2025-2026 School of Law Catalog 
    
    Feb 01, 2026  
2025-2026 School of Law Catalog

Law Faculty and Administration



 

Law School Deans

Melanie D. Wilson, J.D., Dean and Roy L. Steinheimer, Jr., Professor of Law

Freda Coleman-Jackson, J.D., M.Ed., Assistant Dean for Career Strategy

Michelle Cosby, J.D., M.L.S., Assistant Dean of Legal Information Services and Professor of Practice

Michelle Lyon Drumbl, J.D., LL.M., Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Robert O. Bentley Professor of Law

Sarah Hughes, M.Ed., Assistant Dean for Law School Advacement

Erica Ingersoll, B.S., Assistant Dean of Finance and Administration

Peter Jetton, M.A., Assistant Dean of Communications and Marketing Strategy

Lisa Rodocker, M.A., Assistant Dean of Law Admissions

Maria Saez Tatman, J.D., M.S.W., Associate Dean of Law Student Affairs, Community and Belonging        

Permanent Faculty

C. Elizabeth Belmont, J.D., Parker A. Denaco ‘68 Term Professorship; Director, Community Legal Practice Clinic; Director of Experiential Education 

Mark A. Drumbl, M.A., J.D., LL.M., J.S.D., Class of 1975 Alumni Professor of Law and Director, Transnational Law Institute

Michelle Lyon Drumbl, J.D., LL.M., Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Robert O. Bentley Professor of Law

Maureen Edobor, J.D., Assistant Professor of Law

Tammi Etheridge, J.D., M.P.P., Associate Professor of Law

Joshua A. T. Fairfield, J.D., William Donald Bain Family Professor of Law and Director of Artificial Intelligence Legal Innovation Strategy

Jill M. Fraley, J.D., LL.M., J.S.D., Professor of Law, and Director of Pedagogy and Engaged and Inclusive Law Teaching

Shannon Fyfe, J.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Law

Sarah Gottlieb, J.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Law; Director, Criminal Justice Clinic

Sarah Haan, J.D., Class of 1958 Uncas and Anne McThenia Professor of Law

Brandon Hasbrouck, J.D., Sydney and Frances Lewis Professor of Law; Director, Frances Lewis Law Center

Lauren N. Hughes, J.D., LL.M., Assistant Clinical Professor of Law; Director, Immigrant Rights Clinic

Alexandra Klein, J.D., Associate Professor of Law

Timothy C. MacDonnell, J.D., LL.M., Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Advanced Administrative Litigation Clinic (Black Lung)

Suzette Malveaux, J.D., Roger E. Groot Professor of Law

Russell A. Miller, J.D., M.A., LL.M., J.B. Stombock Professor of Law

Brian Cameron Murchison, J.D., Charles S. Rowe Professor of Law

Kish Parella, M. Phil., J.D., LL.M., James P. Morefield Professor of Law

Alexi Pfeffer-Gillett, J.D., M.P.P., Assistant Professor of Law

Christopher B. Seaman, J.D., Robert E.R. Huntley Professor of Law 

Catherine Smith, J.D., Vincent L. Bradford Professor of Law

Carrie Stanton, J.D.,  Assistant Professor of Law

Dennis C. Sweet IV, J.D., LL.M., Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, Director, Civil Rights and Social Justice Clinic

Alan M. Trammell, J.D., M.Sc., M.St. Professor of Law        

Melanie D. Wilson, J.D., Dean and Roy L. Steinheimer, Jr., Professor of Law

Karen Woody, J.D., LL.M., Professor of Law

Visiting Faculty and Professors of Practice

Michelle Cosby, J.D., M.L.S., Assistant Dean of Legal Information Services and Professor of Practice

Keri Gould, J.D., Director of Externships, Pro Bono and Public Service and Professor of Practice

Leila Lawlor, J.D., Director of Academic Excellence and Professor of Practice

Kari Munro, J.D., M.B.A., LL.M., Acting Director of the Tax Clinic and Professor of Practice

Melinda Roth, J.D., M.P.P., Visiting Associate Professor of Law

Lavanya Sabin, J.D.,  Director of Bar Success and Professor of Practice

Julie Schwartz, J.D., Profesor of Practice and Legal Writing Instructor

Heather Skeeles-Shiner, J.D.,  Professor of Practice and Legal Writing Instructor

Allison Wexler Weiss, J.D., Professor of Practice and Legal Writing Instructor

Adjunct and Extended Faculty

Stan Barnhill

Melina Bell

Berry Benson

Mike Bombace

Bryan Bonner

Nathan Bowden

Boyce Brannock

David Carson

Caleb Chaplain

Andrew Christensen

Steven Colón

Rebecca Connelly

David De Jong

Hector DeJesus

Thomas DiBiagio

Thomas M. Dunlap

David Eggert

Ashley Evans

Dan Evans

Michael Gaches

Alan Garrison

Anthony Giorno

Nestor Gounaris

Lethia Hammond

Jared Hembree

David Izakowitz

Tiffany Lee

Matthew Light

Jim Lofton

Timothy Lubin

A. William Mackie

Katie MacRobbie

Larry Manning

John McArthur

Kyle McNew

Frank W. Morrison

Stuart B. Nibley

Anna Page

Brandy Rapp

Kristina Rutledge

Cosim Sayid

Randal Shaheen

Jonathan Shapiro

Kerry Shibib

Joseph Slights III

Joey Smith

Derek Teaney

B. Cary Tolley

King Tower

David Weaver

Christopher Whelan

Mark Williams

Faculty Emeriti

Denis J. Brion

David I. Bruck

Samuel W. Calhoun

William S. Geimer

Mark H. Grunewald

Edward O. Henneman

Margaret Howard

Lyman P. Q. Johnson

Timothy S. Jost

Frederic Lee Kirgis

Lewis Henry LaRue

Ann M. Massie

Andrew W. McThenia, Jr.

James E. Moliterno

Mary Zanolli Natkin

James M. Phemister

Doug Rendleman

Joseph E. Ulrich

Sarah Kirsten Wiant

 

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