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Lateral hires in law with tenure or on tenure-track, 2025-26

These are non-clinical/non-LRW appointments that will take effect in summer or fall 2026 (except where noted); (new additions will be in bold.)  Last year’s list is here.

*Ted Afield (tax) from Georgia State University to Stetson University.

*Anya Bernstein (administrative law, civil procedure, law & society) from the University of Connecticut to Boston University.

*Kaleb Byars (white collar crime, contracts, corporate) from Mercer University to the University of South Carolina (untenured lateral).

*Alejandro Camacho (environmental law, natural resources law) from the University of California, Irvine to the University of California, Los Angeles (effective January 2026).

*Pamela Foohey (bankruptcy, commercial law, consumer law) from the University of Georgia to the University of Minnesota.

*Brian Frye (intellectual property, art law) from the University of Kentucky to Tulane University.

*Cathy Hwang (corporate law, securities regulation) from the University of Virginia to Georgetown University.

*Jamalia Morgan (disability law, civil rights, criminal law) from Northwestern University to the University of California, Los Angeles.

*Eduardo Penalver (property law & theory) from Seattle University (where he is President and professor of law) to Georgetown University (where he will become President and a professor of law).

*Zahra Takhshid (law & technology) from the University of Denver to Wayne State University.

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