Dean's Office
Administration
Jason P. Nance
Judge James Noel Dean and Professor of Law
Christine Powers Leatherberry '06
Assistant Dean for Administration and Chief of Staff
Email: cleatherberry@smu.edu
Dean's Office Staff
Tina Brosseau
Executive Assistant to the Dean
Email: tbrossea@smu.edu
Pamela Gray Hodge
Coordinator, Dean's Suite
Email: pgrayhodge@smu.edu
Mailing Address:
SMU Dedman School of Law
Office of the Dean
P.O. Box 750116
Dallas, TX 75275-0116
Physical Address:
SMU Dedman School of Law
Office of the Dean
3315 Daniel Avenue
Dallas, TX 75205
Telephone: 214-768-2621
Fax: 214-768-2182
Associate Deans
Christine Hurt
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Alan R. Bromberg Centennial Chair in Corporate, Partnership, Business and Securities Law and Professor of Law
Email: churt@smu.edu
Jessica Dixon Weaver
Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Law
Email: jdweaver@smu.edu
Mary Spector
Associate Dean for Experiential Learning, Director of the Civil/Consumer Advocacy Clinics and Professor of Law
Email: mspector@smu.edu
Greg Ivy
Associate Dean for Library and Technology, Underwood Law Library
Email: givy@smu.edu
Assistant Deans
Laura G. Burstein
Assistant Dean for Public Interest and Pro Bono
Faculty Supervisor, Government and Public Interest Externship Program
Email: lburstein@smu.edu
Martin Camp '79
Assistant Dean for Graduate and International Programs
Email: mlcamp@smu.edu
John P. Churchill
Assistant Dean for Marketing and Strategic Communications
Email: jpchurchill@smu.edu
Marcie Davis '96
Assistant Dean, Office of Career Services
Email: mydavis@smu.edu
Erika S. Fadel '98
Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Email: efadel@smu.edu
Christine Powers Leatherberry '06
Assistant Dean for Administration and Chief of Staff
Email: cleatherberry@smu.edu
Jill Nikirk '03
Assistant Dean for Admissions
Email: jilln@smu.edu
Stephen B. Yeager '93
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
Email: syeager@smu.edu
Directors
Lynn Dempsey
Director of External Relations
Email: ldempsey@smu.edu
Clayton Ellis
Director of Development
Email: crellis@smu.edu
Ashley Ellis
Director of Alumni Relations
Email: ashleyellis@smu.edu