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.
*Yonathan Arbel (commercial law, consumer law, law & economics, AI & law) from the University of Alabama to the University of Miami (effective fall 2027).
*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).
*Courtney Cahill (constitutional law, anti-discrimination law, family law) from the University of California, Irvine to the University of Southern California.
*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.
*Stacy Leeds (Federal Indian law) from Arizona State University (where she is Dean) to the University of Tulsa (to become President).
*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).
*Jacob Rooksby (intellectual property, higher education law) from Gonzaga University (where he is Dean) to the University of Richmond (to become Dean).
*Erin Ryan (environmental and natural resources law, land use) from Florida State University to the University of Southern California.
*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.
*Melissa Stewart (international law, human rights) from the University of Hawai’i to the University of Connecticut (untenured lateral).
*Kent Syverud (civil procedure, dispute resolution) from Syracuse University (where he is President) to the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (to become President). (Due to illness, Professor Syverud will not become President, but will join the faculty.)
*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.
*Adam Wright (criminal law & procedure) from the University of Detroit-Mercy to Wayne State University (untenured lateral).
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