Here’s my yearly roundup of election law academic hires, promotions moves, visits, accolades:

James Alcorn started as the Senior Director of the Election Law Program at William and Mary law school.

Travis Crum was granted tenure and promoted to professor of law at Wash U. Law.

Josh Douglas became the Associate Dean for Research at the University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law.

Rebecca Green was awarded tenure and promoted to full professor, and continues to co-direct the Election Law Program at William and Mary law school.

Sarah Haan will be Professor of Law and Dean’s Research Scholar at Brooklyn Law School, where she will teach corporate law subjects and campaign finance law. 

Brianna Lennon will begin as an Adjunct at University of Missouri School of Law for Election Law (first class in Spring 2026).

Michael Latner of Cal Poly SLO is on leave working as Director of Research on Democratic Reform at the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, Harvard Law School

Larry Norden will be taking a sabbatical from the Brennan Center this fall and visiting UC Berkeley, where he will be teaching a class on AI, Democracy and Elections at the law school, and will be in residence at the Goldman School of Public Policy as a Democracy Policy Fellow.

Mike Pitts now the Associate Dean for Research and was also just named the Samuel R. Rosen Professor of Law at IU McKinney.

Jeff Wice of New York Law School has been appointed as chair of the New York City Bar Association’s Election Law Committee

Congratulations all!