Paul Litton named dean of University of Missouri Law

May 26, 2023

COLUMBIA MISSOURIAN — Paul Litton will be the new dean of the MU School of Law, according to an MU news release Wednesday. Litton will succeed Lyrissa Lidsky, who stepped down last July and returned to the University of Florida to teach. Litton has served as interim dean since then; his new title takes effect June 1.

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Patricia Timmons named North Carolina Central University Law dean

May 26, 2023

NCCENTRAL UNIVERSITY — North Carolina Central University (NCCU) has named Patricia Timmons-Goodson, retired North Carolina Supreme Court associate justice, School of Law dean, effective July 1, 2023. Timmons-Goodson will be tasked with elevating the School of Law’s visibility, attractiveness and sustainability as an institution that prepares ‘practice ready’ law graduates who excel at the bar examination. 

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Northern Kentucky University Law appoints professor Jack Harrison to first endowed chair

May 23, 2023

NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY — In a series of firsts, Professor Jack Harrison will become the first Northern Kentucky University Chase College of Law faculty member to hold the college’s first endowed academic chair in its 130-year history.

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Haider Ala Hamoudi named dean of the University of Cincinnati Law

May 16, 2023

UC NEWS — University of Cincinnati Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Valerio Ferme, PhD, has named Haider Ala Hamoudi as dean of the College of Law. Hamoudi will serve as the college’s 27th dean since its founding in 1833. The UC College of Law is the fourth oldest continuously operating law school in

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Franita Tolson named co-dean of USC Gould Law

May 8, 2023

USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — Dear Gould Community: I am very pleased to announce that April 7 marks the official first day of Professor Franita Tolson’s leadership as Co-Dean of the law school. Dean Tolson not only represents the standard of excellence in her scholarly field, but also exemplifies the commitment to service that is

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William Brewbaker III named dean of University of Alabama Law

May 8, 2023

TUSCALOOSA NEWS — Longtime University of Alabama School of Law faculty member William S. Brewbaker III will become the school’s next dean July 10. He now serves as William Alfred Rose Professor of Law at UA. The Montgomery native and graduate of Vanderbilt University and University of Virginia School of Law became a full-time UA

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Syracuse Law adds disability law expert Katherine Macfarlane to the faculty 

May 2, 2023

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — Leading expert on civil procedure, civil rights litigation and disability law Katherine A. Macfarlane will join the Syracuse University College of Law faculty as Associate Professor of Law, and Director of the College’s Disability Law and Policy Program this fall.

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Northeastern Law adds Katherine Kraschel to the faculty as assistant professor 

May 2, 2023

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Northeastern Law is pleased to announce that Katherine (Katie) Kraschel, an expert on the intersection of reproduction, gender, bioethics and health policy, with a particular concentration on fertility care and reproductive technologies, will join the Northeastern community on July 1, 2023, as assistant professor of law and health sciences.

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Northeastern Law adds Aliza Hochman Bloom to the faculty as assistant professor 

May 2, 2023

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Northeastern Law is pleased to announce that Aliza Hochman Bloom, who studies race in the Fourth Amendment and criminal sentencing reforms, will join the Northeastern community on July 1, 2023, as assistant professor of law. 

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Northeastern Law adds Erin Islo to the faculty as assistant professor

May 2, 2023

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Northeastern Law is pleased to announce that Erin Islo, an expert on civil procedure, arbitration, algorithmic bias and economic justice, will join the Northeastern community on July 1, 2023, as assistant professor of law.

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