Michael T. Cahill

Michael T. Cahill is a law professor, and the Dean and President of Brooklyn Law School. He is also the former co-Dean of Rutgers Law School.

Michael Cahill
Alma mater	Yale University (B.A., 1993) University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 1999) University of Michigan School of Public Policy (M.P.P., 1999)
Occupation	law school dean
Employer	Brooklyn Law School
Title	President, Joseph Crea Dean, and Professor of Law
Predecessor	Maryellen Fullerton (interim)
Spouse(s)	Rosalyn Scaff
Children	Rowan and Tessa

Biography

Raised in the Pompton Plains section of Pequannock Township, New Jersey,[1] Cahill graduated from Pequannock Township High School.[2]

Cahill received a B.A. with distinction in Ethics, Politics & Economics from Yale University in 1993.[3][4] He received his J.D. magna cum laude in 1999 from the University of Michigan Law School, and also received a master of public policy (M.P.P.) degree in 1999 from the University of Michigan School of Public Policy.[3][5][6][7] In law school, he served as a note editor for the Michigan Law Review and was given a Bodman-Longley Award for 1996-1997, "in recognition of [his] "superior scholastic record" and [his] contributions to the Michigan Law Review."[8] He then served as a law clerk to Judge James B. Loken of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit from 1999 to 2000.[9][7]

He taught at Chicago-Kent College of Law as a visiting assistant professor of law from 2002 to 2003.[9][7]

Cahill taught and worked at Brooklyn Law School from 2003 until 2016, serving as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 2010 to 2013 and as Vice Dean from 2013 to 2015.[3][9] Over that time, Cahill was involved in nearly every aspect of the school’s operation, including curricular oversight and reform, support for faculty research, admissions and financial-aid policy, budgetary planning, supervision of administrators and staff, maintenance and improvement of Law School facilities, external relations, and fundraising.[9][3][5]

He served as co-dean and professor at Rutgers Law School from 2016 to 2019, taking the post at 44 years of age.[10][11][9][12]

Cahill returned to Brooklyn Law School in 2019 to become President and Joseph Crea Dean, as well as a tenured Professor of Law on the faculty.[9] He is the ninth dean in the law school’s 118-year history. One of his primary goals is to expand Brooklyn Law School's non-J.D. offerings to offer other programs, such as master’s degrees and certificates.[3][13] His other goals center on ensuring the ongoing strength of the J.D. program, and emphasizing fundraising.[3][13]

His scholarly background centers on criminal law.[9] Cahill has also written about health law and policy. He has published a number of articles and book chapters in various venues, and has co-authored three books on criminal law with University of Pennsylvania Law School law professor Paul H. Robinson:[9] the one-volume treatise Criminal Law (Aspen Treatise Series, 2d ed. 2012); Law Without Justice: Why Criminal Law Doesn't Give People What They Deserve (Oxford, 2006); and the student casebook Criminal Law: Case Studies and Controversies (Wolters Kluwer, 4th ed. 2016; with Shima Baradaran Baughman).[14][9][15][16]

Cahill lives in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn with his wife, Rosalyn Scaff[17] and two children.[5]

References

1. "Michael Cahill Named Co-dean of Rutgers Law School in Camden", New Jersey Business, March 21, 2016. Accessed August 18, 2019. "Cahill notes that this new position represents a homecoming of sorts: he grew up in Pompton Plains, where his parents, Patricia and Lee Cahill, still reside."
2. "Pequannock High's Finest Alums Are Honored", Home Town News, November 21, 2018. Accessed August 18, 2019. "Professor Michael T. Cahill was the next to be honored. Following high school graduation, Cahill received a B.A. from Yale University and J.D. and M.P.P. degrees from the University of Michigan, graduating magna cum laude and working on the Michigan Law Review."
3. "Rutgers Law Co-Dean Cahill Returning to Brooklyn Law". Yahoo. December 18, 2018.
4. "Michael T. Cahill - Rutgers Law". Rutgers Law. August 9, 2016.
5. "Criminal law scholar named co-dean Rutgers Law, Camden". nj.com. March 21, 2016.
6. "Pequannock High's Finest Alums are Honored". Home Town News; Zone 12. November 21, 2018.
7. "Michael T. Cahill," brooklaw.edu.
8. "Michigan Law Review". University of Michigan, Department of Law. August 17, 1997 – via Google Books.
9. "Michael Cahill returns to Brooklyn Law School as the next president and dean". Brooklyn Eagle. December 18, 2018.
10. "New Camden-based co-dean for Rutgers Law," Philadelphia Business Journal, March 21, 2016.
11. "Co-dean of Rutgers Law School named president, dean of Brooklyn Law School". ROI-NJ. December 19, 2018.
12. Lai, Jonathan (March 21, 2016). "Rutgers Law names new Camden-based co-dean". Philadelphia Inquirer.
13. Karen Sloan (December 18, 2018). "Brooklyn Law Poaches New Dean From Rutgers". New York Law Journal.
14. Robinson, Paul H.; Cahill, Michael T. (2012). Aspen Student Treatise for Criminal Law. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business – via Google Books.
15. Robinson, Paul H.; Cahill, Michael T.; Cahill, Michael T. (2006). Law Without Justice: Why Criminal Law Doesn't Give People What They Deserve. Oxford University Press, USA – via Google Books.
16. Robinson, Paul H.; Baughman, Shima Baradaran; Cahill, Michael T. (2016). Criminal Law: Case Studies and Controversies. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business – via Google Books.
17. "Middle School Seats as Hard to Get as Rolling Stones Tickets, Parents Say". DNAinfo New York. Retrieved 2020-04-15.

Preceded by Maryellen Fullerton (interim)	Dean of Brooklyn Law School 2019–present	Succeeded by incumbent