Ask any current student or alumnus what makes Cumberland School of Law different from other institutions, and answers will always include the quality and strength of relationships that students build with the faculty and staff.
The full-time faculty at Cumberland School of Law hold J.D. and LL.M. degrees from top-tier law schools, including Yale, Harvard, NYU, Virginia, Duke, Northwestern, Texas and Vanderbilt. Most of them practiced law before starting their teaching careers, several for 15 years or more. They bring their knowledge, real-world experience, and scholarly interests to class every day--to help prepare students to pass the bar exam and launch careers of high-quality service to their clients and communities.
Not only are our faculty nationally known experts in their specialty areas, they promote student interaction beyond the classroom with an open-door policy to encourage students to seek advice, counsel and conversation.
Additionally, the professional staff at Cumberland School of Law, many of whom have law degrees themselves, will help ensure your law school experience is welcoming and enjoyable.
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Cassandra W. Adams
Dean of Students and Community Outreach
Robinson Hall
Ramona Carroll Albin
Associate Professor of Law
239H Robinson Hall
Jeff Anderson
Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Lawyering and Legal Reasoning Program
201C Robinson Hall
Nancy Battles
Assistant Director of Admission Operations
Office of Admission
132 Robinson Hall
Melissa Bennett
Law Library Administrative Assistant
126 Law Library
Morgan Black
Director of University Marketing, Marketing and Communication Lead, Brock School of Business and Cumberland School of Law
201 D Cooney Hall
Emily Bonds Davey
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law and Director of the Externship Program
201B Robinson Hall
Deborah Clayton
Administrative Assistant to the Dean
102 Robinson Hall
Chris Chrisenberry
Administrative Assistant
Office of the Associate Dean and Student Services
231C Robinson Hall
Whitney Dachelet
Assistant Dean for Admission and Enrollment Management
Office of Admission
132C Robinson Hall
LaJuana S. Davis
Professor of Law and Director of Clinics
239G Robinson Hall
Michael E. DeBow
Stephen Everett Wells Professor of Municipal Law
220 Robinson Hall
Brannon P. Denning
Starnes Professor of Law
125 Robinson Hall
Chinelo Diké-Minor
Assistant Professor of Law
239E Robinson Hall
Alyssa DiRusso
Whelan W. and Rosalie T. Palmer Professor of Law
239D Robinson Hall
Rebecca Eubanks
LLR Instructor
Lawyering and Legal Reasoning
225 Robinson Hall
Jill Elysa Evans
Associate Dean, Director of International Programs, Professor of Law
231B Robinson Hall
Charmayne Fillmore
Director of Continuing Legal Education
Robinson Hall
Tona Hitson
Director, Law Student Services
124 Robinson Hall
Lynn Hogewood
Assistant Dean of Academic and Bar Success
Robinson Hall
Davon Howard
Program Assistant, Law Student Records
106 Robinson Hall
Allen Howell
Assistant Dean of Professional Development and Public Interest
213 Robinson Hall
Leigh Jones
Evening and Weekend Reference Librarian
155B Law Library
Paul Kuruk
Lucille Stewart Beeson Professor of Law
231A Robinson Hall
Gregory K. Laughlin
Law Library Director and Associate Professor of Law
150B Law Library
Jennifer Lovelady
Assistant Director of Graduate Programs
220A Robinson Hall
Anne L. Marovich
Senior Advancement Officer
Cumberland School of Law
130F Robinson Hall
Edward C. Martin
Professor of Law and Director of Law School Technology
212 Robinson Hall
Rachel Stewart Martin
Director, Career Development
222A Robinson Hall
Tim McFarlin
Associate Professor of Law
206 Robinson Hall
Kerry P. McInerney
Instructor and Director of Graduate and International Programs
202B Robinson Hall
Kimberly Merritt
Trial Advocacy Program Coordinator
233A Robinson Hall
Cat Miaoulis
Director of Alumni Engagement
Robinson Hall
Emily Price
LLR Instructor
Lawyering and Legal Reasoning
223 Robinson Hall
Lynda Reynolds
Program Assistant, American Journal of Trial Advocacy, Cumberland Law Review and Samford University's Institutional Review Board
301B Robinson Hall
Honorable James H. (Jim) Roberts, Jr.
Director of National Trial Teams
William G. Ross
Albert P. Brewer Professor of Law and Ethics
210B Robinson Hall
Grace L. Simms
Information Technology Librarian
251A Law Library
David M. Smolin
Harwell G. Davis Professor of Constitutional Law and Director, Center for Children, Law and Ethics
239F Robinson Hall
Maryam T. Stevenson
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
216 Robinson Hall
Henry C. Strickland, III
Ethel P. Malugen Professor of Law
Robinson Hall
Matt Woodham
Assistant Professor of Law and Interim Director of Advocacy
208 Robinson Hall
Paige Yarbrough
Career Counselor
Career Development Office
222 Robinson Hall
Tami Zenker
Director, Law Student Records
106 Robinson Hall
Adjunct Faculty
- Jay R. Bender, B.A., J.D.
- Annesley H. DeGaris, B.S., J.D.
- Leslie S. Ennis, B.A., M.Div., Ed.D., J.D.
- Heather R. Fann, B.A., M.A., J.D.
- Alana C. Frederick, B.A., J.D.
- Christopher L. Hawkins, B.S., J.D.
- Elizabeth McIntyre Hill, B.Ch.E., J.D.
- Mark M. Hogewood, B.A., J.D.
- Donald M. Jackson, B.A., J.D.
- Nathan W. Johnson, B.A., J.D.
- Raymond L. Johnson, Jr., B.A., J.D.
- Victor Kelley, B.S., J.D.
- Nicholas J. Landau, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., J.D.
- Stephen P. Leara, B.S., J.D.
- Robert R. Maddox, B.A., M.A., J.D.
- Robert L. McCurley, Jr., B.A., J.D.
- Kevin C. Newsom, B.A., J.D., Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Brooke M. Nixon, B.A., J.D.
- Mitchell L. Reid, B.S., J.D.
- Jay D. St. Clair, B.S., J.D.
- Craig M. Stephens, B.A., J.D., LL.M.
- Lewanda K. VanPelt, B.S., J.D., LL.M.
- Kimberly R. West, B.A., J.D.
Trial Skills Adjunct Faculty
- J. Alan Baty, B.S., J.D.
- John Bradley Felton, B.A., J.D.
- T. Brian Hoven, B.A., J.D.
- John A. Lentine, B.A., J.D.
- Robin Beardsley Mark, B.A., J.D.
- John E. Ott, B.A., J.D., Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge, Northern District of Alabama
- Ashley Mims Patterson, B.A., J.D.
- Michael V. Rasmussen, B.A., J.D.
- James H. Roberts, Jr., B.A., J.D., Alabama Circuit Court Judge
- Sigfredo Freddy Rubio, B.A., J.D.
- Allison S. Taylor, B.S., J.D.
- Ronald Jeffrey Wallace, B.S., J.D.
- Sara L. Williams, B.A., J.D.
- James S. Williams, B.A., J.D
Emeriti Faculty
- Mark Baggett, Professor Emeritus
- Alexander J. Bolla Jr., Professor Emeritus
- Albert P. Brewer, Professor Emeritus
- Laurel Rebecca Clapp, Professor Emerita
- Sara D. Clark, Professor Emerita
- Charles D. Cole, Professor Emeritus
- Frank W. Donaldson, Professor Emeritus
- Carolyn B. Featheringill, Professor Emerita
- Michael D. Floyd, Professor Emeritus
- Robert J. Goodwin, Professor Emeritus
- Lawrence W. Iannotti, Professor Emeritus
- Leonard J. Nelson III, Professor Emeritus
- Herbert W. Peterson, Professor Emeritus
- Joseph Snoe, Professor Emeritus
- Tom Stone, Professor Emeritus
- Howard Walthall, Professor Emeritus
- Deborah Young, Professor Emerita