AALS Arc of Career Program

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Session Type: AALS Arc of Career Programs

Session Capacity: N/A

Hotel: Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

Room: Thurgood Marshall North

Floor: Mezzanine Level

The role of associate and assistant deans has changed within legal education in accordance with commensurate changes in the administrative structure of many law schools. Today, there are more faculty than ever before holding dean positions at law schools due to expanded programming and shared responsibilities. Faculty seeking to rise to administrative roles have more opportunities, but also more challenges, than ever before in considering their career paths, and the people in those roles may face some confusion as to the scope of their positions. This panel of current and former associate deans will take on the various issues to consider when becoming an associate or assistant dean, the various types of dean roles, and the communications necessary to be a successful associate or assistant dean.