Duquesne University Law has announced that its new dean will be April Barton, currently associate dean of academic affairs at Villanova Law. Barton will take over from Maureen Lally-Green in July. She holds a JD from Villanova.
Duquesne University Law has announced that its new dean will be April Barton, currently associate dean of academic affairs at Villanova Law. Barton will take over from Maureen Lally-Green in July. She holds a JD from Villanova.
This should be a good hire for Duquesne. While occasionally teaching at Villanova I had a good number of opportunities to interact with Barton and always found her to be fair, hard working, and highly organized – all traits that are highly desirable in a dean.