{"id":9088,"date":"2021-12-15T13:06:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T18:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=9088"},"modified":"2021-12-17T10:10:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T15:10:25","slug":"school-of-law-creates-new-associate-dean-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2021\/12\/15\/school-of-law-creates-new-associate-dean-position\/","title":{"rendered":"School of Law creates new associate dean position"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-9089\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2021\/12\/J-Richard-Broughton.jpeg?resize=226%2C226&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"J. Richard Broughton stands at a podium, that displays a red University of Detroit Mercy School of Law banner. Behind him, a Detroit Mercy Law logo appears multiple times on a backdrop.\" width=\"226\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2021\/12\/J-Richard-Broughton.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2021\/12\/J-Richard-Broughton.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2021\/12\/J-Richard-Broughton.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2021\/12\/J-Richard-Broughton.jpeg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2021\/12\/J-Richard-Broughton.jpeg?resize=550%2C550&amp;ssl=1 550w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2021\/12\/J-Richard-Broughton.jpeg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Detroit Mercy Law is hoping to expand its faculty research and culture of scholarship and has created a new position to lead the way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/about\/people\/university\/law\/j-richard-broughton.php\">J. Richard Broughton<\/a>, professor of law, will be the School&#8217;s first associate dean for Faculty Research and Development starting in January.<\/p>\n<p>Broughton&#8217;s goals in this new position include cultivating a vigorous institutional culture of research, scholarship, and free inquiry; promoting faculty scholarship publicly; ensuring support and mentorship for faculty in their research and writing; and expanding outreach to other academic institutions and the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeeting these goals will help to enhance the reputation of the faculty, the law school, and the University, and serve the public good by building and improving legal knowledge,&#8221; Broughton said.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/law.udmercy.edu\/news\/2021\/j-richard-broughton.php\">Click here for more information.<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detroit Mercy Law is hoping to expand its faculty research and culture of scholarship and has created a new position to lead the way. 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