KU News Release
Jan. 28, 2010
Contact: Jill Jess, University Relations, (785) 864-8858
KU names search committee for dean of law
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas Interim Provost Danny Anderson today announced a search committee to find a new dean for the School of Law.
Stephen W. Mazza, associate dean for academic affairs at the law school, will be interim dean effective July 1 when Gail Agrawal becomes dean of the College of Law at the University of Iowa.
The committee will conduct a nationwide search. Chris Drahozal, the John M. Rounds Distinguished Professor of Law and associate dean for research and faculty development, will chair the committee.
Other members are Mike Kautsch, professor of law; Laura Hines, professor of law; Elizabeth Weeks Leonard, associate professor law; Jelani Jefferson Exum, associate professor of law; Pam Keller, clinical associate professor of law; Todd Rogers, assistant dean for career services; John Gaunt, dean of the School of Architecture, Design and Planning; Mary Lee Hummert, vice provost for faculty development; Derrick Darby, associate professor of philosophy; Ganesh Nair, a first-year law student from Alexandria, Va.; and William Sampson, a 1971 graduate of the KU School of Law and partner in Shook, Hardy & Bacon.
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