Lateral hires with tenure or on tenure-track, 2017-18

These are non-clinical appointments that will take effect in 2018 (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.  Feel free to e-mail me with news of additions to this list.

 

*Kerry Abrams (immigration law, family law) from the University of Virginia to Duke University (to become Dean).

 

*Robert Ahdieh (international trade, financial regulation, federalism) from Emory University to Texas A&M University (to become Dean).

 

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

 

*Hilary Allen (financial regulation, corporate) from Suffolk University to American University.

 

*Albertina Antognini (family law, property) from the University of Kentucky to the University of Arizona (untenured lateral).

 

*Olufunmilayo Arewa (intellectual property, international trade, entrepreneurship, law & technology) from the University of California, Irvine to Temple University.

 

*Lisa Avalos (criminal law) from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville to Louisiana State University (untenured lateral)

 

*Mario Barnes (constitutional law, criminal law, national security law, race & the law) from the University of California, Irvine to the University of Washington (to become Dean).

 

*Joshua Blank (tax) from a professor of practice position at New York University to the University of California, Irvine.

 

*Khaled A. Beydoun (constitutional law, civil rights, torts) from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law to the University of of Arkansas, Fayetteville.  

 

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

 

*Jeremy Bock (intellectual property, civil procedure) from the University of Memphis to Tulane University (untenured lateral).

 

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

 

*Samuel Bray (remedies, property, constitutional law) from the University of California, Los Angeles to the University of Notre Dame.

 

*Emily Bremer (administrative law, legislation, civil procedure) from the University of Wyoming to the University of Notre Dame (untenured lateral).

 

*Jennifer Chacon (immimgration law, constitutional law, criminal law & procedure) from the University of California, Irvine to the University of California, Los Angeles.

 

*Anupam Chander (law & technology, international trade) from the University of California, Davis to Georgetown University.

 

*Stewart Chang (family law, comparative law) from Whittier Law School to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

 

*Jessica Clarke (sexual orientation, gender & law; employment discrimination; constitutional law) from the University of Minnesota to Vanderbilt University.

 

*Frank Rudy Cooper (criminal procedure, civil rights, race, gender & law) from Suffolk University to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

 

*Seth Davis (administrative law, federal courts, federal Indian law, fiduciary law) from the University of California, Irvine to the University of California, Berkeley.

 

*Diane Desierto (public and private international law) from the University of Hawaii to the University of Notre Dame (School of International Affairs).

 

*Melissa J. Durkee (international law, transnational law, corporate) from the University of Washington, Seattle to the University of Georgia.

 

*Atiba Ellis (election law, civil rights, race & the law) from West Virginia University to Marquette University.

 

 *Victor Fleischer (tax, corporate law) from the University of San Diego to the University of California, Irvine.

 

*David Franklyn (intellectual property, law & technology) from the University of San Francisco to Golden Gate University.

 

*Nuno Garoupa (law and economics, comparative law) from Texas A&M University to George Mason University.

 

*Brandon Garrett (criminal procedure, civil rights) from the University of Virginia to Duke University.

 

*Andrew Gold (private law theory, fiduciary law, corporate) from DePaul University to Brooklyn Law School.

 

*Philip Hackney (tax) from Louisiana State University to the University of Pittsburgh.

 

*Gillian Hadfield (law & economics, contracts, institutional design, regulation of markets) from the University of Southern California to the University of Toronto.

 

*Victoria Haneman (trusts & estates; tax) from Concordia University (Idaho) to Creighton University (untenured lateral).

 

*Christopher Holman (intellectual property, law & biotechnology) from the University of Missouri, Kansas City to Drake University.

 

*Robert Jackson, Jr. (corporate law) from Columbia University to New York University (though he will be on leave initially while serving on the SEC).

 

*Dalié Jiménez (bankruptcy, consumer law) from the University of Connecticut to the University of California, Irvine.

 

*Eric Johnson (torts, science and law, intellectual property) from the University of North Dakota to the University of Oklahoma (untenured lateral).

 

*Kit Johnson (immigration) from the University of North Dakota to the University of Oklahoma (untenured lateral).

 

*Kristin Johnson (financial markets, corporate) from Seton Hall University to Tulane University.

 

*Michael Kang (election law) from Emory University to Northwestern University.

  

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

 

*Robert Knowles (civil procedure, national security law) from Valparaiso University to the University of Baltimore (untenured lateral).

 

*Eugene Kontorovich (constitutional law, federal courts, public international law) from Northwestern University to George Mason University.

 

*Rebecca Kysar (tax) from Brooklyn Law School to Fordham University.

 

*Jill Wieber Lens (torts, products liability, remedies) from Baylor University to the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville (effective January 2018).

 

*Sheldon Bernard Lyke, (property, trusts & estates, critical race theory) from Whittier Law School to Northern Kentucky University Chase College of Law (untenured lateral)

 

*Suzette Malveaux (civil procedure, civil rights, complex litigation) from Catholic University to the University of Colorado, Boulder.

 

*David Marcus (civil procedure, administrative law, complex litigation) from the University of Arizon to the University of California, Los Angeles.

 

*Margaret Sova McCabe (food & agriculture law) from the University of New Hampshire to the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (to become Dean).

 

*Khrista McCarden (tax) from Pepperdine University to Tulane University (untenured lateral).

 

*Jeremy R. McClane (corporate, securities, commercial law) from the University of Connecticut to the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (untenured lateral).

 

*Justin McCrary (law & economics, empirical legal studies, corporate) from the University of California, Berkeley to Columbia University.

 

*Agnieszka McPeak (torts, law & technology, privacy) from the University of Toledo to Duquesne University (untenured lateral).

 

*Curtis Milhaupt (Japanese law, East Asian legal system comparative corporate governance) from  Columbia University to Stanford University (effective January 2018). 

*Seema Mohapatra (health law, bioethics, biotechnology law) from Barry University to Indiana University, Indianapolis.

 

*Peter Molk (corporate and insurance law) from Willamette University to the University of Florida, Gainseville (untenured lateral).

 

*Michael Morley (election law, remedies, federal courts) from Barry University to Florida State University (untenured lateral).

 

*Melissa Murray (family law, law & sexuality) from the University of California, Berkeley to New York University.

 

*Anne Joesph O'Connell (administrative law) from the University of California, Berkeley to Stanford University. 

 

*Chris Odinet (commercial law, consumer finance, property) from Southern University to the University of Oklahoma, Norman (untenured lateral).

 

*Angela Onwuachi-Willig (employment law, family law, civil rights, law & race) from the University of California, Berkeley to Boston University (to become Dean).

 

*Leigh Osofsky (tax) from the University of Miami to the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

 

*Antony Page (corporate) from Indiana University, Indianapolis to Florida International University (to become Dean).

 

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

 

*Carla Pratt (education law, constitutional law, race & the law) from Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law to Washburn University (to become Dean).

 

*Jedediah Purdy (property, environmental law, constitutional law) from Duke University to Columbia University (effective July 1, 2019).

 

*Annelise Riles (law & society, law & anthroppology) from Cornell University to Northwestern University (in Law and Anthropology, and as Associate Provost for Global Affairs).

 

*Christopher Roederer (constitutional law, comparative law, torts) from Florida Coastal Law School to the University of Dayton.

 

*Benjamin van Rooij (Chinese law, law & society) from the University of California, Irvine back to the University of Amsterdam.

 

*Jacob Rooksby (intellectual property, higher education law) from Duquesne University to Gonzaga University (to become Dean).

 

*James Ryan (education law) from Harvard University Education School back to University of Virginia (to become President of the University).

 

*Hillary Sale (corporate) from Washington University, St. Louis to Georgetown University.

 

*Erin Sheley (criminal law and procedure) from the University of Calgary to the University of Oklahoma, Norman (untenured lateral).

 

*Christina Skinner (financial regulation, securties, corporate) from  Brooklyn Law School to the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (untenured lateral).

 

*Julie Suk (antidiscrimination law, comparative constitutional law) from Cardozo Law School to the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (in Sociology).

 

*Madhavi Sunder (intellectual property, gender & the law) from the University of California, Davis to Georgetown University.

 

*Kim Talus (energy law) from the Universities of Helsinki & Eastern Finland to Tulane University (effective January 2018).

 

*Tania Tetlow (family law, civil & criminal procedure) from Tulane University to Loyola University, New Orleans (as President of the University).

 

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

 

*Kevin Washburn (Indian law, criminal law) from the University of New Mexico to the University of Iowa (to become Dean).

 

*Amy Wildermuth (civil procedure, administrative law, environmental law) from the University of Utah to the University of Pittsburgh (to become Dean).

  

*Andrew Woods (cybersecurity, law and technology, international law) from the University of Kentucky to the University of Arizona.

 

*Kevin Woodson (criminal procedure, professional responsibility, legal profession) from Drexel University to the University of Richmond.

 

*Ruqaiijah A. Yearby (health law) from Case Western Reserve University to Saint Louis University.

 

*Seval Yildirim (law and religion, comparative law, constitutional law) from Whittier Law School to California State University, San Bernardino (in Geography & Global Studies, as well as to become Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs and Development).

 

*Sandi Zellmer (environmentallLaw) from University of Nebraska, Lincoln to the University of Montana.