The National Jurist has released  a preview of the upcoming edition of its annual list of the Most Influential People in Legal Education.

As the NJ reports, the latest list will includes four new names: Paul Caron, Professor at Pepperdine University; Eric Janus, Dean at William Mitchell School of Law; Michael Hunter Schwartz, Dean at University of Arkansas at Little Rock; and Maureen A. O’Rourke, Dean at Boston University School of Law. In addition, Philip J. Weiser, Dean at University of Colorado Law School will return to the list after a one-year absence.

The twenty individuals listed below (in alphabetical order) will also be included in the list:

Paul Campos, Professor of Law, University of Colorado Law School

Catherine Carpenter, Professor of Law, Southwestern Law School

Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, University of California Irvine School of Law

JoAnne Epps, Dean, Temple University — James E. Beasley School of Law

Bryant Garth, Professor of Law, University of California Irvine School of Law

Claudio Grossman, Dean, American University Washington College of Law

Phoebe Haddon, Former Dean, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

William Henderson, Professor of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law — Bloomington

Martin J. Katz, Dean, University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Brian Leiter, Professor of Law, The University of Chicago Law School

Kyle McEntee, Co-Founder, Law School Transparency

Blake Morant, Dean, George Washington University (former dean at Wake Forest University)

Randall T. Shepard, Visiting Professor of Law, Indiana University McKinney School of Law

Michael Simkovic, Professor of Law, Seton Hall University School of Law

Sophie Sparrow, Professor of Law, University of New Hampshire School of Law

Brian Tamanaha, Professor of Law, Washington University School of Law

Susan Westerberg Prager, Dean, Southwestern Law School

Patricia White, Dean, University of Miami School of Law

Frank H. Wu, Chancellor and Dean, University of California, Hastings College of Law

David Yellen, Dean, Loyola University Chicago School of Law

The National Jurist’s 2014 List of the Most Influential People in Legal Education will be officially unveiled in January 2015.

 

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