Lateral hires with tenure or on tenure-track, 2016-17

MOVING TO FRONT FOR THE LAST TIME--ORIGINALLY POSTED AUGUST 1, 2016

These are non-clinical appointments that will take effect in 2017 (except where noted); I will move the list to the front at various intervals as new additions come in.   (Recent additions are in bold.)  Last year's list is here.

 

*Aviva Abramovsky (commercial law, insurance law, financial regulation, legal ethics) from Syracuse University to the University at Buffalo (to become Dean).

 

*Ifeoma Ajunwa (privacy, health law & policy, antidiscrimination law) from the University of District Columbia Clarke School of Law to Cornell University Industrial and Labor Relations (with a courtesy appointment in law as well) (untenured lateral).

 

*Richard Albert (constitutional law, comparative constitutional law) from Boston College to the University of Texas, Austin (effective January 2018).

 

*Erez Aloni (family law, contracts, law & sexuality) from Whittier Law School to Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia (untenured lateral). 

 

*Sahar Aziz (national security law, antidiscrimination law, Middle East law) from Texas A&M University to Rutgers University.

 

*Adam Badawi (contracts, corporate) from Washington University, St. Louis to the University of California, Berkeley.

 

*Shalanda Baker (energy law, international environmental law, administrative law) from the University of Hawaii to Northeastern University.

 

*Angela Banks (immigration law) from the College of William & Mary to Arizona State University.

 

*Natalie Banta (property, trusts & estates, tax) from Valparaiso University to Drake University (untenured lateral).

 

*Richard Bierschbach (criminal law & procedure) from Cardozo Law School/Yeshiva University to Wayne State University (to become Dean).

 

*Binyamin Blum (legal history, evidence, criminal procedure) from Hebrew University, Jerusalem to the University of California Hastings (starting in Spring 2018) (untenured lateral). 

 

*William Boyd (environmental law, energy law) from the University of Colorado, Boulder to the University of California, Los Angeles (effective 2018).

 

*Richard R.W. Brooks (contracts, business organizations, law & economics, law & social norms) from Columbia University to New York University.

 

*Alfred Brophy (legal history, trusts & estates) from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (back after nine years) to the University of Alabama.

 

*Eleanor Brown (property, immigration and migration law, law & development) from George Washington University to Pennsylvania State University, University Park. 

 

*Christopher Bruner (corporate law, securities regulation) from Washington & Lee University to the University of Georgia.

 

*Marcilynn A. Burke (property, land use, natural resources) from the University of Houston to the University of Oregon (to become Dean).

 

*Megan Carpenter (intellectual property) from Texas A&M University to the University of New Hampshire (to become Dean).

 

*Erwin Chemerinsky (constitutional law, civil procedure) from the University of California, Irvine to the University of California, Berkeley (to become Dean).

 

*Nicolas Cornell (contracts, law & philosophy) from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania to the University of Michigan (law) (untenured lateral).

 

*Sharon Davies (criminal law & procedure) from Ohio State University to Spelman College (to become Provost).

 

*Darby Dickerson (higher education law & policy, litigation ethics) from Texas Tech University (where she is currently Dean) to John Marshall Law School, Chicago (to become Dean).

 

*Ben Edwards (corporate law, securities regulation, consumer financial protection) from Barry University to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (untenured lateral).

 

*Tonya Evans (intellectual property, entertainment law, trusts & estates) from Widener University Commonwealth to the University of New Hampshire.

 

*Catherine Fisk (labor & employment law, intellectual property, legal history, civil rights) from the University of California, Irvine to the University of California, Berkeley.

 

*Victor Flatt (environmental law, energy law) from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (back, after eight years) to the University of Houston.

 

*Sheila Foster (property, land use, environmental law & policy, local government) from Fordham University to Georgetown University (joint with Public Policy).

 

*Eric Franklin (corporate, contracts, economic & community development clinic) from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (untenured latereal).

 

*Brett Frischmann (intellectual property, Cyberlaw) from Cardozo Law School/Yeshiva University to Villanova University.

 

*David Gamage (tax) from the University of California, Berkeley to Indiana University, Bloomington.

 

*Rachel Godsil (property, civil rights) from Seton Hall University to Rutgers University.

 

*Erica Goldberg (torts, criminal procedure, insurance law) from Ohio Northern University to the University of Dayton (untenured lateral).

 

*Sarah Haan (corporate) from the University of Idaho to Washington & Lee University.

 

*Kevin Haeberle (corporate law, securities regulation) from University of South Carolina to the College of William & Mary (untenured lateral)

 

*Sam Halabi (health law) from the University of Tulsa to the University of Missouri, Columbia.

 

*Woodrow Hartzog (privacy law, media law, Cyberlaw, intellectual property) from Cumberland School of Law, Samford University to Northeastern University.

 

*David Hasen (tax) from the University of Colorado, Boulder to the University of Florida, Gainesville.

 

*Allison Hoffman (health law & policy) from the University of California, Los Angeles to the University of Pennsylvania.

 

*David Hoffman (contracts, law & psychology) from Temple University to the University of Pennsylvania.

 

*Ryan Holte (intellectual property, patents) from Southern Illinois University to the University of Akron.

 

*Herbert Hovenkamp (antitrust, legal history) from the University of Iowa to the University of Pennsylvania.

 

*Nicole Huberfeld (health law, constitutional law) from the University of Kentucky to the School of Public Health, Boston University.

 

*Blake Hudson (environmental law, natural resources, land use) from Louisiana State University to the University of Houston.

 

*Lolita Buckner Inniss (property, legal history) from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law to Southern Methodist University.

 

*Margot Kaminski (law & technology, civil liberties, privacy law) from Ohio State University to University of Colorado, Boulder (untenured lateral).

 

*Orin Kerr (criminal procedure, computer crime law) from George Washington University to the University of Southern California (effective January 2018).

 

*Kurt Lash (constitutional law) from the University of Illinois to the University of Richmond.

 

*Yoon-Ho Alex Lee (securities regulation, corporate, administrative law, antitrust, law & economics, consumer protection law) from the University of Southern California to Northwestern University.

 

*Lyrissa Barnett Lidsky (torts, First Amendment) from the University of Florida to the University of Missouri, Columbia (to become Dean).

 

*Dayna Matthew (health law) from the University of Colorado, Boulder to the University of Virginia.

 

*Pamela Metzger (criminal law & procedure) from Tulane University to Southern Methodist University.

 

*Paul Miller (fiduciary law, private law theory) from McGill University to the University of Notre Dame.

 

*Nicholas A. Mirkay, III (tax) from Creighton University to the University of Hawaii.

 

*Samuel Moyn (legal history, human rights) from Harvard University to Yale University.

 

*Alexandra Natapoff (criminal law & procedure) from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles to University of California, Irvine.

 

*Douglas NeJaime (family law, law & sexuality, constitutional law) from the University of California, Los Angeles to Yale University.

 

*Shu-Yi Oei (tax) from Tulane University to Boston College.

 

*Ruth Okediji (intellectual property, international intellectual property, innovation policy) from the University of Minnesota to Harvard University.

 

*David Orentlicher (health law) from Indiana University, Indianapolis to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

 

*Hari M. Osofsky (energy law, climate change, law & science) from the University of Minnesota to Pennsylvania State University, University Park (to become Dean).

 

*Frank Partnoy (corporate, securities) from the University of San Diego to the University of California, Berkeley (effective fall 2018).

 

*Christopher J. (C.J.) Peters (constitutional law, legal theory, civil procedure) from the University of Baltimore to the University of Akron (to become Dean).

 

*Alice Ristroph (criminal law & procedure, constitutional law, political theory) from Seton Hall University to Brooklyn Law School.

 

*Stephen Rushin (criminal law & procedure) from the University of Alabama to Loyola University, Chicago (untenured lateral).

 

*Victoria Sahani (alternative dispute resolution, international arbitration) from Washington & Lee University to Arizona State University.

 

*Michael Hunter Schwartz (legal education & pedagogy) from the University of Arkansas, Little Rock to McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (to become Dean).

 

*Joshua Sellers (election law, constitutional law, legislation, civil procedure) from the University of Oklahoma, Norman to Arizona State University (untenured lateral).

 

*Michael Simkovic (bankruptcy, tax, corporate) from Seton Hall University to the University of Southern California.

 

*Fred Smith, Jr. (constitutiona law, federal courts) from (an untenured position) at the University of California, Berkeley to (a tenured position) at Emory University.

 

*Brad Snyder (civil procedure, constitutional law, legal history) from the University of Wisconsin, Madison to Georgetown University.

 

*Kim Talus (energy law) from the Universities of Helsinki & Eastern Finland to Tulane University.

 

*Matthew Tokson (criminal procedure, cyberlaw, intellectual property) from Northern Kentucky University to the University of Utah (untenured lateral).

 

*Franita Tolson (election law, constitutional law, employment discrimination) from Florida State University to the University of Southern California.

 

*Rebecca Tushnet (intellectual property, First Amendment) from Georgetown University to Harvard University.

 

*Ryan Vacca (intellectual property) from the University of Akron to the University of New Hampshire.

 

*Urska Velikonja (corporate, securities regulation) from Emory University to Georgetown University.

 

*Rose Cuison Villazor (immigration law, equal protection, critical race theory) from the University of California, Davis to Rutgers University (for 2018-19).

 

*Nancy Welsh (dispute resolution) from Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law (Carlysle) to Texas A&M University.

 

*Del Wright, Jr. (tax, corporate) from Valparaiso University to the University of Missouri, Kansas City.