About Us

The purpose of this Section to promote scholarship, teaching, and related activities that will help prepare lawyers and law students to serve in leadership roles. The Section also will make recommendations to the Association on matters of interest with respect to the research and teaching concerning leadership development in the legal profession. The Section will work to develop a community of faculty, practitioners and students to exchange ideas and develop courses and programs to promote leadership development for the legal profession.

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Section Officers

Chair: Lee Fisher, Dean and Joseph C. Hostetler-BakerHostetler Chair in Law
Cleveland State University College of Law

Chair Elect: Joan M. Heminway, Rick Rose Distinguished Professor of Law
University of Tennessee College of Law

Executive Council

April M. Barton, Dean and Professor of Law
Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University

Martin H. Brinkley, Dean and William Rand Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor
University of North Carolina School of Law

Susan R. Jones, Professor of Clinical Law
The George Washington University Law School

Tania Luma, Assistant Dean, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Loyola University Chicago School of Law

Hillary A. Sale, Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Leadership and Corporate Governance; Professor of Management, McDonough School of Business
Georgetown University Law Center

Aric K. Short, Professor of Law and Director, Professionalism and Leadership Program
Texas A&M University School of Law

Leah Jackson Teague, Professor of Law
Baylor University School of Law

Kellye Y. Testy, President and Chief Executive Officer
Law School Admission Council