We are proud to announce the addition of four impactful lateral hires to our community of scholars and the promotion of Ayesha Bell Hardaway to full professor of law with tenure (all effective July 1 except Atiba Ellis, who began Jan. 1).
The most recent of scholarly impact ranked the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ law faculty 30th in the nation based on SSRN downloads and HeinOnline citations. The most recent ranked the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ law faculty 36th in the nation based on citations to their publications over the past three years.
We are eager to see the impact of these renowned faculty on our community and the field of law education and scholarship.
Director of the Social Justice Law Center and of the Criminal Clinic in the Kramer Law Clinic. Expert in criminal law and social justice. Interim monitor, Independent Police Monitoring Team of Cleveland.
Peter M. Gerhart Distinguished Research Scholar and associate director of the Center for Business Law. Expert in tax and corporate law. Formerly Distinguished University Professor at the University of Toledo College of Law.
Laura B. Chisolm Distinguished Research Scholar. Expert in race, voting rights, and election law. Formerly professor of law at Marquette University Law School.
Victor Flatt
Coleman P. Burke Chair in Environmental Law and associate director Coleman P. Burke Center of Environmental Law. Expert in environment and energy law. Formerly Dwight Olds Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center.
Oliver C. Schroeder Jr. Distinguished Research Scholar and associate director of the Spangenberg Center for Law, Technology and the Arts. Expert in copyright, patent and trademark law. Formerly professor of law at University of Tulsa College of Law.