Dean's Office

Administration

 

Jason P. Nance
Judge James Noel Dean and Professor of Law

Christine Powers Leatherberry '06
Assistant Dean for Administration and Chief of Staff
Email: cleatherberry@zgdx8.com

Dean's Office Staff

Tina Brosseau
Executive Assistant to the Dean
Email: tbrossea@zgdx8.com

Pamela Gray Hodge
Coordinator, Dean's Suite
Email: pgrayhodge@zgdx8.com

Mailing Address:
SMU Dedman School of Law
Office of the Dean
P.O. Box 750116
Dallas, TX 75275-0116

Physical Address:
SMU Dedman School of Law
Office of the Dean
3315 Daniel Avenue
Dallas, TX 75205

Telephone: 214-768-2621
Fax: 214-768-2182

Associate Deans

Christine Hurt
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Alan R. Bromberg Centennial Chair in Corporate, Partnership, Business and Securities Law and Professor of Law
Email: churt@zgdx8.com

Jessica Dixon Weaver
Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Law
Email: jdweaver@zgdx8.com

Mary Spector
Associate Dean for Experiential Learning, Director of the Civil/Consumer Advocacy Clinics and Professor of Law
Email: mspector@zgdx8.com

Greg Ivy
Associate Dean for Library and Technology, Underwood Law Library
Email: givy@zgdx8.com

Assistant Deans

Laura G. Burstein
Assistant Dean for Public Interest and Pro Bono
Faculty Supervisor, Government and Public Interest Externship Program
Email: lburstein@zgdx8.com

Martin Camp '79
Assistant Dean for Graduate and International Programs
Email: mlcamp@zgdx8.com

John P. Churchill
Assistant Dean for Marketing and Strategic Communications
Email: jpchurchill@zgdx8.com

Marcie Davis '96
Assistant Dean, Office of Career Services
Email: mydavis@zgdx8.com

Erika S. Fadel '98
Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Email: efadel@zgdx8.com

Christine Powers Leatherberry '06
Assistant Dean for Administration and Chief of Staff
Email: cleatherberry@zgdx8.com

Jill Nikirk '03
Assistant Dean for Admissions
Email: jilln@zgdx8.com

Stephen B. Yeager '93
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
Email: syeager@zgdx8.com

Directors

Lynn Dempsey
Director of External Relations
Email: ldempsey@zgdx8.com

Clayton Ellis
Director of Development
Email: crellis@zgdx8.com

Ashley Ellis
Director of Alumni Relations
Email: ashleyellis@zgdx8.com