Last updated September 17, 2026

Weekly update — September 17

This week

No new screener or callback invitations since September 9.

Screened

Vanderbilt added as a target. No posted search — chair Morgan Ricks (morgan.ricks@vanderbilt.edu).

Priorities for outreach

Committees I have not yet heard from, with the fields each has announced.

New York

School
Committee
Hiring
NYU
Not published.
Not published.
Columbia
Not published.
Not published.
Cornell
Not published.
Criminal law, and teaching in areas of expertise. One or more positions.
Fordham
Chair Atinuke Adediran — aadediran@fordham.edu
All areas, plus Professional Responsibility, Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Property and ADR. Two hires.
Brooklyn
Chair Alexis Hoag-Fordjour — alexis.hoag@brooklaw.edu
Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure, Business Law, Securities, Corporate Finance, Antitrust, Contracts, Secured and Commercial Transactions. Three to four hires.
St. John's
Chair Renee Nicole Allen — lawfac@stjohns.edu
Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, Administrative Law, Trusts and Estates, Tax, Real Estate, Banking and Financial Law, Dispute Resolution. Two hires.

California

School
Committee
Hiring
Berkeley
Not published — academicpositions@law.berkeley.edu
Environmental law and civil rights, one entry-level line each. The AI, Inequality and Society line is a lateral, not entry-level. Next review September 30.
UCLA
Not published.
All areas.
USC
Not published.
Unsure if hiring.
UC Irvine
Chair Shauhin Talesh — stalesh@law.uci.edu; Cindy Archer, co-chair
Legal profession, constitutional law, torts, environmental, property, evidence, international law, patent, health. Two doctrinal hires.
UC Davis
facultyappointments@law.ucdavis.edu — chair Gabriel “Jack” Chin, gjchin@ucdavis.edu
1L classes, Professional Responsibility, Evidence. Two hires.
San Diego
Chair Donald Dripps — dripps@sandiego.edu
Immigration, anti-discrimination law, civil procedure and federal jurisdiction, property. Up to four or five positions, weighted to laterals but open to entry-level.
Stanford
Chair Orin Kerr — okerr@stanford.edu. Bernadette Meyler, Julian Nyarko. Separate entry-level committee.
Not stated.

Boston

School
Committee
Hiring
Boston University
lawappts@bu.edu — Andrew Elmore (chair), Karen Pita Loor (co-chair), Marni Caputo, Madison Condon, Steven Dean, Erika George, Maya Steinitz.
Tax, Contracts, Business Law, Property, Compliance, Law and AI. Two positions, possibly more.
Northeastern
Jeremy Paul and Claudia Haupt. Chair not identified.
Not published.

Chicago

School
Committee
Hiring
Northwestern
Not published.
Not published.

Elsewhere

School
Committee
Hiring
Yale
Chair Joshua Macey — joshua.macey@yale.edu
Open. Entry-level materials to that address only.
Penn
Jon Klick (chair), Tom Baker, Shaun Ossei-Owusu, Wendell Pritchett, Kate Shaw.
Various fields. More than one hire.
Georgetown
Not published.
Not published.
Vanderbilt
Chair Morgan Ricks — morgan.ricks@vanderbilt.edu
Wide open search this year.
Michigan
Vik Khanna.
Corporate Law.
Duke
Not published.
Not published.
Virginia
Chair Josh Bowers — bowers@virginia.edu
Curricular needs described as varied. A small number of positions.
UC Boulder
Chair Amanda Parsons — amanda.parsons@colorado.edu. Bryan Choi, Laura Dolbow, Vivek Krishnamurthy, Ann Lipton, Zach Mountin, Helen Norton.
Tax, Labor and Employment, Business. At least three hires.
Minnesota
Not named — lawappointments@umn.edu
All areas, plus Evidence, Professional Responsibility, Health Law, Immigration, Torts, Native American Law. One to two hires.
Notre Dame
Sherif Girgis, vice chair — sgirgis2@nd.edu
All subjects, with interest in Intellectual Property, Environmental Law, Trusts and Estates, Family Law. One or more hires.
Washington University in St. Louis
lawappts@wustl.edu — Christina Boyd (chair), Choi, Davis, Frankenreiter, Gardner, Joy, Richards.
All areas, plus Torts, Property, Contracts, Evidence. Multiple hires.
UT Austin
Chair Maria Ponomarenko — ponomarenko@law.utexas.edu. Lee Kovarsky, Melissa Wasserman, Sean Williams, Jens Dammann, Aaron Nielson, Jordan Steiker, Susie Morse (ex officio).
Not stated.
Emory
Chair Kay Levine — law.faculty.appointments@emory.edu
Civil Litigation; Tax. Two hires, rolling review.
Georgia
Chair Will Ortman — LawHiring@uga.edu. Christopher Bruner, Elizabeth Burch, Lori Ringhand, David Shipley.
Torts, Professional Responsibility, Commercial Law including Bankruptcy and Secured Transactions. Three hires.
Florida
Chair Annie Brett — brett@law.ufl.edu
Property; Taxation, including corporate, partnership and international. Several positions.
Iowa
Chair Katharine Baker — lawmail-FAC@uiowa.edu. Grewal, Jordan, Roesler, Toomey, Wing.
Business Associations, Criminal Law, Environmental Law, Civil Procedure. Three hires.

Albany Law School

Albany, NYTarget
Interests
1L classes, civil procedure, torts, criminal law, clinical, intellectual property, Law and Technology, government law, administrative law — 2 positions
Committee
Carla Spivack — cspiv@albanylaw.edu. Bollana, DeBarbieri, Hirokawa, Rogerson, Rameau, Associate Dean Rosema

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

New York, NYTarget
Interests
Criminal law, evidence — at least 1 position. Not my fields.
Committee
Michael Herz — herz@yu.edu. Aneil Kovvali, Landy, Lindsay Nash, Oberman

Berkeley Law

Berkeley, CATarget
Interests
Law, crime and punishment; Artificial Intelligence, Inequality and Society; civil rights; environmental law — 5 positions
Committee
Molly Van Houweling — msvh@law.berkeley.edu

Boston College Law School

Newton, MAInterviewing

Screener interview Tuesday, September 22.

Interests
Broad search; needs in family law, professional responsibility, CRT, civil procedure — 1 entry-level hire
Committee
Brian J.M. Quinn, Professor — lawappts@bc.edu. Dean Odette Lienau; Associate Dean Daniel Lyons; Associate Dean Paulo Barrozo; Dan Farbman; Hiba Hafiz; Katharine Young

Boston University School of Law

Boston, MATarget
Interests
Tax, Contracts, business law, Property, compliance, Law and AI — 2 positions, possibly more; start July 1, 2027
Committee
Andrew Elmore — lawappts@bu.edu; Karen Pita Loor (co-chair). Marni Caputo, Madison Condon, Steven Dean, Erika George, Maya Steinitz

Brooklyn Law School

Brooklyn, NYTarget
Interests
Civil procedure, criminal procedure (investigations), Business Law, securities, corporate finance, antitrust, Contracts, secured/commercial transactions — 3 to 4 positions
Committee
Alexis Hoag-Fordjour — alexis.hoag@brooklaw.edu. Ryan Williams (laterals liaison); Endean, Kolber, Roberts

California Western School of Law

San Diego, CAInterviewing

Screened at the AALS conference, September 16–18.

Interests
Antitrust, bankruptcy, business associations, commercial law, family law, wills/trusts/estates — 2 to 3 hires
Committee
Laura Padilla — appointments@cwsl.edu. David Austin, Amy Kimpel, Kaitlin McCormick-Huhn, Aaron Schwabach, Kristen van de Biezenbos

University of Chicago Law School

Chicago, ILIn contact
Interests
All areas — 1 or more positions
Committee
Genevieve Lakier — glakier@uchicago.edu. Emailed me on August 17 asking for materials.

University of Colorado Boulder, Law School

Boulder, COTarget
Interests
Tax, Labor/Employment, and business — at least 3 hires
Committee
Amanda Parsons — amanda.parsons@colorado.edu. Bryan Choi, Laura Dolbow, Vivek Krishnamurthy, Ann Lipton, Zach Mountin, Helen Norton

Columbia Law School

New York, NYTarget
Interests
Not announced.
Committee
Not announced.

Cornell Law School

Ithaca, NYTarget
Interests
“criminal law; teaching in area(s) of expertise” — one or more positions.
Committee
Not published. Faculty recruitment runs through Liz Flint, Director of Human Resources — liz.flint@cornell.edu.

Duke University School of Law

Durham, NCTarget
Interests
Not published.
Committee
Committee not published.

Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University

White Plains, NYTarget
Interests
Open line — 1 hire
Committee
Imre Szalai — iszalai@law.pace.edu. Randy McLaughlin, Katy Kuh, Emily Waldman, Margot Pollans

Emory University School of Law

Atlanta, GATarget
Interests
Civil litigation; tax — 2 positions
Committee
Kay Levine — law.faculty.appointments@emory.edu

University of Florida, Levin College of Law

Gainesville, FLTarget
Interests
Property; taxation, including corporate, partnership and international — several positions
Committee
Annie Brett — brett@law.ufl.edu

Fordham University School of Law

New York, NYTarget
Interests
All areas; professional responsibility, criminal law, con law, Property, ADR — 2 hires
Committee
Atinuke Adediran — aadediran@fordham.edu

Georgetown University Law Center

Washington, DCTarget
Interests
Not yet announced.
Committee
Not published.

University of Georgia School of Law

Athens, GATarget
Interests
Torts, professional responsibility, commercial law including bankruptcy and secured transactions — 3 positions
Committee
Will Ortman — LawHiring@uga.edu

Gonzaga University School of Law

Spokane, WATarget
Interests
Evidence, criminal law, Property, Business Associations, sales, wills and trusts, intellectual property, legal research and writing — 3 positions
Committee
Michael Cecil — lawfacultyhiring@gonzaga.edu

Harvard Law School

Cambridge, MAInterviewing

Screener September 30, 2026.

Interests
All areas
Committee
Not published.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Law

Champaign, ILInterviewing

Screened Monday, August 24.

Interests
Any area; civil procedure, Labor & Employment, Contracts, Property, bankruptcy, corporate law — 3 to 5 positions
Committee
Ralph Brubaker — wds@illinois.edu. Sara Gerke, Sarah Lawsky, Lesley Wexler, Verity Winship

Indiana University Maurer School of Law

Bloomington, INCallback

Screened August 28, and invited to a callback the same day. Callback October 5.

Interests
Law and AI, business associations, constitutional and comparative constitutional law, contracts, corporate finance, cybersecurity, Employment Law, environmental, financial regulation, IP, international law, secured transactions, trusts and estates — 5 to 6 positions
Committee
Jennifer Oliva — lawappts@iu.edu. John Applegate, Donna Nagy, Cynthia Williams, Yvette Butler, Asaf Lubin

University of Iowa College of Law

Iowa City, IATarget
Interests
Business associations, criminal law, environmental law, civil procedure — 3 positions
Committee
Katharine Baker — lawmail-FAC@uiowa.edu

University of Kentucky, J. David Rosenberg College of Law

Lexington, KYInterviewing

Screened Wednesday, September 2.

Interests
All areas, with commercial law including bankruptcy, business law, and property — 2 positions
Committee
John Blevins — jbl272@uky.edu

Lewis & Clark Law School

Portland, ORTarget
Interests
Animal law, environmental law and natural resources, wills and trusts, core 1L classes, Property, intellectual property — 5 positions
Committee
David Schraub — lawfacultyhire@lclark.edu

University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Baltimore, MDTarget
Interests
Environmental law, Property or Business Associations, community development clinic — 2 positions
Committee
Seema Kakade — facultyappointments@law.umaryland.edu

University of Michigan Law School

Ann Arbor, MITarget
Interests
Corporate law
Committee
Vik Khanna

University of Minnesota Law School

Minneapolis, MNTarget
Interests
All areas, plus evidence, professional responsibility, health law, immigration, torts, Native American law — 1 to 2 positions
Committee
Not named — lawappointments@umn.edu

University of Nebraska College of Law

Lincoln, NEInterviewing

Screened at the AALS conference, September 16–18.

Interests
Property, torts, Tax, business tax, privacy, constitutional law, cybersecurity, Employee Benefits, real estate transactions, environmental law, administrative law, natural resources, wills and trusts
Committee
Eric Berger, Earl Dunlap Distinguished Professor of Law — eric.berger@unl.edu. Dean Richard Moberly, Lori Hoetger, Brandon Johnson, Christal Sheppard, Steve Willborn

New England Law | Boston

Boston, MAInterviewing

Screened Tuesday, September 1.

Interests
Contracts, property, torts, plus business associations, IP, taxation, trusts and estates — multiple positions
Committee
Not named — facultyappointments@nesl.edu

New York Law School

New York, NYInterviewing

Screened September 15.

Interests
Corporate/business law and criminal law; one line is expressly at the Intersection of Business Law and Technology (fintech, venture capital, entrepreneurship) — 3 hires
Committee
Doni Gewirtzman — facultyappointments@nyls.edu. Gerald Korngold, Tamara Belinfanti, Lenni Benson, Becky Roiphe, Bill LaPiana

Northeastern University School of Law

Boston, MATarget
Interests
Not yet announced.
Committee
Jeremy Paul and Claudia Haupt. Chair not identified.

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

Chicago, ILTarget
Interests
Not yet announced.
Committee
Check again in September.

Notre Dame Law School

Notre Dame, INTarget
Interests
All subjects, with interest in intellectual property, environmental law, trusts and estates, family law — one or more positions
Committee
Sherif Girgis, vice chair — sgirgis2@nd.edu

NYU School of Law

New York, NYTarget
Interests
Not announced.
Committee
Not announced.

Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law

Columbus, OHInterviewing

Screened Tuesday, September 1.

Interests
Business law fields — business associations, securities regulation, banking — 1 position
Committee
Blaine G. Saito — saito.58@osu.edu. Bridget C. E. Dooling, Carrie Lymanstall, Ned Foley

Oklahoma City University School of Law

Oklahoma City, OKInterviewing

Screened at the AALS conference, September 16–18.

Interests
All areas; 1L classes, civil procedure, contracts, torts, criminal law, property — up to 3 positions
Committee
Lee Peoples — lpeoples@okcu.edu. Paula Dalley, Maria Kolar, Eric Laity, Michael O'Shea, Ying Zhou

Penn Carey Law

Philadelphia, PATarget
Interests
Various fields; more than 1 hire
Committee
Not listed. Tom Baker, Shaun Ossei-Owusu, Wendell Pritchett, Kate Shaw
Interests
Not on the HLS sheet — Tbc if they are hiring this year.
Committee
Not listed. Tom Baker, Shaun Ossei-Owusu, Wendell Pritchett, Kate Shaw

Saint Louis University School of Law

St. Louis, MOInterviewing

Screened September 14.

Interests
Business and commercial law, Property, private international and comparative law, Labor and Employment Law — 1 position, open to entry-level and lateral
Committee
Samuel Jordan — slulawhiring@slu.edu. Kerry Ryan (vice chair), Marsha Griggs, Marcia McCormick, Alex Miller, Ann Scarlett, Constance Wagner

University of San Diego School of Law

San Diego, CATarget
Interests
Immigration, anti-discrimination law, civil procedure/federal jurisdiction, Property — up to 4–5 positions, focused on laterals but open to entry-level
Committee
Donald Dripps — dripps@sandiego.edu

Seton Hall University School of Law

Newark, NJTarget
Interests
Tax — 3 positions
Committee
Ndjuoh MehChu and Neoshia Roemer, co-chairs — Ndjuoh.MehChu@shu.edu. Paul Rink, Marina Lao

University of Southern California, Gould School of Law

Los Angeles, CATarget
Committee
Committee not published.
Interests
Unsure if hiring.

Southwestern Law School

Los Angeles, CAInterviewing

Screened at the AALS conference, September 16–18, for their Property line. Two tenure-track doctrinal positions.

Interests
Property, Employment Law, alternative dispute resolution, International Business Transactions, real estate transactions, criminal procedure, evidence, entertainment law, family law, trial advocacy — multiple positions
Committee
Not listed — AcademicAdmin@swlaw.edu

St. John's University School of Law

Queens, NYTarget
Interests
Constitutional law, civil rights, administrative law, trusts & estates, Tax, Real Estate, Banking and Financial Law, dispute resolution — 2 positions
Committee
Renee Nicole Allen — lawfac@stjohns.edu. Ray Warner, Keith Sharfman, Louis Jim, Elissa Germaine

Stanford Law School

Stanford, CATarget
Interests
All/not stated. Separate entry-level committee.
Committee
Orin Kerr — okerr@stanford.edu. Bernadette Meyler, Julian Nyarko

Suffolk University Law School

Boston, MATarget
Interests
Civil procedure, Property, torts; also bankruptcy, commercial, family, fintech, Labor & Employment — 3 hires
Committee
Erin Braatz — ebraatz@suffolk.edu; Linda Sandstrom Simard (co-chair) — lsimard@suffolk.edu

University of Texas at Austin School of Law

Austin, TXTarget
Interests
Not stated
Committee
Maria Ponomarenko — ponomarenko@law.utexas.edu. Lee Kovarsky, Melissa Wasserman, Sean Williams, Jens Dammann, Aaron Nielson, Jordan Steiker, Susie Morse (ex officio)

University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law

Sacramento, CAInterviewing

Screened at the AALS conference, September 16–18.

Interests
Constitutional law, Property, director of trial advocacy, legal writing — 4 positions
Committee
Michael Hunter Schwartz — mschwartz@pacific.edu

UC Davis School of Law

Davis, CATarget
Interests
Multiple; 1L classes, professional responsibility, evidence — 2 hires
Committee
Gabriel “Jack” Chin — facultyappointments@law.ucdavis.edu. Vikram Amar, Stacy-Ann Elvy, Chimène Keitner, Amelia Miazad

UC Irvine School of Law

Irvine, CATarget
Interests
Legal profession, con law, torts, environmental, Property, evidence, international law, patent, health — 2 doctrinal hires
Committee
Shauhin Talesh — stalesh@law.uci.edu; Cindy Archer (co-ch). Ballakrishnen, Tinto, Waldman, Whytock

UCLA School of Law

Los Angeles, CATarget
Interests
All
Committee
Not listed

University at Buffalo School of Law (SUNY)

Buffalo, NYTarget
Interests
All areas, with special interest in Business Associations, corporate law, and Financial Regulation. good intellectual fit with my current work.
Committee
Anthony O'Rourke — aorourke@buffalo.edu. Michael Boucai, Alexandra Harrington, Paul Linden-Retek, Manoj Mate

Vanderbilt Law School

Nashville, TNTarget
Committee
Morgan Ricks — morgan.ricks@vanderbilt.edu
Interests
Wide open search this year. No posted search on the HLS hiring release.

Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law

Villanova, PATarget
Interests
All, Business Law, business organizations, securities law, corporate finance, Contracts, commercial law
Committee
Itay Ravid — appointments@law.villanova.edu. Padilla-Babilonia, Saiman, Tilley, Ravenell (ex officio)

University of Virginia School of Law

Charlottesville, VATarget
Interests
Curriculum needs described as varied — a small number of positions
Committee
Josh Bowers — bowers@virginia.edu. Named as chair on the school’s Faculty Appointments Committee Chairs page; the page states no academic year.

Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, MOTarget
Interests
All areas; torts, property, contracts, evidence
Committee
Christina Boyd — lawappts@wustl.edu. Choi, Davis, Frankenreiter, Gardner, Joy, Richards

University of Wisconsin Law School

Madison, WITarget
Interests
Three lines: (1) energy/environmental/public utilities/land use/Property/torts; (2) health, aging, disability/employment/benefits, trusts & estates; (3) state con law, local government, election law, legislation, property & zoning — 3 hires
Committee
Anuj Desai — fac@law.wisc.edu. BJ Ard, Franciska Coleman, Miriam Seifter, Steph Tai

Yale Law School

New Haven, CTTarget
Interests
Open
Committee
Joshua Macey — joshua.macey@yale.edu