The University will convene a series of on-campus town hall meetings Thursday and Friday for the College of Law and campus community to give input before the law dean search committee evaluates potential candidates.
The campus community town hall will be Thursday, Oct. 15, from 1:30-2:30 p.m. in Dineen Hall. Sessions are also scheduled for College of Law faculty, students, staff and alumni. All members of the campus community are encouraged to attend the relevant session and share their input. American Sign Language interpretation and Computer Assisted Real-time Translation will be provided.
For more details on the search, check out the Dean Search web page. Nominations of potential candidates may be sent at any time to SyracuseLaw@kornferry.com.
Following is the complete schedule of sessions. All sessions are in Dineen Hall.
Campus Community—Oct. 15, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Room 020, Gray Ceremonial Courtroom
Law faculty—Oct. 15, 10-11 a.m., Room 020, Gray Ceremonial Courtroom; Oct. 15, 4:30-5:15 p.m., Room 020, Gray Ceremonial Courtroom; Oct. 16, 10-11 a.m., Room 020, Gray Ceremonial Courtroom
Law students (2L, 3L, LLM)—Oct. 15, 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m., Rooms 340 and 440
Law students (1L, 2L, 3L, LLM)—Oct. 16, 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m., Room 020, Gray Ceremonial Courtroom
Law staff—Oct. 15, 3-4 p.m., Room 020, Gray Ceremonial Courtroom; Oct. 16, 8:30-9:30 a.m. Room 020, Gray Ceremonial Courtroom
Law alumni—Oct. 15, 5:30-6:30 p.m., conference call
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