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Appointment of T. Alexander Aleinikoff as the New Dean of Georgetown University Law Center ruler
For Immediate Release
March 25, 2004

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Elissa Free, (202) 662-9500

Dean Areen

Dean Judith Areen


Statement by Dean Judith Areen on the Appointment of T. Alexander Aleinikoff as the New Dean of Georgetown University Law Center

 

 


Alex Aleinikoff is one of the nation's most able scholars in not one but two fields: Constitutional Law and Immigration Law. I am absolutely delighted that he will be the next dean. 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.

Since joining the faculty in 1997, Alex has made an impressive mark at the Law Center. Last July, he took on the additional responsibilities of serving as Associate Dean for Research. In that role, he has already demonstrated the skills and temperament of a great dean.

His appointment comes at an important time in the history of the institution. With one of the most distinguished faculties in the nation, Georgetown Law Center attracted more applicants this year (12,000) than any other school in the history of legal education. It has become a world leader in many areas, including constitutional, international, tax and clinical law. In Alex, we have a visionary leader who will increase our global presence at the same time he continues the traditions and values we all hold dear.

I look forward to working closely with Alex to ensure a smooth transition. I will leave my post at the end of the academic year to return to the faculty with the knowledge that the Law Center is in strong, capable and caring hands.

 

Alexander Aleinikoff

T. Alexander Aleinikoff

 

D E G R E E S

B.A. 1974
Swarthmore

J.D. 1977
Yale


E X P E R I E N C E    A N D
A F F I L I AT I O N S

Senior Associate,
Migration Policy Institute

Executive Associate Commissioner,
Programs,
Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice
General Counsel,
Immigration and Naturalization Service

Professor of Law, University of Michigan


C O U R S E S

Immigration and Refugee Law,
Citizenship,
Constitutional Law,
The Constitution and the Civil War


R E P R E S E N T A T I V E
P U B L I C AT I O N S

Semblances of Sovereignty: The Constitution, the State and American Citizenship, Harvard University Press (2002)

Citizenship Policies for an Age of Migration, with Douglas Klusmeyer, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (2002)

Modern Constitutional Theory: A Reader, with John Garvey, (4th ed., 1999)

Immigration: Process and Policy, with David A. Martin and Hiroshi Motomura, West (4th ed., 1998)

Skeptical Scrutiny of Plenary Power: Judicial and Executive Branch Decisionmaking in Miller v. Albright, with Cornelia T.L. Pillard, 1998 Sup. Ct. Rev. 1 (1999)