FACULTy & RESEARCH promising scholars, are likely to be the teachers whom generations of our future alumni will one day recall with affection and respect. i am pleased that as you continue to read this issue of Carolina Law magazine, you can learn more about our new faculty scholars and
teachers. i hope you will soon meet them, whether on campus or at one of our receptions or reunions.You will find in them the deep commitment to the values that have made your own Carolina law professors so special to you in years past. LEFT: The law faculty in 1954. Seated, left to right: Professors Herbert R. Baer, Maurice T. van Hecke, Henry P. Brandis Jr. (dean), Robert H. Wettach, Frederick B. McCall. Standing, left to right: William B. Aycock, John P. Dalzell, Millard S. Breckenridge, Albert Coates, Frank W. Hanft. RIGHT: The law faculty in 1977. Front row, from left: Caroline Brown, Joe Kalo, Bob Byrd, Bill Aycock, Jane Dolkart. Middle row: Paul Haskell, Henry Brandis, Gene Gressman, Walker Blakey, Peter Glenn, Hal Bruff. Back row: Ron Link, Ken Broun, Gordon Brown, Martin Louis, Jonathan Eddy, Don Clifford, Albert Coates.
July 2010 Appointments
ALL PHoToS By RoBERT CAMPELL
John f. coyle, assistant professor of law
catherine y. Kim, assistant professor of law
gregg polsky, willie person Mangum professor of law
John Coyle was most recently the Climenko fellow and lecturer on law at Harvard law school. Prior to that, he clerked for the Hon. reena raggi of the U.s. Court of appeals for the second Circuit and then entered private practice at Covington & Burling in washington, D.C. He attended Harvard and Cambridge, and earned his J.D. from Yale law school. Coyle’s research focuses on international law, as well as corporate and commercial law. He teaches courses in business associations and international business transactions.
Catherine Kim was a staff attorney with the racial Justice Program at the american Civil liberties Union foundation since 2003. Her advocacy work has focused on issues of civil rights, racial discrimination and juvenile justice. she attended Cornell University and earned her J.D. at Columbia University school of law. Kim clerked for the Hon. Carlos f. lucero of the U.s. Court of appeals for the 10th Circuit. she teaches courses in civil procedure and civil rights law.
gregg Polsky has taught tax law at the florida state University College since 2001, and was the sheila M. McDevitt Professor of law from 2007-2010. He has been the professor-in-residence at the internal revenue service Office of Chief Counsel, and also taught at the University of Minnesota law school. Polsky attended florida atlantic University and received his J.D. from the University of florida levin College of law. He teaches and researches tax law.
Kareem u. crayton, associate professor of law Kareem Crayton was most recently associate professor of law and political science at the University of southern California gould school of law, where he was appointed in 2005. He was previously a Vanderbilt fellow at Vanderbilt law school; he attended Harvard, and earned his J.D./Ph.D. in political science from stanford University. He clerked for the Hon. Harry edwards, U.s. Court of appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Crayton’s research focuses on election law, comparative law and political representation of racial minorities. He teaches courses in election law and comparative constitutional law. 10
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Jon Mcclanahan, clinical assistant professor of law Jon McClanahan has been the interim director of the UnC school of law sOar Bar success Program since 2009, and he has taught legal writing to first-year law students at UnC. McClanahan earned his B.a. and J.D. from UnC, graduating with highest honors and first in his class of 212 students. He was a member of the North Carolina Law Review and he clerked for the Honorable roger l. gregory of the U.s. Court of appeals for the 4th Circuit. He teaches applied legal concepts.
craig t. smith, clinical professor of law Craig t. smith joins the UnC school of law from Vanderbilt University law school, where he was associate professor of law and director of legal writing. He is director of research, reasoning, writing and advocacy at UnC. He was previously a clerk for U.s. District Judge James Carr of the northern District of Ohio and has taught at Potsdam University in germany and Pennsylvania state University Dickson school of law. smith earned his B.a. from the College of william & Mary and his J.D. from the University of Michigan law school. He also earned an ll.M. from Potsdam.