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The Dean Search Committee at Texas Tech School of Law announced this week that it is inviting three candidates to on-campus interviews with the faculty, students, and members of the local bar association. Professor Brian Shannon (Texas Tech School of Law; Contracts, Law & Psychiatry, Property, and Criminal Law) will be the first on-campus interviewee. Professor Shannon has been a favorite among students and alumni alike, who believe that Professor Shannon’s experience as Associate Dean, his connections in the local and regional legal communities, and his academic publications make him the top candidate to lead Texas Tech. Professor Shannon’s outstanding legal scholarship was recognized both in 2002 and 2007 when he won the Texas Bar Foundation’s Outstanding Law Review Article Award for the most influential and best-written legal article published in the state. As one former student put it, “the law school is in need of an academic visionary, a hands-on administrator, and a cheerleader for our students…Professor Shannon is such a candidate…Texas is a huge legal market with a true need for a second top-tier law school.  Texas Tech can fill this void and Professor Shannon is the leader to make this happen.”

The second candidate slated for an on-campus interview, Professor Richard Gershon, (Charleston School of Law; Tax, Estate Planning, Property) served for five years as the Dean for Texas Wesleyan School of Law. He went on to become the founding Dean of the Charleston School of Law from 2003 to 2007. Charleston has been provisionally approved by the ABA.

Professor Peter Rofes (Marquette School of Law; Constitutional Law) is the final candidate that is currently scheduled for an on-campus interview. Although Professor Rofes lacks ties to Texas, he has taken on leadership roles at Marquette, having served as the Director of Part-time Legal Education and currently serving as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.

The on-campus interview schedule will be as follows:
Professor Brian Shannon October 6-7;
Professor Richard Gershon October 8-9;
Professor Peter Rofes October 13-14.

Letters of recommendation or support can be directed to the following members of the Dean Search Committee:

Search Committee Chair
Dean Fred Hartmeister (Dean of the Graduate School)
PO Box 41030
Lubbock, TX 79409-1030

Vice Chair
Professor Jorge Ramirez
1802 Hartford Avenue,
Lubbock, TX 79409

Members
Provost Bob Smith
PO Box 42019
Lubbock, TX 79409-2019

President, Guy Bailey
150 Administration Building
PO Box 42005
Lubbock, Texas 79409-2005

Chancellor Kent Hance
124 Administration Building
Mailstop 42013 Lubbock, TX 79409

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