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New deans at Stetson, Appalachian, Wash & Lee, McGeorge

Tue, 01/17/2012 - 12:51pm -- admin

Louisiana State is helping to fill the need for law school deans, with two faculty members getting hired at other schools.

Stetson University College of Law hired Christopher Pietruszkiewicz, who has taught at Louisiana State University since 2001. As the vice chancellor for business and financial affairs, he has been responsible for strategic planning, budgeting, financial planning and personnel matters. He also has taught tax policy and procedure, corporate tax, income tax, comparative tax and tax practice and procedure.

Buxbaum to oversee Indiana-Bloomington while Robel away

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 1:53pm -- admin

Hannah Buxbaum will take over as acting dean of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, on Feb. 1. Buxbaum is currently executive associate dean for academic affairs and John E. Schiller chair in legal ethics. Her appointment follows the announcement Dec. 6 that the law school's current dean, Lauren K. Robel, will be the interim provost for the university.

Spieler steps down as dean at Northeastern

Tue, 09/20/2011 - 12:14pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

Emily Spieler will step down from her post as Northeastern University School of Law’s dean at the end of the school year on her 10-year anniversary as the top dog.

The school will create a search committee to find a replacement for Spieler, the Edwin W. Hadley Professor of Law.
During her tenure, she was a big advocate for expanding the school’s international law curriculum, hiring professors well versed in international and immigration law and human rights and raising funds to support students pursuing international experiential learning opportunities.

Dean updates at Oregon, Touro, Stetson, Barry

Mon, 09/05/2011 - 7:56am -- admin

Michael Moffitt took over as the 20th dean of the University of Oregon School of Law in July. Moffitt is a nationally-recognized expert in mediation and dispute resolution, and has served on the faculty since 2001. He has been the associate director of the law school’s Appropriate Dispute Resolution Center. He has previously taught negotiation at Harvard Law School and Ohio State University.

New deans at Toledo, Wake Forest

Fri, 08/12/2011 - 9:32am -- admin

Daniel J. Steinbock, who has been leading The University of Toledo College of Law on an interim basis for the last year, has been selected to serve permanently as dean, university officials announced June 6. Prior to becoming dean, Steinbock served as Harold A. Anderson Professor of Law and Values at the Toledo College of Law. Before coming to Toledo, he taught at the State University of New York at Buffalo and Seattle University. He received his undergraduate and law degrees from Yale University.

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