Brian Leiter's Law School Reports

These are non-clinical appointments that will take effect in summer or fall 2024 (except where noted); (recent additions will be in bold.)  Last year's list is here.

 

*Daniel Abebe (international law, foreign relations law) from the University of Chicago (where he is Vice-Provost) to Columbia University (to become Dean).

 

*Rabiat Akanda (law & religion, constitutional law, comparative law, international law, African law & society) from Osgoode Hall Law School/York University, Toronto to the University of Maryland (untenured lateral).

 

*Aviva Abramovsky (commercial law, insurance law) from the University at Buffalo, State University of New York to the University of Idaho (to become Dean).

 

*Samantha Barbas (legal history, media law) from the University at Buffalo, State University of New York to the University of Iowa.

 

*Stephanie Hall Barclay (First Amendment, constitutional law, law & religion) from the University of Notre Dame to Georgetown University.

 

*Kent Barnett (administrative law) from the University of Georgia to Ohio State University (to become Dean).

 

*Thomas Bennett (civil procedure, constitutional law, federal courts) from the University of Missouri, Columbia to Southern Methodist University.

 

*Jessica Berg (health law & policy, bioethics) from Case Western Reserve University (where she is Dean) to the University of California, Davis (to become Dean).

 

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

 

*Jennifer Bird-Pollan (tax) from the University of Kentucky to Wayne State University.

 

*Valerie Blake (health law) from West Virginia University to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

 

*Christina Boyd (judicial behavior, empirical legal studies) from the University of Georgia (Political Science & Public Affairs) to Washington University, St. Louis (Law School & Political Science).

 

Alina Ng Boyte (property, land use) from Mississippi College to the University of Hawaii.

 

 *Kara Bruce (bankruptcy, commercial law) from the University of Oklahoma, Norman to the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

 

*Ellen Bublick (torts) from the University of Arizona to Arizona State University.

 

*Vincent Buccola (bankruptcy, corporate) from the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton School) to the University of Chicago (Law School).

 

*Marcilynn Burke (environmental & natural resources law, land use) from the University of Oregon (where she is Dean) to Tulane University (to become Dean).

 

*Sarah Burstein (intellectual property, design law) from Suffolk University to Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago-Kent College of Law.

 

*Kristina Campbell (immigration law, civil rights) from the University of the District of Columbia to Gonzaga University.

 

*Devon Carbado (criminal procedure, constitutional law, Critical Race Theory) from the University of California, Los Angeles to New York University (effective January 2025).

 

*Jenny Carroll (criminal law & procedure) from the University of Alabama to Texas A&M University.

 

*Felix Chang (antitrust, financial regulation, trusts & estates) from the University of Cincinnati to Ohio State University.

 

*Robert Chang (Critical Race Theory; race, ethnicity & law) from Seattle University to the University of California, Irvine.

 

*Wilfred Codrington III (constitutional law, election law, race & the law, civil rights) from Brooklyn Law School to Cardozo Law School/Yeshiva University.

 

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

 

*James Coleman (energy law) from Southern Methodist University to the University of Minnesota.

 

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

 

*Katherine Mims Crocker (federal courts, constitutional law, state & local government law) from the College of William & Mary to Texas A&M University.

 

*Keith Cunningham-Parmeter (labor & employment law, contracts) from Willamette University to Lewis & Clark (effective January 2024).

 

*Lincoln Davies (energy law) from Ohio State University (where he is currently Dean) back to the University of Utah.

 

*Marc DeGirolami (law & religion, constitutional law) from St. John's University to Catholic University (effective January 2024).

 

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

 

*Taleed El-Sabawi (health law) from Florida International University to Wayne State University (untenured lateral).

 

*Andrew Elmore (labor & employment law) from the University of Miami to Boston University.

 

*Jelani Jefferson Exum (criminal law & procedure) from the University of Detroit Mercy (where she is Dean) to St. John's University (to become Dean).

 

*Dave Fagundes (copyright, property, real estate) from the University of Houston to Emory University.

 

*Roger A. Fairfax, Jr. (criminal law & procedure, criminal justice administration) from American University (where he is Dean) to Howard University (to become Dean).

 

*Pamela Foohey (bankruptcy, commercial law, consumer law) from Cardozo Law School/Yeshiva University to the University of Georgia.

 

*Janet Freilich (intellectual property) from Fordham University to Boston University.

 

*Brian Gallini (criminal law) from Willamette University (where he is Dean) to Quinnipiac University (to become Dean).

 

*David Gamage (tax) from Indiana University, Bloomington to the University of Missouri, Columbia (effective January 2024).

 

*Erika George (international human rights, public international law) from the University of Utah to Boston University.

 

*Sara Gerke (health law, law & technology, privacy, comparative law) from Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law to the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (untenured lateral).

 

*Pedro Gerson  (immigration law, criminal law) from the Pozen Center for Human Rights, University of Chicago to Chicago-Kent College of Law/Illinois Institute of Technology (untenured lateral).

 

*Tianna Gibbs (civil procedure, dispute resolution, family law) from the University of the District of Columbia to American University.

 

*Andrew Gold (corporate, torts, private law theory) from Brooklyn Law School to the University of California, Irvine.

 

*Erica Goldberg (First Amendment, torts) from the University of Dayton to Gonzaga University.

 

*Caleb Griffin (corporate, contracts) from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville to the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

 

*Julie Andersen Hill (commercial law, banking law) from the University of Alabama to the University of Wyoming (to become Dean).

 

*George Horvath (health law, torts) from the University of Akron to the University of California, San Francisco (untenured lateral).

 

*Erik Hovenkamp (antitrust, law & technology, intellectual property, law & economics) from the University of Southern California to Cornell University.

 

*Charles Jalloh (international law) from Florida International University to the University of Miami.

 

*Twinette Johnson (education law, legal education, commecial law) from the University of District of Columbia (where she is Dean) to Saint Louis University (to become Dean).

 

*Andrew Jurs (evidence, empirical legal studies) from Drake University to University of the Pacific/McGeorge School of Law.

 

*Johanna Kalb (international human rights) from the University of Idaho (where she is Dean) to the University of San Francisco (to become Dean).

 

*Tal Kastner (contracts, property, law & literature) from Touro Law Center to Rutgers University (untenured lateral).

 

*Daniel Kelly (law & economics, property, trusts & estates, remedies) from the University of Notre Dame to the University of St. Thomas (Minneapolis) (to become Dean).

 

*J.D. King (criminal procedure, professional responsibility) from Washington & Lee University to Rutgers University (effective January 2024).

 

*Gary Lawson (administrative law, constitutional law) from Boston University to the University of Florida, Gainesville.'

 

*Desiree LeClercq (international law, labor law) from Cornell University (School of Industrial & Labor Relations) to the University of Georgia (law school) (untenured lateral)

 

*Edward Lee (intellectual property, law & technology) from Chicago-Kent College of Law to Santa Clara University.

 

*Jill Lens (torts, health law, remedies) from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville to the University of Iowa.

 

*Stefanie Lindquist (empirical legal studies, constitutional law) from Arizona State University to Washington University, St. Louis (to become Dean).

 

*Jacqueline Lipton (intellectual property, law & technology, privacy, commercial law) from the University of Pittsburgh to Duquesne University.

 

*Rachel Lopez (criminal law, public international law, international human rights) from Drexel University to Temple University.

 

*Sarah Lorr (disability law, family law) from Brooklyn Law School to the University of Maryland (untenured lateral).

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July 2, 2024 in Faculty News | Permalink

The penulimate version on SSRN, for a volume that OUP will publish on the legal philosophy of Leslie Green.  The abstract:

Leslie Green raised an important challenge to my reconstruction of the American Legal Realist (ALR) arguments for the indeterminacy of law and legal reasoning:  how can those arguments be limited, as I claim, to mostly appellate cases?  The key, I argue, is to recognize that (1) the central ALR argument for indeterminacy appeals to the existence of equally "legitimate" but conflicting ways of interpreting valid sources of law, and (2) the relevant notion of "legitimacy" is sociological (i.e., what is actually accepted by lawyers and judges).  The ALR argument for indeterminacy being most apparent at the appellate level is then an empirical claim, which the ALRs supported with extensive evidence in many areas of law.  I also consider Green's suggestion that ALR takes most sources to be "permissive sources" (in Hart's sense), and criticize some misunderstandings of both ALR and Scandinavian Realism. 

July 1, 2024 in Jurisprudence | Permalink

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June 12, 2024 in Advice for Academic Job Seekers | Permalink

...but Texas A&M takes it.  Cornell lawprof Michael Dorf comments.

June 5, 2024 in Of Academic Interest | Permalink