Georgetown Law Dean Snags U.N. Post
Alex Aleinikoff.
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The dean of Georgetown University Law Center let students and faculty know that he’s leaving in January to take a post with the United Nations.
T. Alexander Aleinikoff, who’s been dean since 2004, sent an e-mail announcing the news that he’d accepted the position of deputy high commissioner in the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva, the Blog of Legal Times reports.
“As many of you know, refugee and asylum law has been a central focus of my scholarship and research,” Aleinikoff said in a news release about his new role. “The first course I taught at the Law Center was Refugee Law. In taking up the position at UNHCR, I will be joining a UN organization that provides protection or assistance to 34 million people around the world.”
The release notes that during Aleinikoff’s time at Georgetown, he’s worked to expand the school’s’ transnational and international curriculum. In 2006, the Law Center began a one-week course at the beginning of the second semester for 1Ls to explore the role of law in a global context.
Before his elevation to dean, Aleinikoff had been associate dean for a year and a professor since 1997.
