Ashley Deeks, ’98, To Serve as UVA Law Vice Dean
Ashley Deeks To Serve as UVA Law Vice Dean
Professor Ashley S. Deeks, a national security law expert, will serve as the next vice dean of the University of Virginia School of Law. Her term starts July 1.
“As an accomplished legal scholar and public servant, Ashley Deeks has tackled some of the most complex and cutting-edge national security issues facing the world today," Dean Leslie Kendrick ’06 said. “I am delighted that she will bring her enormous intellect and wise judgment to the vice deanship, where she will follow in the footsteps of her equally brilliant predecessor, Michael Gilbert.”
The vice dean is responsible for faculty development and intellectual life, student affairs, and University-related academic affairs, and serves on the appointments committees and other committees. The vice dean also coordinates with the associate dean for curricular programs, currently Quinn Curtis, on curricular issues.
Deeks, who directs the school’s National Security Law Center, said she is excited to succeed Gilbert, who is leaving “big shoes to fill.”
“Mike Gilbert has done an outstanding job, and I look forward to learning from him and Dean Kendrick about what happens behind the scenes to keep the Law School running so well,” Deeks said. “I hope that I can bring to the job some of the skills that I learned in government, including how to develop relationships with people in different parts of the University and how to spot and manage potential problems early.”
A member of the faculty since 2012, Deeks is an expert on the use of force and the law of armed conflict, executive power, secret treaties, and the intersection of national security and international law. She recently published the book “The Double Black Box: National Security, Artificial Intelligence, and the Struggle for Democratic Accountability,” which explores the consequences and role of AI in national security decision-making.
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