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Join us to meet the new Dean of the UCI Law School, Austen Parrish.  Dean Parrish will discuss the Law School and the plans for the school as it moves forward, as well as Legal Education generally. 

Austen Parrish joined the Law in August 2022 as its third dean. Previously, he was the Dean at Indiana University Maurer School of Law. Before joining Indiana University Bloomington, Parrish served as interim dean at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles. He is active in a variety of national organizations focused on legal education and is a member of the board of directors of AccessLex Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the betterment of legal education with a focus on issues of access and affordability. Over his career, he has taught a variety of courses, including Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Federal Courts, Transnational Law, International Environmental Law and Public International Law.  

Dean Parrish received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington and his law degree from Columbia University, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone scholar.