Colin Crawford (born November 17, 1958) is an American academic and the 24th dean of the University of Louisville School of Law. Crawford will be the 16th dean of Golden Gate University School of Law, effective summer 2021.

Education

Crawford earned his Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University in 1980, a Master of Arts degree from the University of Cambridge, and a

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Career

On February 18, 2021, Golden Gate University announced it had hired Crawford as the new dean of its law school. Crawford became dean of the University of Louisville School of Law on January 1, 2018. He was named Dean after a search that lasted nearly five years. Prior to his position in Louisville, he was the Robert C. Cudd Professor of Environmental Law at Tulane University Law School in New Orleans, Louisiana from 2010 to 2017.Colin Crawford, Dean & Professor of Law - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law (CV)
/ref> He has also taught at Georgia State University College of Law from 2003 to 2010, Thomas Jefferson School of Law from 1997 to 2003, and Brooklyn Law School from 1992 to 1997.

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