Nicole B. Porter is visiting us for the 2012-13 Academic Year from the University of Toledo College of Law where she is a professor of law and recently finished a short stint as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Prior to Toledo, Porter was an Assistant Professor of Law at Saint Louis University School of Law. Her research interests focus on the employment rights of women and individuals with disabilities. Professor Porter earned her JD, magna cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School, where she was a member of the Order of the Coif and the Editor in Chief of the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform. Prior to her academic career, Porter was in-house counsel for a manufacturing company and practiced employment law in a large law firm in Detroit. She also clerked for the Honorable James L. Ryan, on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She will be teaching Employment Discrimination Law, Disability Law, and Contracts.