Circo and Snow join leadership team of Arkansas Law Dean Stacy Leeds

University of Arkansas School of Law Dean Stacy Leeds has appointed two faculty members to serve on her administrative leadership team. Carl Circo was named associate dean for academic affairs, and Ned Snow will serve as associate dean for research and faculty development. Both initial appointments are two-year terms.

"I am grateful to Professors Circo and Snow for their service to the law school and the university community," said Leeds. "Both have distinguished themselves as educators and scholars, and both will be integral to the continued success of the School of Law."

In his new role, Circo, professor of law, will have responsibilities that include oversight of the registrar's office, adjunct faculty, curricular matters and academic-related student matters. A member of the School of Law faculty since 2003, he has extensive experience in practice as well as in legal education.

After graduating first in his law school class at the University of Nebraska, he served as law clerk to Chief Judge Warren K. Urbom of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska. He practiced for more than 20 years with Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP, a Kansas City-based regional firm, where he devoted most of his time to real estate matters, business transactions and construction law. His scholarship, teaching and academic work emphasize practical skills training, construction law, real estate matters and sustainable development. He is the founder of the Habitat for Humanity Wills Project.

"These are especially exciting times for legal education in general and for the University of Arkansas School of Law in particular," said Circo. "I am thrilled to have this opportunity to work with Dean Leeds, the law faculty and the University as the School of Law continues to build on its recent successes."

Snow, associate professor of law, will fill the newly created associate dean for research and faculty development position. In this role, he will organize the mentoring of untenured faculty and encourage and facilitate faculty research and workshops, including scholarly exchange with peer institutions. Snow received his juris doctorate from Harvard Law School, where he was a member of the Journal on Legislation. Following law school, he clerked for Judge Edith Brown Clement of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He then practiced law at Baker Botts in its appellate and complex litigation sections, representing clients in matters of intellectual property, Internet trespass and international real estate. Three times honored with the Lewis E. Epley, Jr. Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching Law, Snow focuses his scholarship on intellectual property issues dealing with copyright, trademark and Internet law.

"I am delighted to be working under the great leadership of Dean Leeds," said Snow. "This position represents a great honor and opportunity. I look forward to supporting the faculty as they continue their many successes."