African-American Professor Is One of Five Finalists for Dean of the College of Law at the University of Nebraska

Anna Shavers, interim dean and Cline Williams Professor of Citizenship Law at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln College of Law, has been named one of five finalists for the permanent deanship. Professor Shavers is a graduate of Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio. She received a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin and a law degree from the University of Minnesota. She has served on the law school’s faculty since 1989.

An announcement of the new dean is expected shortly.

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