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]

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

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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]

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Maryellen Fullerton; Interim Dean and Professor of Law". www.brooklaw.edu.
  2. ^ a b "Maryellen Fullerton". Brooklyn Book Festival.
  3. ^ "Maryellen Fullerton". www.brooklaw.edu.
  4. ^ a b c "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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Preceded by Dean of Brooklyn Law School
2018–19
Succeeded by