Maryellen Fullerton
NationalityAmerican
EducationDuke University (BA)
Antioch School of Law (JD)
Known for

Maryellen Fullerton is an American lawyer and academic. She is a professor of law and former interim dean at Brooklyn Law School. She was the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Law at the University of Trento for 2012-13.[1][2]

Biography

Fullerton earned a B.A. in 1968 at Duke University and a J.D. in 1978 at Antioch School of Law.[3][4] She was a law clerk to both Judge Frank Minis Johnson (U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama; 1978–79), as well as to Judge Francis Van Dusen (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; 1979–80).[1][4] She was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Louvain in 1986-87.[1][4]

She was appointed to the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Law at the University of Trento for the 2012-13 academic year.[1][2]

Fullerton is Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School. In May 2018, Fullerton was appointed Interim Dean of the school following the departure of Nicholas Allard.[5][1][6][7] In July 2019, Fullerton was succeeded as Dean by Michael Cahill.[8]

She co-authored Forced Migration: Law and Policy and Immigration (2013) and Citizenship Law: Process and Policy, casebooks that are used by over 100 US law schools and universities.[1][9][10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Maryellen Fullerton; Interim Dean and Professor of Law". www.brooklaw.edu.
  2. 1 2 "Maryellen Fullerton". Brooklyn Book Festival.
  3. "Maryellen Fullerton". www.brooklaw.edu.
  4. 1 2 3 "C.V.," brooklaw.edu.
  5. Rob Abruzzese (5 October 2018). "Brooklyn Law School announces search committee for new dean". Brooklyn Eagle.
  6. "DEAN NICHOLAS W. ALLARD TO LEAVE BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL". www.nyrealestatelawblog.com. May 29, 2018.
  7. "Maryellen Fullerton, '78, appointed interim Dean of Brooklyn Law". UDC David A. Clarke School of Law. June 19, 2018.
  8. "New Brooklyn Law School Dean Michael Cahill officially takes over". Brooklyn Eagle. 2019-07-03. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
  9. Martin, David A.; Aleinikoff, Thomas Alexander; Motomura, Hiroshi; Fullerton, Maryellen (2019). Forced Migration: Law and Policy. West. ISBN 9780314285331 via Google Books.
  10. Malhi, Sabrina (28 June 2018). "Criminal prosecutions at the border violate international law". TheHill.
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