Dean Dodge Appointed Chair-Elect of AALS Student Services Section

DEAN DODGE APPOINTED CHAIR-ELECT OF AALS STUDENT SERVICES SECTION

July 2021 — Jeffrey A. Dodge, Associate Dean for Academic & Student Services, Assistant Professor, and Joseph H. Goldstein Faculty Scholar, was recently appointed to serve as chair-elect of Association of American Law Schools Student Services Section.  Dean Dodge was serving as vice chair of the Section and was selected by the executive committee to serve in the new role for the remainder of 2021.

In the past, Dean Dodge has served as chair of the AALS Sections on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues and International Legal Exchange.  He has previously presented at AALS Annual Meetings and is actively involved in professional associations related to academic success and student services.

Associate Dean Jeffrey A. Dodge has spent over 15 years in legal education. Dean Dodge has broad experience overseeing law school and University-level offices of student services, international programs, admissions, academic success, career services, and more. He has taught and presented on topics in the fields of family law, international human rights, and comparative law. His scholarship focuses on the intersections of family law and inequity, and law school academic success and diversity. Dean Dodge is currently the vice chair of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Student Services Section. He previously served as chair of both the AALS Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues and International Legal Exchange sections. Dean Dodge has served on the national diversity committee of the Law School Admissions Council Diversity Committee, as an American Bar Association accreditation site evaluator, and a two time director of the CLEO Pre-Law Summer Institute.