International Conference on the Future of Legal Education

Suellyn Scarnecchia

Suellyn Scarnecchia became the first woman to serve as dean of the University of New Mexico School of Law in 2003. She teaches Children's Law, Legal Dialogues and Access to Justice. On campus, she serves as a board member for the UNM Science and Technology Corporation. She chairs all Judicial Nominating Commissions in New Mexico. Dean Scarnecchia serves on the New Mexico Supreme Court Task Forces on Professionalism and Access to Justice. She is chair of the ABA New Deans Workshop and a member of the AALS Resource Corps and the LSAC Minority Affairs Committee. Prior to UNM, she was a member of the faculty at the University of Michigan Law School where she was Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and taught in the Child Advocacy Law Clinic. Dean Scarnecchia received her bachelor's degree from Northwestern University and her J.D. from the University of Michigan.