Lateral hires with tenure or on tenure-track, 2020-21

These are non-clinical appointments that will take effect in 2021 (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.  This is the final iteration of the list for the 2020-21 laterals season.

 

*Atinuke Adediran (legal profession, law & social science) from Boston College to Fordham University (untenured lateral).

 

*Aziza Ahmed (health law, constitutional law, gender/race & law) from Northeastern University to the University of California, Irvine.

 

*Ifeoma Ajunwa (law & technology, race & law, labor & employment law, health law) from Cornell University (Industrial & Labor Relations School) to the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (effective January 2021).

 

*Alena Allen (health law, torts, feminist legal theory) from University of Memphis to University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.

 

*Kate Andrias (labor, administrative & constitutional law) from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor to Columbia University.

 

*Shyamkrishna Balganesh (intellectual property, private law theory) from the University of Pennsylvania to Columbia University (effective January 2021).

 

*Jordan Barry (corporate & securities law, tax, law & economics) from the University of San Diego to the University of Southern California.

 

*Susan Bisom-Rapp (international and comparative employment law, labor law, employment discrimination) from Thomas Jefferson School of Law to California Western School of Law.

*Maggie Blackhawk (legislation, constitutional law, federal Indian law) from the University of Pennsylvania to New York University.

 

*Curtis A. Bradley (international law, foreign affairs law, federal courts) from Duke University to the University of Chicago.

 

*Sara Bronin (property, land use, historic preservation, energy law) from the University of Connecticut to Cornell University (College of Architecture, Art & Planning, and Assocated Faculty in the Law School).

 

*John R. Brooks (tax law & policy) from Georgetown University to Fordham University (starting fall 2022).

 

*Jay Butler (international business transactions, corporate law) from the College of William & Mary to the University of Virginia.

 

*Nancy Chi Cantalupo (civil rights, human rights, sex discrimination) from California Western School of Law to Wayne State University (untenured lateral).

 

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

 

*Guy-Uriel Charles (constitutional law, election law, race & law) from Duke University to Harvard University.

 

*Vincent Chiao (criminal law & procedure, legal theory, political philosophy) from the University of Toronto to the University of Richmond.

 

*Danielle Citron (privacy, civil rights, freedom of expression, Internet law) from Boston University to the University of Virginia (effective January 2021).

 

*Kimberly Clausing (public finance, tax, international trade) from Reed College (Economics) to the University of California, Los Angeles.

 

*Amy Cohen (ADR, mediation, property, law & development) from Ohio State University to Temple University.

 

*Robin Kundis Craig (environmental law, water law) from the University of Utah to the University of Southern California.

 

*Colin Crawford (environmental law, land use) from the University of Louisville (where he is Dean) to Golden Gate University (to become Dean).

 

*John Czarnetzky (bankruptcy, corporate) from the University of Mississippi to Ave Maria School of Law (to become Dean).

 

*Meera Deo (legal education, race & law, law & society) from Thomas Jefferson Law School to Southwestern School of Law.

 

*Darby Dickerson (legal writing) from UIC John Marshall Law School (where she is Dean) to Southwestern Law School (to become Dean).

 

*Stephanie Holmes Didwania (criminal law & procedure, intellectual property, empirical legal studies, law & economics) from Temple University to University of Wisconsin, Madison (untenured lateral).

 

*Deborah Dinner (legal history, employment discrimination, family law) from Emory University to Cornell University.

 

*Tonya Evans (intellectual property, trusts & estates, entertainment law) from the University of New Hampshire to Pennsylania State University-Dickinson School of Law.

 

*Lisa Fairfax (corporate, securities) from George Washington University to the University of Pennsylvania.

 

*Roger A. Fairfax, Jr. (criminal law & procedure, criminal justice administration) from George Washington University to American University (to become Dean).

 

*Joseph Fishkin (constitutional law, employment discrimination, election law, equal opportunity) from the University of Texas, Austin to the University of California, Los Angeles.

 

*Pamela Foohey (bankruptcy, commercial law, consumer law) from Indiana University, Bloomington to Cardozo Law School/Yeshiva University.

 

*Cynthia Fountaine (civil rights, civil procedure, federal courts) from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale to the University of North Texas.

 

*Cary Franklin (constitutional law, antidiscrimination law, legal history) from the University of Texas, Austin to the University of California, Los Angeles.

 

*César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández (criminal law, immigration law) from the University of Denver to Ohio State University.

 

*Jonathan Glater (education law & policy, disability law) from the University of California, Los Angeles to the University of California, Berkeley.

 

*Kevin Greene (intellectual property, entertainment law) from Thomas Jefferson School f Law to Southwestern Law School (effective January 2021).

 

*Linda Greene (constitutional law, civil rights, sports law) from the University of Wisconsin, Madison to Michigan State University (to become Dean).

 

*Caleb Griffin (corporate law, contracts) from Belmont University to University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (untenured lateral).

 

*G. Mitu Gulati (contracts, sovereign debt, law & economics, empirical legal studies, race/gender & law) from Duke University to the University of Virginia.

 

*Jasmine E. Harris (law & inequality, disability law, evidence) from the University of California, Davis to the University of Pennsylvania.

 

*Ran Hirschl (comparative constitutional law) from the University of Toronto to the University of Texas, Austin (joint with Government Department).

 

*Darren Hutchinson (civil rights, law & inequality, critical race theory) from the University of Florida, Gainesville to Emory University.

 

*Lolita Buckner Inniss (legal history, gender & law, critical race theory) from Southern Methodist University to the University of Colorado, Boulder (to become Dean).

 

*Jason Iuliano (contracts, commercial law, consumer law) from Villanova University to the University of Utah (untenured lateral).

 

*Osamudia James (administrative law, race & law, education law) from the University of Miami to the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

 

*Jamila Jefferson-Jones (property, real estate transactions, housing law) from the University of Missouri-Kansas City to Wayne State University.  

 

*Kristin Johnson (financial regulation, securities regulation) from Tulane University to Emory University (effective January 2021).

 

*Michael J. Kaufman (civil procedure, education law) from Loyola University, Chicago (where he is Dean) to Santa Clara University (to become Dean).

 

*Melvin Kelley (property, fair housing, critical race theory) from Villanova University to Northeastern University (untenured lateral).

 

*Madhav Khosla (Indian constitutional law, comparative constitutional law) from Ashoka University (India) to Columbia University (untenured lateral, effective January 1, 2022).

 

*Nancy Kim (law & technology, contracts, commercial law) from California Western School of Law to Chicago-Kent College of Law/Illinois Institute of Technology.

 

*Ariel Jurow Kleiman (tax) from the University of San Diego to Loyola Law School, Los Angeles.

 

*Craig Konnoth (health law, law & sexuality) from the University of Colorado, Boulder to the University of Virginia.

 

*Kimberly Krawiec (corporate) from Duke University to the University of Virginia.

 

*Anita Krishnakumar (legislation and statutory interpretation) from St. John's University to Georgetown University.

 

*Guha Krishnamurthi (criminal law & procedure, constitutional law, jurisprudence) from South Texas College of Law to the University of Oklahoma, Norman (untenured lateral).

 

*Margaret Kwoka (administrative law, civil procedure, federal courts) from the University of Denver to Ohio State University.

 

*David S. Law (comparative constitutional law, law & social science) from the University of California, Irvine to the University of Virginia.

 

*Stacy Leeds (Federal Indian law) from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville to Arizona State University (effective January 2021).

*Steven Macias (legal history, constitutional law) from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale to the University of South Dakota.

 

*Mason Marks (health law, law & technology, regulated industries, civil procedure, constitutional law) from Gonzaga University to the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law (untenured lateral). 

 

*Sandra Mayson (criminal law, evidence) from the University of Georgia to the University of Pennsylvania.

 

*Mark McKenna (intellectual property, privacy law) from the University of Notre Dame to the University of California, Los Angeles.

 

*Joy Milligan (civil rights, anti-discrimination law, civil procedure) from the University of California, Berkeley to the University of Virginia.

 

*Seema Mohapatra (health law) from Indiana University, Indianapolis to St. John's University.

 

*Jamelia Morgan (criminal law, Critical Race Theory, disability law) from the University of Connecticut to the University of California, Irvine (untenured lateral).

 

*Hari Osofsky (environmental and energy law, climate change) from Pennsylvania State University-University Park (where she is Dean) to Northwestern University (to become Dean).

 

*Eduardo Penalver (property) from Cornell University (where he is currently Dean) to Seattle University (to become President of the University).

 

*Ngai Pindel (property, housing law and policy, local government law) from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to the University of British Columbia (to become Dean).

 

*Susan Poser (legal ethics/legal profession) from the University of Illinois, Chicago (where she is Provost) to Hofstra University (to become President of the University).

 

*D. Theodore Rave (civil procedure, constitutional law, election law) from the University of Houston to the University of Texas, Austin.

 

*LaVonda Reed (wills & trusts, property, communication law) from Syracuse University to Georgia State University (to become Dean).

 

*L. Song Richardson (criminal law & procedure, law & social science) from the University of California, Irvine (where she is Dean) to Colorado College (to become President of the College).

 

*Amelia Rinehart (intellectual property) from the University of Utah to West Virginia University (to become Dean).

 

*Christopher Robinette (torts, products liability) from Widener University, Commonwealth to Southwestern Law School.

 

*Keith Robinson (intellectual property, patents, law & technology) from Southern Methodist University to Wake Forest University.

 

*Shannon Roesler (environmental law, land use, torts) from Oklahoma City University to the University of Iowa.

 

*Brishen Rogers (labor & employment law, law &technology) from Temple University to Georgetown University.

 

*Catherine Rogers (international arbitration, international business transactions) from Pennsylvania State University, University Park to Bocconi University (Milan).

 

*Maybell Romero (criminal law & procedure) from Northern Illinois University to Tulane University (untenured lateral).

 

*Darren Rosenblum (corporate, international business transactions) from Pace University to McGill University.

 

*Bertrall Ross (election law, constitutional law, legislation) from the University of California, Berkeley to the University of Virginia.

 

*Jennifer Rothman (intellectual property) from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles to the University of Pennsylvania.

 

*Stephen Sachs (constitutional law, civil procedure) from Duke University to Harvard University.

 

*Emily Satterthwaite (tax) from the University of Toronto to Georgetown University.

 

*Melissa Scanlan (environmental law, water law) from Vermont Law School to the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (School of Freshwater Sciences).

 

*Robert Schapiro (civil procedure, constitutional law, federal courts) from Emory University to the University of San Diego (to become Dean).

 

*Sarah Schindler (land use, property, local government law) from the University of Maine to the University of Denver (effective January 2021).

 

*Amy Schmitz (alternative dispute resolution, law & technology, consumer law) from the University of Missouri, Columbia to Ohio State University (effective January 2022).

 

*Sean Seymore (intellectual property, law & science) from Vanderbilt University to the University of Notre Dame.

 

*Jessica Silbey (intellectual property, law & society) from Northeastern University to Boston University (effective January 2021).

 

*D. Daniel Sokol (antitrust, corporate) from the University of Florida, Gainesville to the University of Southern California.

 

*Douglas Spencer (election law) from the University of Connecticut to the University of Colorado, Boulder.

 

*Nancy Staudt (tax) from Washington University, St. Louis (where she is Dean) to RAND Graduate School (to become Dean).

 

*Julie Suk (law and gender, comparative law) from City University of New York Graduate Center (Sociology & Political Science) to Fordham University.

 

*India Thusi (criminal law & procedure, constitutional law, critical race theory, feminist legal theory) from Widener University, Delaware to Indiana University, Bloomington.

 

*Etienne Toussaint (contracts, corporate, commercial law) from the University of the District of Columbia to the University of South Carolina (untenured lateral).

 

*Robert Tsai (constitutional law, legal history) from American University to Boston University (effective January 2021).

 

*Kristen Underhill (health law and policy) from Columbia University (untenured) to Cornell University (with tenure).

 

*Jacob Victor (intellectual property, law & technology) from Albany Law School to Rutgers University (untenured lateral).

 

*Lindsay Wiley (health law) from American University to University of California, Los Angeles (effective January 2022).

 

*Lua Kamal Yuille (property, corporate, immigration, critical race theory) from the University of Kansas to Northeastern University (joint with Business School).