Shannon P. Bartlett to Return to Law School as Dean of Students
The University of Chicago Law School is proud to announce that Shannon P. Bartlett will join the Law School as Dean of Students on August 1, 2016.
“We are excited to welcome Shannon Bartlett as our Dean of Students,” said Dean Thomas J. Miles. “Our students will tremendously benefit from the wealth of her experience, her deep knowledge of the Law School, her sound judgment, and her infectious enthusiasm.”
Ms. Bartlett currently serves as Director of Diversity Education and Outreach at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. In that position she has spearheaded all of Northwestern Law's diversity and inclusion initiatives, including programming, student counseling, and advising student organizations. She served on several University-wide committees, including the Accessibility Council, the University Diversity Committee, and the Campus MLK Committee, and as a panel member of the Northwestern University Hearings and Appeals System. In 2015, she received the Northwestern Law Student Bar Association Staff Appreciation Award.
Previously, Ms. Bartlett served as the University of Chicago Law School's Associate Director of Student Affairs from 2010 to 2013. During that time, she worked closely with individual students and student organizations on programming and counseling. She also worked on the development and implementation of the Keystone and Winter Wellness programs, and worked on many of the events managed by the Dean of Students Office.
Ms. Bartlett received her JD summa cum laude from DePaul University School of Law, her MA in Jurisprudence and Social Policy from the University of California at Berkeley, and her BA in psychology from Washington University in St. Louis. She practiced complex civil litigation at Jenner & Block and Valorem Law Group and served as a legal fellow at the ACLU prior to entering academic administration.