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New Law School Faculty Appointments
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Michael Zimmer has joined Loyola's law faculty as a Professor of Law. A widely recognized scholar in the areas of employment discrimination law, labor and employment law and constitutional law, Professor Zimmer is co-author of Cases and Materials on Employment Discrimination (1982; 2d ed. 1988; 3d ed. 1994; 4th ed. 1997, 5th ed. 2000; 6th ed. 2003; 7th ed. 2008), The Global Workplace (2006), Employment Discrimination: Law & Practice (2002), Employment Discrimination (1988), Cases & Materials on Employment Law (1993), Federal Statutory Law of Employment Discrimination (1980) and author of Employment Discrimination Roadmap. He has also published articles in numerous leading law journals.
Professor Zimmer has taught employment discrimination law, employment law, international and comparative employment law and labor law and has also taught torts, contracts, constitutional law, administrative law and US foreign relations law. |
| Lea Krivinskas Shepard has joined Loyola's law faculty as a Professor of Law. After graduating from Harvard Law School, where she served as executive editor of the Harvard International Law Journal, she worked as an associate at Jones Day in Cleveland, Ohio, her hometown. Professor Shepard later clerked for the Honorable James G. Carr, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, and the Honorable Terence T. Evans of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Professor Shepard's research interests include bankruptcy, consumer law and credit, and financial institutions. | |
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Alexander Tsesis has joined Loyola's law faculty as an assistant professor. He teaches Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, First Amendment, and a seminar devoted to civil rights issues. Tsesis's scholarship focuses on constitutional law and civil rights. His publications include two books, The Thirteenth Amendment and American Freedom (New York University Press, 2004) and Destructive Messages (New York University Press, 2002). His third book, dealing with U.S. civil rights from the Revolutionary period to the present, will be published in winter 2008 by the Yale University Press. Tsesis is a frequent presenter to law school faculties nationwide on issues involving constitutional law, civil rights, and hate speech legislation. |
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Mary Bird (JD '87) has rejoined the law school as the Director of Public Service Programs. Mary's experience as a lawyer, public servant, and educator is extensive. She has served as a former supervising attorney at the Office of the Public Guardian, a staff attorney in the Children's Rights Project of the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, and as the first attorney for the Office of the Inspector General for DCFS. Her new position was created by the School of Law to strengthen its commitment to social justice and to better support the many public service activities of its students and faculty. In her new role at Loyola, Mary will coordinate law school public service events, conferences, and student publications, as well as create and facilitate pro bono opportunities and community outreach for faculty, administration, students, and alumni. |
| Megan Kerby (JD '07) has joined the School of Law as Assistant Director of the Advocacy Center. Megan is a Loyola law alumna and a former member of the law school's Moot Court Board, and the National Moot Court Competition team, where she received the Best Oral Advocate Award. As assistant director, Megan's responsibilities will include developing a strategic plan for Loyola's Center for Advocacy and assisting Professor James P. Carey in the daily administration of the law school's advocacy program. |
