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).
*Joseph Fishman (intellectual property) from Vanderbilt University to Fordham University.
*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.
*Mary Hoopes (immigration law, empirical legal studies, judicial behavior) from Pepperdine University to the University of California, San Francisco (untenured lateral).
*Cathy Hwang (corporate law, securities regulation) from the University of Virginia to Georgetown University.
*Thomas Kadri (law & technology, criminal law, torts) from the University of Georgia to the University of Miami.
*Elizabeth Magill (administrative law, constitutional law) from the University of Pennsylvania to Georgetown University (to become Dean).
*Jennifer Mnookin (evidence) from the University of Wisconsin, Madison (where she is Chancellor) to Columbia University (to become President).
*Jamelia Morgan (disability law, civil rights, criminal law) from Northwestern University to the University of California, Los Angeles (effective January 2026).
*Anna Offit (criminal law & procedure, juries) from Southern Methodist University to the College of William & Mary.
*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).
*Ryan Scoville (foreign relations law, international law) from Marquette University to the University of San Diego (effective January 2027).
*Henry E. Smith (property, remedies, equity, private law theory) from Harvard University to Yale University.
*Lawrence Solum (constitutional law and theory, civil procedure, legal theory) from the University of Virginia to Texas A&M University.
*Kent Syverud (civil procedure, dispute resolution) from Syracuse University (where he is President) to the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (to become President).
*Zahra Takhshid (law & technology) from the University of Denver to Wayne State University.
*Cristina Tilley (torts, First Amendment) from the University of Iowa to Villanova University.
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