Cynthia Nance, dean emerita and the Nathan G. Gordon Professor of Law at the U of A School of Law, was elected treasurer of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. She is the first woman of color to serve as an officer of the college.
Officers of the college are elected from the membership of the Board of Governors to act in one of four capacities —president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer — serving one year in each of those capacities.
"Professor Nance continues to be a trailblazer," said School of Law interim Dean Alena Allen. "She is incredibly deserving of this honor, and her selection recognizes the tremendous breadth of her contributions to labor and employment field."
The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers is a non-profit professional association honoring the leading lawyers nationwide in the practice of labor and employment law. Nance was inducted as a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers in 2012. Election to the college is considered among the highest professional honors a labor and employment lawyer may achieve.
"The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers is a distinguished body of labor and employment law practitioners, academicians and neutrals," Nance said. "I am excited to be an officer of the college and feel especially honored to serve on the office alongside three outstanding women."
Nance joined the U of A School of Law faculty in 1994 as an assistant professor and served as the dean from 2006 to 2011. Her teaching...
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