Law school professor and mediator Michael Colatrella will take over as the new dean of the McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, the University of the Pacific announced.Colatrella, who served as interim dean for a year from 2019 to 2020, replaces Michael Hunter Schwartz, who will return to teaching at the end of this academic…

ATL report the following Yale Law School — no stranger to clerkship controversies — has stooped to new lows in its quest to funnel as many students as possible into judicial clerkships, with little regard for the quality of the work environment. YLS barred the use of student organization funds to subscribe to The Legal Accountability Project’s (LAP) Centralized Clerkships Database (“Glassdoor…

Jerry Dickinson, a Pittsburgh native and civil rights lawyer, will lead Pitt’s School of Law as dean starting January 15th. The University of Pittsburgh has appointed Professor and Vice Dean Jerry Dickinson as the new dean of the School of Law, effective January 15. Dickinson, a Pittsburgh native, was selected for his extensive experience and…

January 8, 2025 – Stanford, CA – Stanford Law School announced today that Orin Kerr (MS ’94) has joined the faculty as a professor of law. Widely recognized as a leading authority on the Fourth Amendment, Kerr was instrumental in developing the field of computer crime law, which focuses on the adaptation of traditional legal doctrines to…

Joining the UC Berkeley Law faculty is a homecoming for Alina Ball and Jason Ferguson, the school’s latest hires. Ball, an East Bay native, will lead the Social Enterprise Clinic in the growing Clinical Program. Ferguson, who earned his Ph.D. in sociology from UC Berkeley, will teach and advise students in the law school’s Jurisprudence and Social…

January 8, 2025 Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) in Cleveland has announced commitments totaling $5 million from the Stanton Foundation in support of initiatives at the university’s School of Law to bolster the exercise of rights under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. The funds will endow the law school’s First Amendment Clinic (FAC) and its director position. The foundation…

Press Release In a significant leadership transition at one of legal education’s key institutions, the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) has appointed Sudha Setty as its new   president and chief executive officer, effective July 1, 2025. Setty, who currently serves as dean of the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law, will bring…