Prior to his position as Wake Forest Dean, Morant taught law at several institutions across the United States and was most recently a Professor and Assistant Dean at Washington and Lee University School of Law, was a fellow of University College, Oxford, and worked in the private and public sectors.
The Morants officially joined the Wake Forest University community in July 2007,[2] and Morant began undertaking restructuring and fundraising plans that had been developed prior to his arrival.
[3] On February 4, 2019, Morant announced his intent to step down at the end of the academic year.
[4] He is the former Dean of Wake Forest University School of Law as of 2011[update].
Morant is married to fellow University of Virginia alumnus Paulette "P.J."