A pair of universities each appointed a new top legal boss this week.

Brigham Young University named Steven Sandberg, who has been in-house at the Provo, Utah, college since 2006, as assistant to the president and general counsel, while North Carolina State University named Allison Newhart vice chancellor and GC, effective Feb. 1. Newhart joins the Raleigh, North Carolina, school from Pennsylvania State University, where she serves as associate GC.