Brian Leiter's Law School Reports

Larry Kramer, former Stanford Law Dean, to become President (and "Vice-Chancellor") at the London School of Economics...

...next April.  Kramer is currently President of the Hewlett Foundation, and previously taught at the law schools at NYU, Michigan, and Chicago (from which he graduated).

(Thanks to Mike Otsuka for calling this to my attention.)

Lateral hires with tenure or on tenure-track, 2022-23

These are non-clinical appointments that will take effect in summer or fall 2023 (except where noted); (recent additions will be in bold.)  Last year's list is here.

 

*Zohra Ahmed (criminal law & procedure) from the University of Georgia to Boston University (untenured lateral).

 

*Ifeoma Ajunwa (law & technology, race & law, employment law) from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill to Emory University.

 

*Alena Allen (health law, torts, feminist legal theory) from University of Arkansas, Fayetteville to Louisiana State University (to become Dean).

 

*Vikram Amar (constitutional law, civil procedure, federal courts) from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (where he has been Dean since 2015) to the University of California, Davis (where he taught before moving to Illinois).

 

*Robert Anderson (corporate, admiralty) from Pepperdine University to the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.

 

*Bernadette Atuahene (property, law & international development) from the University of Wisconsin, Madison to the University of Southern California.

 

*Kimberly Bailey (criminal law & procedure, evidence) from Chicago-Kent College of Law/Illinois Institute of Technology to the University of Cincinnati. 

 

*Derek Bambauer (intellectual property, law & technology) from the University of Arizona to the University of Florida, Gainesville.

 

*Jane Bambauer (First Amendment, law & technology, privacy) from University of Arizona to University of Florida, Gainesville.

 

*Nadia Banteka (criminal law & procedure, law & technology, international law) from McGeorge School of Law/University of the Pacific to Florida State University.

 

 

*Benjamin Barros (property) from the University of Toledo (where he is Dean) to Stetson University (to become Dean).

 

 

*Robert Bartlett III (corporate) from the University of California, Berkeley to Stanford University.

 

 

*Valena Beety (criminal law & procedure, gender & law) from Arizona State University to Indiana University, Bloomington.

 

*Noa Ben-Ashar (gender, sexuality & the law, family law) from Pace University to St. John's University.

 

*Bethany Berger (property, American Indian law, conflicts of law) from the University of Connecticut to the University of Iowa (effective August 2024).

 

*Anya Bernstein (administrative law, civil procedure, law & society) from the University at Buffalo, State University of New York to the University of Connecticut (effective January 2023).

 

*Johanna Bond (international human rights, gender & law) from Washington & Lee University to Rutgers University (to become Dean).

 

*Alexander A. Boni-Saenz (trusts & estates, property, age & the law, race & the law) from Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago-Kent College of Law to the University of Minnesota.

 

*Stephanie Bornstein (administrative law, civil procedure, employment law) from the University of Florida, Gainesville to Loyola Law School, Los Angeles.

 

*Luke Boso (criminal law, constitutional law, education law) from the University of San Francisco to Southwestern Law School.

 

*Andrea Boyack (real estate, housing law & policy, consumer law) from Washburn University to the University of Missouri, Columbia.

 

*Christopher Bradley (bankruptcy, commercial law, law & technology) from the University of Kentucky to the University of Florida, Gainesville.

 

*Eleanor Brown (property, immigration and migration law, law & development) from Pennsylvania State University, University Park to Fordham University (effective January 2023).

 

*Yvette Butler (constitutional law, civil rights, criminal law & procedure, work law) from the University of Mississippi to Indiana University, Bloomington (untenured lateral).

 

*Jud Campbell (constitutional law, legal history) from the University of Richmond to Stanford University.

 

*Sergio Campos (civil procedure) from the University of Miami to Boston College.

 

*Eric Chaffee (securites regulation, corporate, tax) from the University of Toledo to Case Western Reserve University.

 

*Carliss Chatman (contracts, corporate, professional responsibility) from Washington & Lee University to Southern Methodist University.

 

*Colleen Chien (intellectual property, law & technology) from Santa Clara University to the University of California, Berkeley.

 

*Jeremiah Chin (constitutional law, race & law, Federal Indian Law) from St. Thomas University (Miami) to Seattle University (untenured lateral).

 

*Jonathan Choi (tax, statutory interpretation) from the University of Minnesota to the University of Southern California.

 

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

 

*Harlan Cohen (international trade, international law) from the University of Georgia to Fordham University (effective January 2024).

 

*Kristin Collins (immigration law, family law, federal courts, legal history) from Boston University to the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

 

*Brendan Conner (torts, constitutional law, gender, sexuality & law) from St. Thomas University (Miami) to Widener Delaware Law School (untenured lateral).

 

*Julian Cook (criminal law & procedure, evidence) from University of Georgia to University of Florida, Gainesville.

 

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

 

*Jamein Cunningham (law & economics, race & the law, policing) from Cornell University (Public Policy) to the University of Texas, Austin (joint with Public Policy & Law) (untenured lateral).

 

*Hanoch Dagan (contracts, torts, private law theory) from Tel-Aviv University to the University of California, Berkeley.

 

*Deepa Das Acevedo (employment law, law & anthropology, law & politics of India) from the University of Alabama to Emory University.

 

*Steven Dean (tax) from Brooklyn Law School to Boston University.

 

*Dhammika Dharmapala (tax, corporate, law & economics, empirical legal studies) from the University of Chicago to the University of California, Berkeley.

 

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

 

*William Dodge (international business transactions, international litigation & arbitration, contracts) from the University of California, Davis to George Washington University (effective August 2024).

 

*Veena Dubal (employment law, Critical Race Theory) from the University of California College of Law, San Francisco to the University of California, Irvine.

 

*Melissa J. Durkee (international business transactions, international environmental law, corporate) from the University of Georgia to Washington University, St. Louis.

 

*Monika Ehrman (natural resources law, property, energy law, environmental law) from the University of North Texas at Dallas to Southern Methodist University.

 

*Avlana Eisenberg (criminal law & justice) from Florida State University to Boston College.

 

*Jacob Eisler  (constitutional law, election law) from the University of Southampton (UK) to Florida State University (untenured lateral).

 

*Nate Ela (constitutional law, land use, election law, state & local government law) from the University of Cincinnati to Temple University (untenured lateral).

 

*Ofer Eldar (corporate, corporate finance) from Duke University to the University of California, Berkeley.

 

*Sheldon Evans (criminal law, immigration law) from St. John's University to Washington University, St. Louis.

 

*Mailyn Fidler (criminal law & procedure, law & technology) from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln to the University of New Hampshire (untenured lateral).

 

*Shawn Fields (criminal law & procedure, constitutional law, immigration law) from Campbell University to California Western School of Law (untenured lateral).

 

*Victor Flatt (environmental law, energy law) from the University of Houston to Case Western Reserve University.

 

*Mary Anne Franks (civil rights, law & technology, constitutional law) from the University of Miami to George Washington University.

 

*Amy Gajda (First Amendment, privacy, media law) from Tulane University to Brooklyn Law School.

 

*Kristelia Garcia (intellectual property) from the University of Colorado, Boulder to Georgetown University.

 

*Pedro Gerson (immigration law, criminal law) from California Western School of Law to the Pozen Center for Human Rights, University of Chicago (untenured lateral).

 

*Jonathan Gingerich (law & philosophy, intellectual property, property) from King's College, London to Rutgers University (untenured lateral).

 

*Mark Glover (trusts & estate, contracts) from the University of Wyoming to the University of South Carolina.

 

*Michele Goodwin (health law, constitutional law) from the University of California, Irvine to Georgetown University.

 

*Tristin Green (employment law, race, gender, disability & the law) from the University of San Francisco to Loyola Law School, Los Angeles.

 

*Marsha Griggs (property, evidence) from Washburn University to Saint Louis University.

 

*Ariela Gross (legal history) from the University of Southern California to the University of California, Los Angeles.

 

*Pratheepan Gulasekaram (immigration law, constitutional law) from Santa Clara University to the University of Colorado, Boulder.

 

*Kelly (Dineen) Gillespie (health law, bioethics, torts) from Creighton University to Saint Louis University (effective January 2023).

 

*Aya Gruber (criminal law, feminist legal theory) from the University of Colorado, Boulder to the University of Southern California.

 

*Kevin Haeberle (securities regulation, corporate) from the College of William & Mary to the University of California, Irvine.

 

*Andrew Hammond (civil procedure, administrative law, poverty law) from the University of Florida, Gainesville to Indiana University, Bloomington (untenured lateral) (effective January 2023).

 

*Haider Ala Hamoudi (Islamic law, Middle East law) from the University of Pittsburgh (where he is Interim Dean) to the University of Cincinnati (to become Dean).

 

*Lindsay Harris (immigration law, international human rights) from the University of the District of Columbia to the University of San Francisco.

 

*Christoph Henkel (contracts, corporate, commercial law, bankruptcy, banking law)  from Mississippi College School of Law to Drake University.

 

*Kristin Hickman (tax, administrative law, legislation/statutory interpretation) from the University of Minnesota to the University of Texas, Austin (effective January 2024).

 

*Ran Hirschl (comparative constitutional law) from the University of Texas, Austin back to the University of Toronto.

 

*Jeremiah Ho (contracts, legal pedagogy, race, gender, sexuality & the law) from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth to Saint Louis University.

 

*Timothy Holbrook (intellectual property, property) from Emory University to the University of Denver.

 

*Clare Huntington (family law, poverty law) from Fordham University to Columbia University.

 

*Gus Hurwitz (law & technology, administrative law, antitrust, law & economics) from the University of Nebraska Lincoln to the Center for Technology, Innovation, and Competition at the University of Pennsylvania (as Senior Fellow & Academic Director).

 

*Katherine Jackson (corporate, contracts, political & legal theory) from the University of Dayton to the University of Cincinnati (untenured lateral).

 

*Neha Jain (international law, human rights, comparative law) from the European University Institute & University of Minnesota to Northwestern University.

 

*Maryam Jamshidi (national security law, international law, torts) from the University of Florida, Gainesville to the University of Colorado, Boulder (untenured lateral).

 

*Garry Jenkins (law & philanthropy, corporate governance, leadership studies) from the University of Minnesota (where he is Dean) to Bates College (to become President).

 

*Andrew Jennings (securities regulation, corporate) from Brooklyn Law School to Emory University (untenured lateral).

 

*Ben Johnson (federal courts, judicial decision-making, empirical legal studies) from Pennsylvania State University, University Park to University of Florida, Gainesville (untenured lateral).

 

*Yuvraj Joshi (constitutional law, race & the law) from the University of British Columbia to Brooklyn Law School (untenured lateral).

 

 

*Nicholas Kahn-Fogel (criminal procedure, comparative law, torts) from the University of Arkansas, Little Rock to Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law.

 

*Elizabeth Katz (legal history, family law, criminal law) from Washington University, St. Louis to the University of Florida, Gainesville.

 

*Zachary Kaufman (international law, national security law, criminal law) from the University of Houston to the University of Florida, Gainesville.

 

*Chimène Keitner (international law, law & technology, civil procedure)) from the University of California, Hastings to the University of California, Davis.

 

*Almas Khan (constitutional law, race & the law, legal history) from the University of Arkansas, Little Rock to the University of Mississippi (untenured lateral).

 

*Ido Kilovaty (computer crime law, criminal law & procedure) from the University of Tulsa to the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.

 

*Andrew R. Klein (torts, environmental law) from Indiana University/Purdue University, Indianapolis (where he is Interim Chancellor) to Wake Forest University (to become Dean).

 

*Zachary Kramer (civil rights) from Arizona State University (where he is currently Interim Dean) to Elon University (to become Dean).  

 

*Guha Krishnamurthi (constitutional law, criminal law & procedure) from the University of Oklahoma, Norman to the University of Maryland, Baltimore (untenured lateral).

 

*Vivek Krishnamurthy (law & technology; privacy; international human rights) from the University of Ottawa to the University of Colorado, Boulder (untenured lateral). 

 

*Sapna Kumar (intellectual property) from the University of Houston to the University of Minnesota.

 

*Carla Laroche (criminal law, race & the law) from Washington & Lee University to Tulane University (untenured lateral). 

 

*Philip Lee (civil rights, race & the law, education law) from the University of the District of Columbia to St. John's University.

 

*Benjamin Levin (criminal law & policy) from the University of Colorado, Boulder to Washington University, St. Louis.

 

*Tiffany Li (law & technology, intellectual property) from the University of New Hampshire to the University of San Francisco (untenured lateral).

 

*Dorothy Lund (corporate) from the University of Southern California to Columbia University.

 

*Sheldon Bernard Lyke (property, trusts & estates, Critical Race Theory) from the University of Baltimore to Loyola University, Chicago (untenured lateral).

 

*Katherine MacFarlane (civil rights, disability law, civil procedure) from Southern University to Syracuse University.

 

*Steven Macias (constitutional law, legal history) from the University of South Dakota to the University of the District of Columbia. 

 

*Andrew Mamo (alternative dispute resolution) from Northern Illinois University to the University of Cincinnati (untenured lateral).

 

*Jennifer Martin (contracts, commercial law) from St. Thomas University (Miami) to Albany Law School.

 

*David Meyer (constitutional law, family law) from Tulane University (where he is Dean) to Brooklyn Law School (to become Dean).

 

*Rachel Moran (education law, civil rights, race & the law) from the University of California, Irvine to Texas A&M University.

 

*Meghan Morris (environmental law, natural resources, property) from the University of Cincinnati to Temple University (untenured lateral).

 

*Derek Muller (election law, federal courts) from the University of Iowa to the University of Notre Dame.

 

*Murat Mungan (law & economics, criminal law, antitrust, intellectual property) from George Mason University to Texas A&M University.

 

*Sharmila Murthy (environmental law) from Suffolk University to Northeastern University.

 

*Mark Niles (administrative law, constitutional law, civil procedure) from Hofstra University to St. John's University (effective January 2023).

 

*Latisha Nixon-Jones (environmental law, torts) from Mercer University to Jacksonville University (untenured lateral).

 

*Shu-Yi Oei (tax) from Boston College to Duke University (effective January 2023).

 

*Jennifer Oliva (health law, privacy, evidence, complex litigation) from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco to Indiana University-Bloomington.

 

*Stratos Pahis (international law, international trade) from Wake Forest University to Brooklyn Law School (untenured lateral).

 

*Mariana Pargendler (corporate, contracts, comparative law, law & economics) from FGV Law School (São Paulo, Brazil) to Harvard University (effective July 2024).

 

*Frank Pasquale (law & technology) from Brooklyn Law School to Cornell University (NYC campus).

 

*Dana Purvis (contracts, family law, sexuality & the law) from Pennsylvania State University, University Park to Temple University.

 

*Kevin Quinn (empirical legal studies) from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Political Science) to Emory University (Law School).

 

*K. Sabeel Rahman (constitutional law, administrative law) from Brooklyn Law School to Cornell University.

 

*Gustavo Ribeiro (evidence, civil procedure) from Campbell University to American University (untenured lateral).

 

*Barak Richman (contracts, antitrust, health law, law & economics) from Duke University to George Washington University.

 

*Marc Roark (property, housing law, commercial law) from Southern University to the University of Tulsa.

 

*Daria Roithmayr (constitutional law, Critical Race Theory) from the University of Southern California to the University of Colorado, Boulder.

 

*Betsy Rosenblatt (intellectual property) from the University of Tulsa to Case Western Reserve University.

 

*Laura Rosenbury (family law, gender & the law, employment law) from the University of Florida, Gainesville (where she is Dean) to Barnard College (to become President).

 

*Kyle Rozema (empirical legal studies, law & economics, tax law & policy) from Washington University, St. Louis to Northwestern University.

 

*Emily Ryo (immigration law, criminal law) from the University of Southern California to Duke University.

 

*Wadie Said (criminal law & procedure, national security law, human rights) from the University of South Carolina to the University of Colorado, Boulder.

 

*Sarath Sanga (corporate, contracts) from Northwestern University to Yale University.

 

*Natasha Sarin (corporate finance, financial regulation, law & economics) from the University of Pennsylvania to Yale University (effective January 2023).

 

*Christina Sautter (corporate, securities regulation) from Louisiana State University to Southern Methodist University. 

 

*Joseph Schremmer (oil & gas law, natural resources, energy law, property) from the University of New Mexico to the University of Oklahoma, Norman (untenured lateral).

 

*Joshua Sellers (election law, constitutional law, legislation, civil procedure) from Arizona State University to the University of Texas, Austin.

 

*Ayelet Shachar (immigration law, law & religion, anti-discrimination law) from the University of Toronto to the University of California, Berkeley.

 

*Gregory Shaffer (international law, international trade) from the University of California, Irvine to Georgetown University.

 

*Cary Shelby (corporate, securities regulation) from Washington & Lee University to Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago-Kent College of Law.

 

*Jed Shugerman (federal courts, constitutional law, torts) from Fordham University to Boston University.

 

*Omari Scott Simmons (corporate, commercial law, higher education law) from Wake Forest University to George Washington University.

 

*Lindsay Simon (bankruptcy, commercial law) from the University of Georgia to Emory University.

 

*Brian Slocum (legislation, administrative law) from McGeorge School of Law/University of the Pacific to Florida State University.

 

*Alicia Solow-Niederman(law & technology, privacy) from the University of Iowa to George Washington University (untenured lateral).

 

*Frederic Sourgens (energy law) from Washburn University to Tulane University.

 

*Carla Spivack (wills & estates, tax, property) from Oklahoma City University to Albany Law School.

 

*Maya Steinitz (arbitration, international business transactions) from University of Iowa to Boston University.

 

*Stacie Strong (private international law, international arbitration, comparative law) from the University of Sydney to Emory University.

 

*Lauren Sudeall (constitutional law, criminal procedure) from Georgia State University to Vanderbilt University.

 

*Phillis Taite (trusts & estates) from Oklahoma City University to the University of Oklahoma, Norman.

 

*James Tierney (securities regulation, corporate) from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln to Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago-Kent College of Law (untenured lateral).

 

*Alexander Tsesis  (constitutional law, First Amendment) from Loyola University, Chicago to Florida State University.

 

*Kyle Velte (evidence, torts, gender, sexuality & law) from the University of Kansas to the University of Colorado, Boulder.

 

*Ari Ezra Waldman (law & technology, privacy) from Northeastern University to the University of California, Irvine.

 

*Lisa Washington (criminal law & procedure, family law, race & the law) from Brooklyn Law School to the University of Wisconsin, Madison (untenured lateral).

 

*Michael Waterstone (civil rights, disability law) from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (where he is Dean) to the University of California, Los Angeles (to become Dean).

 

*Ahmed White (labor & employment law, criminal law, Critical Legal Studies) from the University of Colorado, Boulder to the University of Wisconsin, Madison (effective fall 2024).

 

*Cindy Williams (corporate, securities regulation) from Osoogde Hall School of Law/York University, Toronto to Indiana University, Bloomington.

 

*Adam Zimmerman (torts, administrative law, complex litigation) from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles to the University of Southern California.

Law schools hiring in 2023-24 can announce their committees and hiring priorities...

...at the annual Prawfs thread hosted by Professor Lawsky.

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