UM LAW FACULTY ELECTED AS PRESIDENTS
Our faculty are leading the way forward in legal education with two Memphis Law professors serving as president of their respective national legal education organizations in 2019.
Danny Schaffzin, associate professor of law and director of experiential learning, currently
serves as the co-president of the Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA). He
previously served as CLEA co-vice president in 2018 and on the executive committee
of the Association of American Law Schools' Clinical Section in 2017 and 2018. Schaffzin
directs and teaches Memphis Law's Neighborhood Preservation Clinic and Externship
Course. Additionally, he teaches Civil Procedure. To read more about professor Schaffzin's appointment as CLEA president, please click
here for more information.
Jodi Wilson, interim associate dean for academic affairs, director of legal methods and
associate professor of law, currently serves as president of the Association of Legal
Writing Directors (ALWD). She began her term as president in fall 2018. She will serve
for one year and will then serve as immediate past president for a year. Additionally,
Wilson recently received the President's Distinguished Service Award from the Legal
Writing Institute (LWI). To find out more about professor Wilson's role as ALWD president, please click here.