{"id":5052,"date":"2025-10-15T19:38:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T19:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/?p=5052"},"modified":"2026-01-15T21:32:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T21:32:01","slug":"johnson-keyes-named-to-associate-dean-roles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/johnson-keyes-named-to-associate-dean-roles\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson, Keyes Named to Associate Dean Roles"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5052\" class=\"elementor elementor-5052\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7e4c3a3b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7e4c3a3b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-11f32f19\" data-id=\"11f32f19\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17b826b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17b826b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5059\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1270\/2025\/10\/2000x1500-Keyes-johnson-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1270\/2025\/10\/2000x1500-Keyes-johnson-1.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1270\/2025\/10\/2000x1500-Keyes-johnson-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1270\/2025\/10\/2000x1500-Keyes-johnson-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1270\/2025\/10\/2000x1500-Keyes-johnson-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1270\/2025\/10\/2000x1500-Keyes-johnson-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1270\/2025\/10\/2000x1500-Keyes-johnson-1-700x525.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Two professors at The University of Baltimore School of Law have been named to associate dean roles for the 2025-2026 academic year.<\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Prof. <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Margaret E. Johnson<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> has been named Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development. In her role, she focuses on supporting and enhancing the research activities of faculty members within the law school.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Johnson joined the faculty in 2006. Her current research examines legal issues of reproductive justice. She asks questions about how women and other pregnancy-capable individuals are subject to structural and intersectional forms of oppression.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">She explored comparative menstruation law and policy as a 2023 Fulbright Scholar at UTS in Sydney, Australia. Her current research examines reproductive freedom, criminalization of pregnant people, and state constitutional law.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In addition, Johnson\u2019s research addresses the use of narrative theory, critical reflection, and normative theory in lawyering for clients. Johnson\u2019s articles have been published in the\u202fWisconsin Law Review,\u202fU.C. Davis Law Review,\u202fHarvard Journal of Law &amp; Gender, and\u202fB.Y.U. Law Review, among others. She is co-author of the book\u202f<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Lawyers, Clients &amp; Narrative: A Framework for Law Students and Practitioners<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f(2nd ed. 2023). Her research has been relied upon and cited by courts, media, and other scholars. In 2020, she received The University of Baltimore School of Law\u2019s award for Outstanding Scholarship by a Full-Time Faculty Member.<\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Prof. Elizabeth Keyes<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">has been named Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. In her role, she\u202fprovides leadership and oversight for academic programs, curriculum development, faculty support, and student success initiatives within the law school.\u202fShe works closely with the dean, faculty, and other administrators to enhance the quality of academic offerings and ensure a positive learning experience for students.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Keyes, an expert in immigration and asylum law, joined the UBalt Law faculty in 2012. She teaches Immigration Law, Professional Responsibility, Introduction to Lawyering Skills, and Civil Procedure. In all her teaching, she has a passion for deepening law students&#8217; analytical and lawyering skills so that they will thrive in the legal profession. She also directed UBalt Law&#8217;s Immigrant Rights Clinic for 10 years.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Her scholarship focuses on the gaps in access to protection for migrants fleeing both persecution and the effects of climate change, and on the state of lawyering in the U.S. immigration system.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cI am thrilled about the appointment of Associate Deans Johnson and Keyes,\u201d says UBalt Law Dean LaVonda N. 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Prof. Margaret E. Johnson has been named Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development. In her role, she focuses on supporting and enhancing the research activities of faculty members within the law [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3596,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,25],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5052"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3596"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5052"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5383,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5052\/revisions\/5383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}