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Diversity Council

The Diversity Council is a school-wide group composed of faculty and staff who join with senior management in a collaborative effort to create strategic plans and goals for diversity in alignment with our Christian mission and vision. This involves implementing programs like implicit bias training, the Dean's Speaker Series, open conversations, academic panels, and more, that increase and enhance student, faculty, and staff diversity at all levels of Caruso Law.

 

Chalak Richards

Chalak Richards

Dean of Students, Belonging, and Career Development

Established in early 2020, the office of the dean of students, diversity, and belonging has three overarching goals: to create a community where all are welcomed and recognize they belong, to care for the well-being of each individual student, and to oversee the full student life experience.

Professor Jeff Baker

Jeffrey Baker

Associate Dean of Clinical Education and Global Programs
Clinical Professor of Law
Director of the Community Justice Clinic

Arnold Barba

Arnold Barba 

Assistant Dean of Professional Formation
Chief of Staff and Director of the Parris Institute for Professional Excellence

Tanya Cooper

Tanya Asim Cooper

Director of Restoration and Justice Clinic
Clinical Professor of Law

Professor Naomi Goodno

Naomi Goodno

Professor of Law

Berenice Hernandez

Berenice Hernandez

Assistant Director, Office of Financial Assistance

Kristin Lyming

Kristin Lyming

Events Manager

Ateshia Naccari

Ateshia Naccari

Assistant Director of Diversity and Belonging 

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Sukhsimranjit Singh

Director LLM Program 
Danny Weinstein Managing Director, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution
Professor of Law and Practice

Al Sturgeon

Al Sturgeon

Associate Dean Student Life & Spiritual Development