Daniel Hale Williams Professor of Law Zachary D. Clopton has been appointed dean of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, effective Feb. 1. Clopton joined the Pritzker School of Law in 2019. “This year has offered countless reminders of what makes Northwestern Pritzker Law such a remarkable place,” Clopton said. Since 2024, Clopton has published articles in the Yale Law Journal, Stanford Law Review, University of Chicago Law Review, Virginia Law Review, Duke Law Journal, Cornell Law Review and Northwestern University Law Review. He also served as an associate professor of law at Cornell Law School before joining Northwestern.