Jonathan Gould to the faculty 

December 23, 2024

NYU LAW — Jonathan Gould, whose research examines the relationship of politics and law, will join NYU Law in the 2025–26 academic year as Professor of Law with tenure, Dean Troy McKenzie ’00 announced on December 17. Gould comes to NYU from Berkeley Law, where he serves as the Class of 1965 Professor of Law and where,

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University of Minnesota Law adds Amna Akbar to the faculty 

December 23, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA — The University of Minnesota Law School is thrilled to announce Amna A. Akbar will join the faculty as the Benjamin N. Berger Professor in Criminal Law in the fall of 2025. Akbar is a scholar of contemporary social movements, policing, race, capitalism, and inequality.

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University of Minnesota Law adds Vinita R. Singh to the faculty 

December 23, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA — The University of Minnesota Law School is pleased to announce Vinita R. Singh will join the faculty as an associate professor of law in the fall of 2025. Professor Singh studies economic statecraft, with an emphasis on examining how federal income taxation can be used to advance U.S. foreign policy and national security goals. 

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University of Minnesota Law adds Samuel J. Merchant to the faculty  

December 23, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA — The University of Minnesota Law School is pleased to announce that Samuel J. Merchant will join the faculty in the fall of 2025 as an associate professor of law. Merchant is currently a visiting assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, where he teaches constitutional law, criminal procedure, sentencing, and

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Indiana University McKinney Law professor Sam Kalen named chair in environmental law  

December 9, 2024

IU ROBERT H. MCKINNEY SCHOOL OF LAW — The IU McKinney School of Law is pleased to welcome Professor Sam Kalen to the faculty as the Robert H. McKinney Family Chair in Environmental Law. Professor Kalen previously served as a visitor in that role twice; the first time in 2021 and the second in 2023.

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University of Miami Law names Alexis Martinez as associate dean for lawyering excellence and bar success 

December 9, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — In this crucial new role, Alexis Martinez will work closely with faculty and administration to develop and support a holistic approach to excellence on the bar exam and beyond. She will develop and teach programming related to bar success and provide bar-related support for students throughout law school,

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Penn Carey Law welcomes new faculty  

December 9, 2024

PENN CAREY LAW — This spring, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School welcomes Saule Omarova, who will be the Earle Hepburn Professor of Law, and Colleen Shanahan, Practice Professor of Law.

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Fordham Law adds criminal defense expert Mariam Hinds to the faculty  

November 25, 2024

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Clinical Associate Professor Mariam Hinds joined Fordham Law this fall, after spending two years at American University Washington College of Law as a practitioner-in-residence in the Criminal Justice Clinic working with the co-directors, veteran clinicians Binny Miller and Jenny Roberts. 

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