Beverly Moran, a professor of law and sociology at Vanderbilt University School of Law, is the second announced candidate for Kansas University’s dean of its School of Law.

Moran will meet with faculty, students and staff at a public forum at 2 p.m. Thursday in 203 Green Hall.

She has taught at Vanderbilt since 2001, and in that time has served as the chairwoman of the school’s faculty-staff campaign, which successfully met its goal of $1 million. She has also served on the law faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1991 to 2001, and at the University of Cincinnati from 1986 to 1991.

This is KU’s second attempt to find a law dean after a previous search wasn’t successful. Moran joins Jeffrey Lipshaw, associate professor of law at Suffolk University, as the two announced finalists for the position. Additional candidates will be announced about 48 hours before they visit campus.