Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
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.
Congratulations to Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch on receiving the Civil Justice Award from the Defense Association of New York. The DANY is a specialty bar association that exists to promote continuing legal education, collaboration and the spirit of collegiality in the civil justice system.
Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher M. Bruner was featured by Bloomberg Law regarding Delaware’s proposal to create a new form of company managed entirely by artificial intelligence. The article titled "AI-Run Company Gamble Tests the Limits of Delaware Corporate Law" was written by Mike Leonard and published 7/27/26.