Michelle Anderson’s New Deanship
posted by Daniel Solove
There is terrific news to report. Our current guest blogger, Michelle Anderson, was just appointed as the new dean of CUNY Law School. This news is proof that if you blog at Concurring Opinions, great things will happen to you. From the CUNY Law School press release:
Prominent legal scholar Michelle J. Anderson, Esq. has been appointed by the Board of Trustees of the City University of New York as Dean of the CUNY School of Law, effective July 1, 2006.
An academic leader with a passion for social justice, Professor Anderson is a graduate of Yale Law School where she was Notes Editor of the Yale Law Journal and Editor of the Yale Journal of Law & Feminism. A member of the faculty of Villanova University School of Law since 1998, she has taught criminal law, criminal procedure, children and the law, and feminist legal theory and received top rankings as a classroom teacher. . . .
Professor Anderson is one of the nation’s leading scholars on the legal aspects of sexual assault. Widely published, her articles have appeared in the University of Southern California Law Review, George Washington Law Review, University of Illinois Law Review, and Boston University Law Review, among other journals. Recently, in Commonwealth v. King, a case involving the admission of a first complaint of child sexual abuse, the Massachusetts Supreme Court, the state’s highest appellate court, cited two of Professor Anderson’s published pieces. . . .
Opened in 1983, CUNY School of Law, located in Flushing, Queens, is the only law school which, from its inception, has defined its mission as training law students for public service. In addition to its unique educational mission, the Law School takes pride in its national leadership in clinical education, its affordable cost, and its distinction as the nation’s most diverse law school. The School is a national leader in progressive legal education with the highest rate of placement of graduates in public interest and public service careers.
Congratulations!
Hat tip: As usual, Brian Leiter had the breaking news. In fact, he probably knows whether you’re moving before you do.
April 25, 2006 at 5:13 pm
Posted in: Administrative Announcements
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Responses (4)
Dissent - April 25, 2006 at 6:10 pm
What a fantastic coup for CUNY Law! Now excuse me while I go tell my daughter that maybe she should apply to CUNY Law next year instead of a grad psych program… Best of luck, Michelle!
Lynn - April 25, 2006 at 7:41 pm
Congratulations – best wishes!
Genevieve Jarrett - April 25, 2006 at 8:57 pm
May you further progressive legal education at CUNY and foster a beneficial learning environment for all students!
Christine Hurt - April 25, 2006 at 9:16 pm
Now it is very appropriate to say Congratulations! Good luck in The City.
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