From 1987 until 2003, I was a member of the faculty at the University of Michigan, whose main campus is in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
I began as an assistant professor in the Law School, teaching and doing research about taxation and about the American welfare state. After earning tenure, I received a joint appointment with the Gerald Ford School of Public Policy, and ultimately served for nine years as the Law School's dean.
The strategic framework for my service as dean was developed through the preparation and revision of a document entitled, "From Strength to Strength."
Over the course of my deanship, the Law School successfully completed a $92 million fundraising campaign. More significantly, it made important innovations in public service, the teaching of professional skills, and transnational law. The Law School also successfully defended its use of affirmative action in admissions in the Supreme Court, in the case of Grutter v. Bollinger.
I also had the opportunity to lead the university's search for a new president, in an environment that was artificially constrained by Michigan's Open Meetings Act.
You may read more about the University of MIchigan Law School here.
