Valparaiso University Law School has named DePaul University Professor Andrea Lyon as its new dean. She will take over in June, 2014. Lyon, a clinical professor of law and associate dean of clinical programs, is director of DePaul's Center for Justice in Capital Cases. She is very well known in death penalty advocacy circles. Lyon holds a JD from Antioch School of Law.
Lyon succeeds Jay Conison, who (as chair of the accreditation committee) was a key participant in the ABA's efforts to update law school accreditation guidelines. Conison is now the dean of Charlotte Law School.
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