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Michèle Alexandre: At a Glance
Michèle Alexandre, the 14th dean of Loyola University Chicago School of Law, brings two decades of higher education experience and a professional background that includes serving as a civil rights attorney. A few facts:
- Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and moved to the U.S. in 1990.
- Earned a BA from Colgate University and a JD from Harvard Law School.
- Has devoted her career and scholarship to civil rights law, including issues of sustainability, economic independence, gender and racial equity, and social justice.
- Known for expertise in critical race theory, human rights, international law, and constitutional law.
- Served as dean at Stetson University College of Law for three years. There she created new scholarships—some especially for students of color and LGBT students—and led creation of a new business law concentration and planning to establish a new law clinic that focuses on intersecting issues of climate change and democracy. Among other development successes, Alexandre secured a $10 million gift, the largest in Stetson Law’s history, and fundraised for the construction of Stetson Law’s new Advocacy Institute, the construction of which kicked off in spring 2022.
- Previously held roles at the University of Mississippi School of Law, the American College of Law, the University of Baltimore School of Law, and the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, among others.
- Authored the civil rights textbook The New Frontiers of Civil Rights Litigation (Carolina Academic Press, 2019) and Sexploitation: Sexual Profiling and the Illusion of Gender (Routledge, 2014).
- Litigated discrimination cases in Selma, Alabama, including both iterations of the historic Black Farmers class action litigation.
- Named one of Ebony Magazine's Top 100 influential African Americans of 2013 and one of the 50 “Most Influential Minority Law Professors 50 Years of Age or Younger” by Lawyers of Color magazine.
Michèle Alexandre: At a Glance
Michèle Alexandre, the 14th dean of Loyola University Chicago School of Law, brings two decades of higher education experience and a professional background that includes serving as a civil rights attorney. A few facts:
- Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and moved to the U.S. in 1990.
- Earned a BA from Colgate University and a JD from Harvard Law School.
- Has devoted her career and scholarship to civil rights law, including issues of sustainability, economic independence, gender and racial equity, and social justice.
- Known for expertise in critical race theory, human rights, international law, and constitutional law.
- Served as dean at Stetson University College of Law for three years. There she created new scholarships—some especially for students of color and LGBT students—and led creation of a new business law concentration and planning to establish a new law clinic that focuses on intersecting issues of climate change and democracy. Among other development successes, Alexandre secured a $10 million gift, the largest in Stetson Law’s history, and fundraised for the construction of Stetson Law’s new Advocacy Institute, the construction of which kicked off in spring 2022.
- Previously held roles at the University of Mississippi School of Law, the American College of Law, the University of Baltimore School of Law, and the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, among others.
- Authored the civil rights textbook The New Frontiers of Civil Rights Litigation (Carolina Academic Press, 2019) and Sexploitation: Sexual Profiling and the Illusion of Gender (Routledge, 2014).
- Litigated discrimination cases in Selma, Alabama, including both iterations of the historic Black Farmers class action litigation.
- Named one of Ebony Magazine's Top 100 influential African Americans of 2013 and one of the 50 “Most Influential Minority Law Professors 50 Years of Age or Younger” by Lawyers of Color magazine.