Assistant Dean. Dean Smith earned her B.A. in 1993 from
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her J.D. in 1996
from the University of Iowa, where she was managing editor of the Iowa
Law Review.
She is a member of the Bars of Illinois, Washington, D.C., and the
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Dean Smith
served as Judiciary and Finance Committee Counsel to U.S. Senator Carol
Moseley-Braun (D-IL) from 1996-1999, and then joined the Washington,
D.C.,
office of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, as counsel in the
public law and policy section from 1999-2002. Prior to joining the law
school in 2005, Dean Smith served as vice president and Washington
counsel for America's Second Harvest: The Nation's Food Bank Network.
Her responsibilities at the law school include teaching courses in tax
law and legislation, overseeing the school's academic success program,
and developing its international programs, including the School of
Law's exchanges with the South African Constitutional Court.
|
