Assistant Dean for Development and Alumni Relations. Dean
Schaffer earned his A.B. in 1978 at Vassar College and his J.D. in 1983
at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University.
He is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, Ohio, and West
Virginia; and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit;
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio; U.S. District
Court for the Southern District of West Virginia; and the U.S. Tax
Court. Prior to joining the law school in August 2001, he served as
director of corporate and foundation relations for the University of
Delaware, where he was responsible for a program that raised more than
half of the private support received by the university and fostered
strategic relationships with industry for collaboration on research and
development of emerging technologies. He has served in similar
capacities for Thomas Jefferson University and the School of Medicine
of Case Western Reserve University. Following graduation, he practiced
health care and corporate law for a leading firm in Cleveland, Ohio,
and often lectured at national conferences on health care and health
insurance issues. Dean Schaffer and his staff are responsible for the
development, administration, and coordination of all philanthropic
support for the law school, as well as oversight of programs that
foster a close connection between the school and its more than 7,500
alumni. |
