As this issue of Georgetown Law was going to press, Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia named T. Alexander Aleinikoff to be the next Executive Vice President for Law Center Affairs and Dean of the Law Center. As the successor to Dean Judy Areen, who returns to the faculty on July 1, Aleinikoff will be the 14th dean in the Law Center’s history.
     “Alex is a distinguished scholar, teacher, and public policy leader who is deeply committed to Georgetown University and the Law Center’s tradition of excellence,” DeGioia said in announcing the appointment on March 25.
     “It is an honor to have the opportunity to work with our great faculty, students, staff, and alumni, and with President DeGioia, in building on the tremendous strengths of the Law Center,” Aleinikoff said.
     Prior to joining the Law Center, Aleinikoff held several high-level positions of the leading immigration law scholars in the country, Aleinikoff has been a professor at the Law Center since 1997. He has published more than 50 books and articles in the fields of immigration law, constitutional law, and statutory interpretation, including Semblances of Sovereignty: The Constitution, the State and Citizenship, and was co-editor of the books Migration and International Legal Norms and Immigration and Citizenship: Process and Policy. He teaches immigration and refugee law, citizenship law, and constitutional law. Aleinikoff also serves as a senior associate at the Migration Policy Institute. in the Immigration and Naturalization Service at the U.S. Department of Justice. He was general counsel of the INS from 1994 to 1995 and served as executive associate commissioner for programs from 1995 to 1997. While at the INS, he taught refugee law at the Law Center as an adjunct professor.
     Aleinikoff also spent 15 years on the faculty at the University of Michigan Law School before coming to Washington. He graduated summa cum laude from Swarthmore College in 1974 and earned his law degree from Yale Law School in 1977.
     “I am absolutely delighted that Alex will be the next dean,” Areen said. “In addition to being an accomplished scholar, Alex is a dedicated teacher, respected colleague and admired public servant. He is also a natural leader and a good friend.” Further news about Dean Aleinikoff will appear in the fall 2004 issue of Georgetown Law.