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William R. Corbett is the Frank L. Maraist Professor of Law, Wex S. Malone Professor of Law, Rosemary Neal Hawkland Professor of Law, and Cheney C. Joseph Endowed Professor #1 at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, where he joined the faculty in 1991. He holds a B.S. in Education from Auburn University (1982, highest honors) and a J.D. from the University of Alabama School of Law (1989), where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Alabama Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif. Before entering academia, Corbett practiced labor and employment law as an associate at Burr & Forman in Birmingham, Alabama (1989-1991). His career at LSU Law includes advancement from Assistant Professor (1991-1995) to tenured Associate Professor (1995), full Professor (1999), and multiple endowed professorships. He has held significant administrative positions, including Interim Vice Chancellor and Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs (1997-2000), Executive Director of the Louisiana Judicial College (1998-2001), Interim Co-Dean and Interim Dean (2015-2016), and Executive Director of the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (2001-present). Corbett has been a visiting professor at William & Mary Law School (spring 1996) and the University of Georgia School of Law (2004, 2011, 2015).