The U of A School of Law welcomes Sarah Cravens to the senior administrative team as a professor of law and associate dean of research and faculty development.

"We are thrilled to have Dean Cravens join the law school's leadership team during our centennial year," said Dean Cynthia Nance. "She is committed to fostering and cultivating an environment that is supportive of faculty research and development. The law school will benefit tremendously from her vision and advocacy."

Cravens most recently served as a visiting professor of law and a fellow in the Roger Mudd Center for Ethics at the Washington and Lee University School of Law, where she taught conflict of laws, professional responsibility, judicial ethics and torts.

She also previously taught at The University of Tulsa College of Law and The University of Akron School of Law. During her time at Akron Law, she served as the C. Blake McDowell, Jr. Professor of Law and filled a number of administrative roles, including vice provost for strategic initiatives, interim co-dean of the School of Law and interim dean of the Williams Honors College. She also served as the director of faculty research and development and assistant dean for global engagement.

Her areas of scholarly interest include the judicial role, legal ethics, and theology and law. Her publications address international and comparative approaches to the regulation of the judiciary, judicial discipline, as well as faith and the judicial role.

In addition to her work as a law faculty member, Cravens was a law clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and an associate at Arnold & Porter LLP in Washington, D.C. She has also served as chief of staff, vice president and general counsel at Missouri Western State University and as general counsel in the private sector.

Cravens received her A.B. from Princeton University, her M.Phil. from Cambridge University and her J.D. from the Washington and Lee University School of Law, where she was a senior articles editor for the Washington and Lee Law Review.

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