Public Service Draws New Dean to CUNY

Michelle J. Anderson, professor of law at Villanova University since 1998, has been named dean of the CUNY School of Law. She will assume her duties as dean on July 1.

Anderson says that CUNY's strong pubic service program was a main factor in her decision to accept the deanship. More CUNY graduates go to work in public interest law than graduates from any other U.S. law school do.

Anderson is a graduate of Yale Law School. She taught criminal law, criminal procedure, and feminist legal theory at Villanova, and is highly regarded for her work on legal aspects of domestic violence and sexual assault.

Source: "CUNY Law School Gets a New Dean," The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 5, 2006.