University of South Florida President Rhea Law Plans to Retire

On February 17, 2025, USF President Rhea Law announced she plans to step down after a successor is appointed.  An attorney, Law was first appointed as interim president in August 2021 and then appointed to the post permanently in March 2022.

Law was a founding member of the USF Board of Trustees, serving as vice chair for five years and as chair for four years. 

In addition to working in private law firms, she was appointed by Governor Jeb Bush to serve as General Counsel to the Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority.

Law earned a JD from Stetson University School of Law.

CSU Law Dean Appointed President of Baldwin Wallace University

Lee Fisher, Cleveland State University Law Dean, former Lt. Governor and Attorney General in Ohio has been named as the 10th President of Baldwin Wallace University. https://www.bw.edu/news/2025/02/baldwin-wallace-university-names-lee-fisher-10th-president

Fisher was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives and the Ohio Senate. In the higher education space, he served as legal counsel for all of Ohio's public universities. As Lt. Governor, he actively participated in the development of the University System of Ohio's 2007-10 Strategic Plan, and he worked with all of Ohio's research universities and institutions as director of the Ohio Department of Development and chair of the Ohio Third Frontier Commission.

He has also served on the board of trustees of Oberlin College, and he was a partner at the Cleveland-based law firm Hahn Loeser. He earned his JD from Case Western Reserve University School of Law.

USC Senior Vice President and General Counsel Beong-Soo Kim Named Interim President as of July 1, 2025

Following President Carol Folt's decision in November 2024 to retire at the end of the academic year in June 2025, the USC Board of Trustees announced the appointment of Beong-Soo Kim, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, as the interim president pending the outcome of their national search. See, https://today.usc.edu/usc-announces-presidential-search-committee-interim-leadership/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_12556084_nl_Daily-Briefing_date_20250210

According to the LA Times, " Announcing the decision in a campuswide letter Wednesday, Board of Trustees Chair Suzanne Nora Johnson and Vice Chair David C. Bohnett praised Kim, who has worked at USC since 2020, for his "impeccable character, strong and collaborative leadership and a broad understanding of our academic research and medical enterprises, as well as our athletics programs."

"He also possesses a deep commitment to the university’s academic, research and health care missions and our aspirations for excellence in all that we do," the letter said.

"He has built strong relationships with deans, faculty and staff across USC and Keck Medicine, earning respect from everyone," it continues."

The announcement states that he will not be a candidate for the permanent position.

He previously worked as a vice president and assistant general counsel at Kaiser Permanente and as a partner at the Jones Day law firm. He served in the U.S. Attorney's office in Los Angeles for nearly nine years, until 2012. Earlier, he was an adjunct law professor at USC.

He is a graduate of Havard Law School and holds a Masters of Science in Political Theory from the London School of Economics.