Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
Congratulations to five School of Law faculty members who have recently received new titles. Desirée LeClercq was promoted to associate professor with tenure, while Washington, D.C., Semester in Practice Director Jessica L. Heywood was named a full clinical professor. Rob McNiff was promoted to clinical associate professor, and Sherrie L. Hines and Caitlin May have been named lecturers.
Two members of the School of Law faculty have been appointed to named professorships as of Aug. 1. Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Lori A. Ringhand was appointed to the Harmon W. Caldwell Chair in Constitutional Law and William Ortman was awarded a J. Alton Hosch Professorship.
Congratulations to seven School of Law professors who recently received new titles and promotions. Desirée LeClercq was promoted to associate professor with tenure, while Washington, D.C., Semester in Practice Director Jessica L. Heywood was named a full clinical professor. Rob McNiff was appointed clinical associate professor, and Sherrie L. Hines and Caitlin May were named lecturers. Director of the Law Library Thomas “TJ” Striepe was elevated to the classification of senior academic professional, while Research Services Librarian Brandy Ellis earned the rank of librarian II.
Assistant Professor Desirée LeClercq published “Workers’ Empowerment as U.S. Trade Policy” in 64 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 326 (2026).
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West presented “The History and Tradition of Press Freedom” as part of the Comparative Media Law Workshop hosted by University College London during July.