SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Colin Crawford, dean of the Louis D. Brandeis
School of Law at the University of
Louisville, is joining Golden Gate
University School of Law as its 16th dean.
GGU President David Fike
announced the hire to the university on February 18, and Dean
Crawford will join the San
Francisco school this summer.
"Dean Crawford is a very
experienced and accomplished dean and legal scholar,'' Fike said.
"I'm delighted to be able to work with him to help GGU Law deepen
our strong commitment to student learning, maintain the high
quality and rich diversity of the school's student body, and
support the professional success of our graduates."
Serving as dean at Louisville since
2018, Crawford improved the school's academic profile each year,
substantially increased philanthropic giving, and revamped
admissions and student services to increase enrollment and support
for racially diverse students.
Before that, Crawford was the Robert C. Cudd Professor of
Environmental Law at Tulane University
Law School in New Orleans. He also
directed the university's multidisciplinary graduate and
undergraduate Development Studies programs and taught undergraduate
courses in the School of Liberal Arts.
Crawford said he was drawn to GGU after visiting the school last
year while serving as a member of an American Bar Association
accreditation team.
"I was positively impressed by and drawn to the mission of the
school and the longstanding commitment of faculty, staff, and
students to diversity, equity, and inclusion, including those for
whom a law profession might otherwise be out of reach," Crawford
said.
"I am convinced that Dean Crawford is ideally suited to
nurture our values and advance our goals in this vitally important
area," Fike said.
Crawford was selected "from among a pool of very talented,
diverse, and qualified candidates," said Professor Samuel Ernst, chair of the dean search
committee, during a months-long process that engaged law school
faculty, staff, and students.
"He assumes the leadership of GGU Law at an exciting time,''
said Interim Dean Eric Christiansen. "Recent investments in the
entering classes and pedagogical reform of the last few years are
bearing exciting fruit in the launch of our JD Flex program and
graduation of some of the most highly skilled classes in
decades."
Crawford is a prolific scholar in environmental, urban
development, and land-use law. He also has experience with
international programs, having developed and taught courses
throughout Latin America and the
Caribbean, served as the Project
Director for the Environmental Law Capacity-Building Initiative in
Central America funded by the U.S.
Agency for International Development, and published books and
articles in English, Spanish and Portuguese, languages in which he
is fluent. He has also lectured and taught in China, Cuba,
France, Japan, Panama, and South
Korea, and was a Fulbright scholar in the Dominican Republic.
He has a law degree from Harvard Law
School and degrees in modern history from Cambridge and Columbia universities. He was admitted to
practice law in the State of New
York.
Located in San Francisco, Golden Gate
University School of Law provides students with a solid
foundation in legal theory and the skills necessary to be a
successful practitioner. GGU Law has a special commitment to public
interest law. In addition to a strong public interest law
curriculum, the school offers financial assistance to students who
pursue careers in public interest law, and our in-house clinics
provide legal assistance to underrepresented populations. GGU
students reflect a wide variety of ages, work experience, and
cultural, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. GGU's 700 law students
include working professionals and recent college graduates from
more than 100 undergraduate and graduate institutions.
Contact:
Michael
Bazeley
Director of Communications, GGU
at mbazeley@ggu.edu
415-442-7853
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