We are pleased to announce that Jamienne S. Studley, Deputy Under Secretary of Education at the U.S. Department of Education, will deliver the keynote address at the 2014 AALS Annual Meeting Association Luncheon.
In September 2013, Jamienne S. Studley was appointed Deputy Under Secretary to the U.S. Department of Education, overseeing the administration’s higher education agenda. She is a leader in higher education policy development and outreach.
She is a graduate of Barnard College (1972 magna cum laude) and Harvard Law School (1975). As Associate Dean and Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School in the 1980s, she helped create a loan forgiveness program for graduates in public service and launched campus projects addressing race and gender. She was the first executive director of NALP (National Association for Law Placement, 1987-90), the professional association of law schools and legal employers.
She went on to roles in the Clinton Administration. From 1993-1999, Studley served as deputy and acting general counsel for the U.S. Department of Education and was a member of the White House Regulatory Working Group. She was President of Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs from 1999-2003 during which time she convened a national discussion concerning education opportunities and preserving student aid.
Since 2004, she was President and CEO of Public Advocates, Inc. (San Francisco, California), a public interest law firm working with communities to address the systemic causes of poverty and discrimination. Studley also contributed to Public Advocates’ higher education team, working on student aid policy and the strengthening of private postsecondary school oversight. She served on the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, advising the education secretary on accreditation issues.
She has practiced law at the firm of Bergson, Borkland, Margolis & Adler (litigation) and Weil, Gotshal & Manges (administrative law).
Recognition of the Order of the Coif Biennial Book Award
Book Award Winners:
Dennis E. Curtis, Yale Law School and Judith Resnik, Yale Law School