Hoch to join school as new assistant dean
To lead new Office of Academic Success
CHARLESTON, S.C., May 13, 2009 -- Noted legal professor Mark E. Hoch will serve as the first assistant 
dean for academic success to help students learn and perform better while in law school, Dean Andy Abrams announced today.
Hoch's appointment, slated to start in August, will cap the opening of the new Office of Academic Success at the school.
"We are truly excited to have Mark Hoch join the Charleston School of Law as our new assistant dean for academic success," Abrams said. "Mark's vast experience in legal education and his passion for enhancing student learning and performance makes him an ideal individual to lead our law school's newly established Office of Academic Success."
Since 2002, Hoch has been an assistant professor of professional practice and legal writing at Louisiana State University's Paul M. Hebert Law Center. During his time at LSU Law, Hoch received national attention for his melding of teaching and technology, especially pioneering the use of digital video annotation software for oral argument feedback.
Prior to working in Baton Rouge, he taught in the Academic Success Program for several years at the University of Cincinnati College of Law and in the Basic Legal Skills Program of the Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University. Before entering law school, Hoch was a private detective and court-appointed criminal investigator.
Hoch received his bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado and his law degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Law where he was named a fellow of the Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights. He also served on the editorial board of the University of Cincinnati Law Review. Hoch received a master's degree in law as a Ford Foundation Fellow in Public International Law from the University of Virginia.
After serving as a clerk for U.S. Judge Nathaniel R. Jones of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Hoch became a professional mediator in Hamilton County, Ohio.
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