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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).

*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).

*Henry E. Smith (property, remedies, equity, private law theory) from Harvard University to Yale 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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