Campbell Law adds visiting professor Kenneth B. Hammer to the faculty  

August 18, 2025

CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY — Kenneth B. Hammer has joined Campbell Law School as a visiting professor for the 2025-26 academic year, Dean J. Rich Leonard has announced. 

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University of Maryland Law adds professor Seema Kakade to the faculty  

August 18, 2025

THE ELM — Professor Seema Kakade, JD, a member of the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Environmental Law Program faculty, has returned to the law school after a two-year leave of absence serving as senior counsel in former President Joe Biden’s White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ).  

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Mitchell Hamline Law faculty receive endowed chair positions  

August 18, 2025

MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW — Twelve Mitchell Hamline School of Law faculty members were appointed endowed chair positions for the 2025-26 academic year. The prestigious awards recognize scholarly contributions, achievements, leadership, and future work in their respective areas of law.

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Columbia Law adds professor Rebecca Wexler to the faculty 

August 18, 2025

COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL — Before Rebecca Wexler attended law school, she spent seven years as a documentary filmmaker, working as a researcher and associate producer on PBS documentaries and directing educational films for a regional theater. She shot a film in Guinea for a museum installation and traveled to Sri Lanka as a Fulbright scholar to work

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Columbia Law adds professor Kate Redburn to the faculty  

August 18, 2025

COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL — By the time Kate Redburn (they/them) enrolled in a J.D./Ph.D. program, they had already dived deeply into archival research on American history, worked as a paralegal on a successful racial harassment case, been a community organizer, published in Salon, photographed local activists in Argentina while on a Fulbright scholarship, and, along the way, compiled an

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University of Kansas Law appoints Blake Wilson as director of the Wheat Law Library

August 18, 2025

KU SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Kansas School of Law has selected Blake Wilson to be the director of the Wheat Law Library. Wilson brings nearly two decades of experience at KU Law to the role, having served in a variety of positions since joining the law library in 2007. His appointment as

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University of Houston Law Center appoints Joshua Lake to lead Criminal Justice Clinic  

August 18, 2025

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — The University of Houston Law Center has appointed Joshua Lake as the director of its Criminal Justice Clinic and professor of practice, effective July 1, 2025. Lake brings more than a decade of experience in criminal justice and legal defense to the clinic.

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UC Berkeley Law adds seven new people to the faculty 

August 4, 2025

UC BERKELEY LAW — UC Berkeley Law has once again had a banner hiring year, adding seven new professors across a wide range of fields and disciplines to an already stellar faculty. 

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University of Utah Law adds professor Michael Pressman to the faculty 

August 4, 2025

THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH — Associate Professor Michael Pressman joins Utah Law as a new faculty member this upcoming academic year. He comes as a recent postdoctoral fellow and lecturer on law at Harvard Law School’s Project on the Foundations of Private of Law.

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University of Utah Law adds professor Kristin Baughman to the faculty 

August 4, 2025

THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH — Clinical Associate Professor Kristin Baughman spent 18 years practicing commercial litigation and appeals before joining Utah Law as one of the newest faculty members this upcoming academic year. She comes to us most recently from Dentons Durham Jones Pinegar in Salt Lake City.

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