Michael J. Kaufman | |
---|---|
Born | 1958 |
Occupation | Professor |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Kenyon College University of Michigan School of Law |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Santa Clara University School of Law |
Michael J. Kaufman is an American legal scholar who is the Dean and a Professor of Law at Santa Clara University School of Law. [1] He previously served as Dean of Loyola University Chicago School of Law,where he also held several administrative positions at Loyola University Chicago,including Acting Provost and Chief Academic Officer and Vice Provost for Academic Strategy. [1] His research and teaching focuses on education law,equity,policy,and pedagogy;securities regulation and litigation;and civil procedure and dispute resolution. [1]
Kaufman started his legal career with a clerkship for Judge Nathaniel R. Jones of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. [1] He then practiced civil rights law and securities litigation at Sachnoff &Weaver (now part of Reed Smith). [2] In 1986,he joined the faculty of the Loyola University Chicago School of Law,where he taught Education Law and Policy,Civil Procedure,Business Organizations,Securities Law,and other courses.
At Loyola University Chicago School of Law,Kaufman served in a variety of administrative capacities. In 2005,he also became Associate Dean for Academic Affairs,a role he held for 11 years until he became Dean of the law school in 2016. [1] Kaufman founded Loyola's Rodin Center for Social Justice,Education Law and Policy Institute,Rule of Law Institute,and Institute for Investor Protection. [1] Kaufman also developed Loyola Chicago Law School's hybrid Weekend JD program. [1]
In 2018,he became Vice Provost for Academic Strategy for Loyola University Chicago. [3] In 2021,he briefly held the roles of Acting Provost and Chief Academic Officer. [4]
While a law professor at Loyola University Chicago,Kaufman was elected to three terms on the Board of Education for Illinois North Shore School District 112,where he served as vice president from 1999 to 2001 and president from 2001 to 2004. [1]
Kaufman has served as a public arbitrator for securities matters,as well as an expert consultant for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,and the Illinois Attorney General's Office. [1] He also has delivered bar examination review lectures to hundreds of thousands of law school graduates for bar exams throughout the country,including in California. [1]
Santa Clara University is a private Jesuit university in Santa Clara,California. Established in 1851,Santa Clara University is the oldest operating institution of higher learning in California. The university's campus surrounds the historic Mission Santa Clara de Asís which traces its founding to 1777. The campus mirrors the Mission's architectural style and is one of the finest groupings of Mission Revival architecture and other Spanish Colonial Revival styles. The university is classified as a "Doctoral/Professional" university.
The University of Chicago Law School is the law school of the University of Chicago,a private research university in Chicago,Illinois. It employs more than 180 full-time and part-time faculty and hosts more than 600 students in its Juris Doctor program,while also offering the Master of Laws,Master of Studies in Law and Doctor of Juridical Science degrees in law.
DePaul University is a private Catholic research university in Chicago,Illinois. Founded by the Vincentians in 1898,the university takes its name from the 17th-century French priest Saint Vincent de Paul. In 1998,it became the largest Catholic university in terms of enrollment in North America. Following in the footsteps of its founders,DePaul places special emphasis on recruiting first-generation students and others from disadvantaged backgrounds.
The Georgetown University Law Center is the law school of Georgetown University,a private research university in Washington,D.C.,United States. It was established in 1870 and is the largest law school in the United States by enrollment,with over 2000 students. It frequently receives the most full-time applications of any other law school in the United States.
Robert J. Sternberg is an American psychologist and psychometrician. He is a Professor of Human Development at Cornell University.
Helen Elizabeth Garrett,commonly known as Elizabeth Garrett or Beth Garrett,was an American professor of law and academic administrator. On July 1,2015,she became the 13th president of Cornell University—the first woman to serve as president of the university. She died from colon cancer on March 6,2016,the first Cornell president to die while in office.
Loyola University Chicago School of Law is the law school of Loyola University Chicago,in Illinois. Established in 1909,by the Society of Jesus,the Roman Catholic order of the Jesuits,the School of Law is located in downtown Chicago. Loyola University Chicago School of Law offers degrees and combined degree programs,including the Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.).
The Santa Clara University School of Law is the law school of Santa Clara University,a Jesuit university in Santa Clara,California,United States,in the Silicon Valley region. The School of Law was founded in 1911.
The New York University School of Law is the law school of New York University,a private research university in New York City. Established in 1835,it was the first law school established in New York City and is the oldest surviving law school in New York State and one of the oldest law schools in the United States. Located in Greenwich Village in Lower Manhattan,NYU Law grants J.D.,LL.M.,and J.S.D. degrees.
The University of Virginia School of Law is the law school of the University of Virginia,a public research university in Charlottesville,Virginia.
Robert David Sack is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Lawrence Ponoroff is an American attorney and academic administrator,currently serving as a professor of law at the Michigan State University College of Law. He formerly served as the Dean of Tulane University Law School and the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.
Michael Harry Schill is an American legal scholar and academic administrator. He has been serving as the 17th and current president of Northwestern University since September 2022. Schill previously served as the 18th president of the University of Oregon from 2015 to 2022,dean of the University of Chicago Law School from 2009 to 2015,and dean of the University of California,Los Angeles School of Law from 2004 to 2009.
Suzette M. Malveaux is an American law professor and civil rights lawyer. She is currently Provost Professor of Civil Rights Law and Director of the Byron R. White Center for the Study of American Law at the University of Colorado Law School. She has also taught at the Columbus School of Law,Catholic University of America and the University of Alabama School of Law. She teaches Civil Procedure,Complex Litigation,Employment Discrimination and Civil Rights. She is a nationally recognized expert on civil rights law and class action litigation,who has appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court and argued before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. She is a member of the American Law Institute.
Daniel S. Hendrickson is the 25th president of Creighton University starting on July 1,2015,until the present. He was previously the Associate Provost for Academic Initiatives at Marquette University.
Daniel Diermeier is a German-American political scientist and university administrator. He is serving as the ninth chancellor of Vanderbilt University. Previously,Diermeier was the David Lee Shillinglaw Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago,where he also served as provost. He succeeded Eric Isaacs on July 1,2016,and was succeeded by Ka Yee Christina Lee on February 1,2020.
Nancy Christine Staudt is the Frank and Marcia Carlucci Dean of the Pardee RAND Graduate School and the Vice President of Innovation at RAND Corporation. She is a scholar in tax,tax policy,and empirical legal studies.
Daniel Y. Abebe is an American lawyer and law professor. Abebe is Harold J. and Marion F. Green Professor of Law and Deputy Dean of the University of Chicago Law School and a Vice Provost of the University of Chicago. His research focuses on foreign relations law and public international law.
David H. Webber is the author of The Rise of the Working Class Shareholder:Labor's Last Best Weapon and Associate Dean for Intellectual Life at Boston University School of Law,where he writes about shareholder activism and litigation.
Susan Poser is the current and first female president of Hofstra University,having succeeded retiring president Stuart Rabinowitz on August 1,2021. Before being named to the Hofstra post,she was chief operating officer,provost,and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago.