Former Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law Dean Daisy Hurst Floyd will step back into her old job on an interim basis during a national search for a new leader, the university has announced.

Floyd was dean of the law school from 2004 to 2010. Since then she has served as a professor of law and ethical formation. She replaces her replacement, Gary Simson, who came to Mercer in 2010 to become the dean and a law professor. Simson will remain at Mercer in a new role, senior vice provost for scholarship for the entire university, the announcement said.