Internationally known scholar hails from Indiana University

Alfred (Fred) C. Aman, Jr., former law school dean at Indiana University – Bloomington, and an internationally known scholar and director of the Indiana University Institute for Advanced Study, will become dean of Suffolk University Law School, effective July 1, 2007.

Aman’s appointment was announced by Suffolk University President David J. Sargent.

"Alfred Aman brings to Suffolk University Law School a breadth of knowledge and experience and a deep commitment to the values and principles upon which the Law School was founded," said President Sargent. "He endorses the Law School’s history of providing access to excellence and is strongly dedicated to continuing the advancement of the day and evening divisions. His appointment is particularly significant in that it takes place during our Centennial year."

"I feel honored to be joining Suffolk University, with its distinguished faculty, ambitious students and superb resources,” said Aman. "From my visits to Suffolk, I have a strong sense of this community’s energy and commitment to preparing lawyers for the opportunities and demands of the 21st century -- and for the challenges of advancing the great work of this law school’s first one hundred years. I am thrilled to be joining the school at this point in its history."

Aman will succeed Dean Robert H. Smith. During Dean Smith’s eight years of service, the Law School has enhanced clinical and practice skills courses, initiated graduate and international programs, and increased support for faculty scholarship. Following a sabbatical, Smith will return to teaching, focusing on constitutional law and mediation.

Aman is currently the Roscoe C. O’Byrne Professor of Law at Indiana University – Bloomington, where he served as law school dean from 1991 to 2002. He was a member of the Cornell Law School faculty from 1977 to 1991, has held a Distinguished Fulbright Chair in Trento, Italy, and visiting professorships in England, France and Italy.

For 100 years, Suffolk University Law School, in the heart of downtown Boston, has remained one of the most respected names in legal education. Its expansive curriculum -- more than 200 upper-level elective courses, specialty concentrations, joint-degree programs and an LL.M. in global technology -- enables students to gain a strong academic foundation. A wide range of hands-on experience, including clinical programs, internships and moot court competitions, provides students the practical skills necessary to succeed. Suffolk Law's diverse and supportive community comes together in Sargent Hall, which was dedicated in 1999 and is among the country's most inspiring, modern and technologically advanced settings for the study of law.