Thinking about the Capital Region of New York State, many of the colleges and universities have turned to lawyers as their choice to lead...

In 1981, Wall Street lawyer Ellen Futter took a leave from Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy where she practiced corporate law, to become...

Colleges and Universities turn to interim president appointments when there is an unexpected departure of the president creating an...

W. Ellis Arnold III ’79, elected the 12th President of Hendrix College (Conway, Arkansas) in November 2019 (taking office in December...

Founded in 1636, when Harvard College appointed John Leverett (1662-1724) as President in 1707 he became the first lawyer and first...

When Rosemont College announced that lawyer Jim Cawley was named the College’s 15th president on October 28, 2022 following his...

On December 5, 2022, Jennifer Raab, President of Hunter College, announced that she would be stepping down at the end of the academic...

Civil Rights activist John Mercer Langston (1829-97) was the first African American lawyer to serve as a president of a University....

On December 2, 2022 Colorado State University announced that Amy Parsons is the sole finalist for President of CSU Fort Collins. Once...

On Thursday, November 17, 2022 New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas was appointed as the next president of Northern New Mexico...

Welcome to the Lawyers Leading Higher Education blog. This blog has been launched with the release of the new book, May it Please the...