New Faculty
We are excited to have a number of new faculty joining our ranks, both full-time and as adjuncts. Below is some brief background information on some of the new faces you will be seeing around the law school next year.
Full-Time Faculty
Jeff Baker
- JD: Vanderbilt University
- BA: Harding University
Jeff Baker will be joining the Law School this fall as Associate Dean of Experiential Learning and Professor of Clinical Legal Instruction.
Grant Christensen
- LLM: University of Arizona
- JD: Ohio State University College of Law
- BA: University of Richmond
Grant Christensen will be joining the Law School this fall as an Associate Professor of Law. Professor Christensen will be teaching Civil Procedure in the fall and Federal Indian Law in the spring.
Jennifer Mart-Rice
- MSLS: University of Kentucky
- JD: Northern Kentucky University, Chase College of Law
- BA: University of Indiana
Jennifer Mart-Rice will be joining the Law School this fall as Associate Dean of Legal Information Services and Associate Professor of Law in Residence. Professor Mart-Rice will be teaching Advanced Legal Research in the spring.
Tomer Stein
- JD: University of Texas School of Law
- BA: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Tomer Stein will be joining the Law School this fall as an Associate Professor of Law. Professor Stein will be teaching Business Associations in the fall and Corporate Finance in the spring.
Sean Tu
- JD: University of Chicago
- PhD: Cornell University
- BS: University of Florida
Sean Tu will be joining the Law School this fall as a Professor of Law. Professor Tu will be teaching Patent Law and Trademark Law in the fall.
Adjuncts
- Fred Fohrell will be teaching Workers’ Compensation this fall. Professor Fohrell is a shareholder at Wilmer & Lee, P.A.
- Allison Garnett will be teaching Criminal Procedure: Pretrial this fall. Professor Garnett is an Assistant U.S. Attorney.
- Judge Alick Henderson will be teaching Military Law this fall. Judge Henderson is an Administrative Law Judge & Mediator at the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board.
- Sarah Wilson will be teaching Immigration Law this fall. Professor Wilson is a former Assistant Director for the Office of Immigration Litigation at the U.S. Department of Justice.
Course Descriptions
Course descriptions for most of our Fall 2025 course offerings can be found in the UA Course Catalog. Course descriptions for some of our newer fall courses are listed below.
Fall Semester
AI & the Law: Theory & Applications (LAW 780): Professor Arbel (2 credits)
AI has become an integral part of our daily lives. It is transforming, empowering, and disrupting businesses and society. The goal of this course is to prepare lawyers to understand AI’s legal implications and learn how to wield it in their work. It does so by offering a mix of theory and application, a hands-on approach to AI. The course is entirely self-contained; there are no math or computer science prerequisites. Rather, the prerequisites are curiosity, interest in self-exploration, and willingness to invest in learning a new topic.
Anti-Human Trafficking (LAW 731): Professor Mujumdar (2 credits)
This course is designed for law students who seek to prosecute human trafficking cases, represent survivors of human trafficking through pro bono practice, public interest lawyering, or plaintiff’s litigation, or expand their knowledge of human rights law. During the semester we will study domestic and international law related to labor trafficking and sex trafficking. We also will examine federal and state statutes that protect people who have survived human trafficking in both civil and criminal contexts. The class will also explore the body of case law that is rapidly developing nationally. Finally, we will work to understand how to best provide representation to clients that is trauma informed.
Comparative Privacy Seminar (LAW 753): Professor Krotoszynski (2 credits)
Comparative Privacy Law will consider the constitutional protection afforded the right of privacy in the United States and in the domestic constitutional jurisprudence of three other democratic countries: Canada, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. In addition, we will study the right of privacy in the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights, a transnational juridical entity that hears claims arising under the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (commonly called the “European Convention on Human Rights”), and also consider the emerging privacy jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union, which follows the decisions of the European Court and enforces the European Charter of Rights (commonly called “the European Charter”).
Due Process Seminar (LAW 753): Professor Fair (2 credits)
In this seminar, we will examine the development of due process jurisprudence under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. We will read and analyze the major doctrinal categories, including substantive and procedural due process, with a focus on how the Supreme Court has interpreted the constitutional text over time.
Elder Law Seminar (LAW 753): Professor Lopez (2 credits)
The goal of this course is to provide an overview of the laws and planning instruments that affect the elderly population. Topics may include benefits programs (e.g., Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid), preparation of relevant instruments (e.g., wills, powers of appointment, MOLST), guardianships, housing options, and elder abuse. Please know that these topics are tentative; some topics may be omitted while others may be added by the time the class begins in August.
Environmental Justice Seminar (LAW 753): Professor Polk (2 credits)
Environmental Justice (EJ) has been defined as the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people in the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policy. EJ theory and practice begins with recognition that environmental benefits (such as clean air) and environmental harms (such as water pollution) are not always distributed equitably among populations. In fact, environmental harms often fall heavier on racial minorities, the poor, immigrant communities, children, and the elderly. The study of environmental justice examines the various bases for these disparate impacts and looks for solutions grounded in law, policy, and practice. Throughout the semester, students will be encouraged to identify solutions to contemporary problems of environmental justice. In satisfying the upper-level writing requirement, students will complete an original research paper (thesis), present their thesis in the classroom for feedback from their peers, and revise their thesis over multiple drafts. (Note: You do not need to have taken the Environmental Law Survey to take this seminar).
Immigration Law (Law 655): Professor Wilson (3 credits)
This is a survey course in Immigration Law, a fascinating, complex area of law that changes rapidly. In this course, we will examine the distinction between citizens and noncitizens, the government’s authority to regulate immigration, the rights of immigrants, the structure of immigration enforcement, family-based immigration, asylum, and the perceived benefits and burdens of immigration. This course does not address business immigration.
Lawyering Process: Judgment and Practice (LAW 755): Professor Jeff Baker (3 credits)
This course teaches students about lawyering processes: judgment, decision points, strategies, tactics, and ethics in practice. Using simulations in transactional practice and civil litigation, students hone crafts of writing, researching, counseling, and advocacy to better understand the roles of lawyers and critical decision making. Students develop hypothetical client matters and will draft work product like engagement letters, pleadings, motions, discovery, and contracts. Through writing and rewriting, reflective practice, and critical feedback, students will develop insight into the expectations of the profession, judgment, process, and practical wisdom in lawyers’ work on behalf of clients.
NOTE: This course is limited to 12 students.
Military Law (LAW 731): Judge Alick Henderson (2 credits)
In this seminar, we will examine the development of due process jurisprudence under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. We will read and analyze the major doctrinal categories, including substantive and procedural due process, with a focus on how the Supreme Court has interpreted the constitutional text over time.
Negotiations (LAW 731): Professor Adams (2 credits)
This course provides law students with a comprehensive understanding of negotiation principles and practical skills essential for legal practice. Through a combination of theoretical frameworks, case studies, simulations, and reflective exercises, students will develop the ability to navigate negotiation scenarios effectively. Students will learn key negotiation concepts, strategies, and ethical considerations while developing their personal negotiation style through hands-on exercises and feedback.
NOTE: This course will be graded pass/ D/ fail
Prosecutorial Discretion Seminar (LAW 753): Professor Vance (2 credits)
This seminar is concerned with justice and how to achieve it in criminal prosecutions. This class does not advance some grand or overarching theory of justice. In the main, people will regard a result as just if they regard the process leading to it as fair and if they believe the people responsible for it are fair-minded. That is what this seminar is about – how to do justice by ensuring that every aspect of law and order is marked by fair process and every participant is possessed of a fair mind. This is not so easy as it sounds. Fairness of mind is itself a process, not a static mental condition, and it demands vigilance. We will examine and critique the process by which justice is done in federal criminal cases as well as the limits of the law in ensuring it by tracing the four main stages of any criminal case—investigation, accusation, judgment, and punishment. This seminar is about legal, ethical, and moral reasoning. Throughout this seminar, we will examine first principles, study actual cases, and hear from distinguished speakers who have grappled with these issues in real life.
Supreme Court Seminar (LAW 753): Professor Horwitz (2 credits)
Students should gain basic knowledge of the basic operations of the Supreme Court; exposure to excellent appellate briefs and brief-writing; an intimate understanding of the current Justices of the Supreme Court and a number of important cases currently before the Court; skill at deliberating on these cases; a strong introduction to judicial opinion-writing; and a deep and abiding sense of irony, one that will enrich every moment for the rest of their lives.
U.S. Races and the Law (LAW 731): Professor Fair (3 credits)
Students will read cases and materials about the legal and historical experiences of Native Americans, African Americans, Latinos/as, Chinese and Japanese Americans, and White immigrant populations in the US. They will learn about conquest, immigration, and colonialism under US law.
Spring Semester
Admiralty Law (LAW 731): Professors Miller & Kavanagh (2 credits)
This course will provide an overview of the general maritime law of the United States, the (largely) federal body of law that governs the movement of people and goods on the navigable waters of the U.S., as well as the seas and oceans used in global commerce. Starting point will be the historic roots of maritime law, incorporated and embodied into Article III of the Constitution. This leads into discussion of jurisdictional issues – state and federal – and the unique admiralty procedural devices available to litigants in federal courts. Topics will include maritime personal injury and death, including the claims and remedies available to marine workers and seafarers. We will consider the commercial aspects of maritime law: Carriage of goods, collision, towage, salvage, maritime liens, limitation of liability and marine insurance. The course instructors are practicing attorneys, so the focus will tend to land on pragmatic realities of maritime law in various contexts (litigation, contractual matters, regulatory regimes, etc.).
Construction Law (LAW 731): Professor Miller (2 credits)
This course will help students to recognize the variety of legal issues and problems that can confront owners, contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers during the construction process and to understand and analyze those issues and problems so that they are able to provide reasonably valuable advice and guidance to clients involved in the construction process.
Critical Race Feminism Seminar (LAW 753): Professor Carodine (2 credits)
This course explores law and legal institutions at the intersection of race and gender.
Equal Protection Seminar (LAW 753): Professor Fair (2 credits)
In this seminar, we will read landmark equal protection cases from the 19th century to present. Each student will prepare a research paper of publishable quality and present a written draft with the class.
ESG & Financial Crimes Law (LAW 753): Professors Hodge & Forbes (2 credits)
ESG (also known as environmental, social, and governance) is a rapidly developing area in the legal arena in both the U.S. and abroad. Companies of all sizes are grappling with a patchwork regulatory framework while also navigating the increasing public scrutiny of their ESG-related practices. Students will learn about and evaluate legal regimes around ESG and financial crimes (environmental crimes, human trafficking, anti-corruption, antimony laundering, and sanctions) and develop strategies for strengthening businesses’ legal and compliance responses for these issues. In addition to learning the general legal framework for ESG-related issues, students will learn techniques for advising businesses and developing programmatic mitigations to address these risks.
Family Law II (LAW 753): Professor Clare Ryan (3 credits)
Family Law II builds on the subjects and themes from Family Law I, with emphasis on emerging issues in family law. Topics reproduction, adoption, parentage, legal recognition of non-marital families, parentage, and the practice of family law.
Federal Indian Law (LAW 731): Professor Christensen (3 credits)
Federal Indian Law is a survey of the law that governs the relationship between tribal, federal, and state sovereigns. The course will include a discussion of the origins and scope of the federal recognition of tribal sovereignty and will look at the jurisdictional rules for which sovereigns can prosecute and who can regulate events that occur in Indian country. The course will also explore the special rules that govern Indian children (the Indian Child Welfare Act) and the power of tribes to engage in casino gaming enterprises (the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act). Finally, the course will explore the exercise of tribal religious practice and protections for tribal customs which are unique to the study of Indian tribes as sovereigns.
Nuclear Law (LAW 731): Professor Joyner
Nuclear energy is profoundly dual use in its applications, i.e. it has both military and civilian uses. This course aims to review and examine the law relevant to both military and civilian applications of nuclear energy. It will cover the sources of domestic and international law relative to nuclear weapons, including possession, proliferation, safeguards, trade controls, and arms control. It will also cover the sources of domestic and international law relative to civilian nuclear energy, including licensing of nuclear sites, safety of nuclear facilities, security of nuclear materials, and liability for nuclear incidents.
Remedies (LAW 731): Professor Irby
Remedies focuses on the types of relief entered by courts in civil cases focusing on three major topics: 1. damages, including a review of general principles of tort and contract damages; 2. equitable remedies, including obtaining and enforcing preliminary and permanent injunctions in private and public controversies; and 3. restitutionary relief to prevent unjust enrichment, including constructive trusts and equitable liens.
Space Law (LAW 731): Professor Brazeal
Discussion-based course that provides an introduction to legal and ethical issues regarding outer space. Topics discussed include:
- the historical development of domestic and international space law, and
- specific issues relevant to contemporary space law.
Special Education Law (LAW 731): Professor Hsin
This course examines the law governing the education of children with disabilities in public school. Focusing primarily on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, students will learn the ins-and-outs of the special education process, from Child Find to due process. Topics include timely identification and nondiscriminatory evaluations; the meaning of a free appropriate public education (FAPE); placement decisions and the design of Individualized Education Programs (IEPs); judicial approaches to least restrictive environment (LRE); appropriate implementation of IEPs and procedural safeguards; resolving educational disputes under the IDEA; and the IDEA in private schools, including parentally-placed students and equitable participation. The course will also cover special topics arising under federal civil rights law, such as the use of restraint and seclusion, the role of Section 504 plans, and physical and other accessibility issues.
Updated June 4, 2025