Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. (Contracts; Federal Courts; Mass Media Law; Church-State Relations.) Dean Chen earned his A.B. from Dartmouth College and his J.D. with high honors from Rutgers, where he was editor-in-chief of the Law Review and the Saul Tischler Scholar. After graduation from law school, he clerked for the Honorable Leonard I. Garth, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Before joining the Rutgers faculty in 1987, Dean Chen was associated with the New York law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore.

In the last few years, he has appeared before the New Jersey Supreme Court and the Third Circuit in cases ranging from the constitutionality of Megan`s Law, the New Jersey kosher enforcement regulations, the New Jersey hate crimes statute, and government religious displays. Dean Chen is a member of the editorial board of the New Jersey Law Journal, and the Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics. He has served as chair of the Third Circuit Lawyers` Advisory Committee and the New Jersey State Bar Association`s Legal Education Committee. He also has served on the New Jersey affiliate board and currently serves on the national board and executive committee of the American Civil Liberties Union. Outside the law, Dean Chen is vice president of the United States Rowing Association and served on the international rowing jury at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.