{"id":142888,"date":"2026-01-29T12:11:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/01\/29\/northwestern-law-appoints-interim-dean-to-permanent-role\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T12:11:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:11:26","slug":"northwestern-law-appoints-interim-dean-to-permanent-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/01\/29\/northwestern-law-appoints-interim-dean-to-permanent-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Northwestern Law Appoints Interim Dean to Permanent Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zachary Clopton has been serving as interim dean of the law school since July 22. He becomes permanent dean effective Feb. 1.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/943407749\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a title=\"Add to FaceBook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/943407749\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Like on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/943407749\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fblike20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Pin it!\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/29\/943407749\/law\/legal-news,https%3A%2F%2Fk2-prod-alm.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F3c%2F11%2Feec4aa0246a0957f53421beac2f8%2Fzachary-clopton-jpg767x505.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/pinterest20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Stumble This\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/12\/943407749\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/stumble20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Post to X.com\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/24\/943407749\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/x.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Subscribe by RSS\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/20\/943407749\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/rss20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>Zachary Clopton has been serving as interim dean of the law school since July 22. He becomes permanent dean effective Feb. 1.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/943407749\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a title=\"Add to FaceBook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/943407749\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Like on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/943407749\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fblike20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Pin it!\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/29\/943407749\/law\/legal-news,https%3A%2F%2Fk2-prod-alm.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F3c%2F11%2Feec4aa0246a0957f53421beac2f8%2Fzachary-clopton-jpg767x505.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/pinterest20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Stumble This\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/12\/943407749\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/stumble20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Post to X.com\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/24\/943407749\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/x.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Subscribe by RSS\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/20\/943407749\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/rss20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zachary Clopton has been serving as interim dean of the law school since July 22. He becomes permanent dean effective Feb. 1. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Zachary Clopton has been serving as interim dean of the law school since July 22. 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