Schwab Leaving Cornell Law Deanship in 2014

Stewart Schwab, Dean of the Cornell Law School and one of the Reporters of the ALI's Restatement of Employment Law, has announced that he is stepping down as dean of the law school in June 2014.

From the Cornell Chronicle:

“I have enjoyed my time as dean,” said Schwab. “Cornell Law has a collegial faculty that sees the best in each other; students who are talented, hardworking and enjoy learning the law; and loyal alumni who lead lives of distinction and are dedicated to improving the school. These factors have let us accomplish many things over the last decade.” . . . .

Other Law School milestones under Schwab’s leadership:

• the most successful fundraising year in the history of the Law School, 2012;
• expansion of the school’s business law curriculum with new deals and transactional law classes;
• creation of new clinical studies opportunities in securities law, labor law, LGBT rights and juvenile justice;
• the launch of several new programs, institutes and projects including the Clarke Business Law Institute, the Cornell e-Rulemaking Initiative, the Avon Global Center for Women and Justice, the Clarke Initiative for Law and Development in the Middle East and North Africa and the expansion of the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies; and
• establishment and expansion of exchange partnerships with some two dozen universities around the world.

After a sabbatical during the 2014-15 academic year, Schwab will return to the faculty. Here's hoping that much more innovative labor and employment law scholarship is the happy result!

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