UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LAW — Pending approval by the board of trustees, Professor Jamelle Sharpe has been selected as dean of the University of Illinois College of Law, where he said he wants to foster the respectful and friendly environment that brought him to the university. When Sharpe was introduced to the law school prior to taking on the role of assistant professor in 2008, he was drawn in by the camaraderie and appreciation of different lived experiences he saw there, he said.