The University of Alabama School of Law is pleased to announce Grace Soyon Lee has been named Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.
She will serve the academic needs of students and the faculty and work closely with students as she helps build campus community. She will ensure that the Law School reports accurate information to the American Bar Association and other organizations, including U.S. News & World Report, as well as identify and help solve student concerns.
She wants all students to know they can come to her with individual concerns as well as to share ideas they may have about making the Law School a better place for themselves or for students in the future. Her door is always open, not just when a problem arises.
“I want to counteract that assumption and let people know that they don’t have to come to me just when they have a problem with a capital P,” she said.
Lee joined the Law School as an Assistant Professor in 2008. She had been Associate Professor of Law in Residence, teaching Contracts, Secured Transactions, Sales, and Business Planning. Her teaching load will decrease to one course per academic year as she takes on administrative duties, and she is looking forward to increasing her “footprint” on the Law School.
In the classroom, she provided knowledge in a structured environment. Some students sought additional advice outside of the classroom, and Lee found she enjoyed making those types of connections. Her new position affords more opportunities to work with students holistically about their career and shape their path at the Law School.
Lee received her B.A. from Williams College; M.A. from the University of Chicago; and J.D., Cum Laude, from Northwestern University School of Law. After law school, she clerked for Judge Richard A. Enslen of the Western District of Michigan and worked as an associate in the Chicago offices of Mayer Brown LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP.