Another Law School Dean Appointed President - Richard A. Bierschbach

The trend continues with more law deans being appointed as college and university presidents this year.

Wayne State University has elected its law school dean, Richard A. Bierschbach as its President, effective immediately, through June 3, 2030.

Prior to his tenure as dean at Wayne State Law School, he taught at Cardozo School of Law where he also served as Vice Dean.

Before joining academia, Bierschbach clerked for Judge A. Raymond Randolph of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and Justice Sandra Day O’Connor of the U.S. Supreme Court. Between those clerkships, he was a Bristow Fellow in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the Solicitor General and an attorney-advisor in the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, where he represented and advised executive branch agencies across the government on a wide range of legal issues.

Bierschbach worked in the New York offices of three international law firms—Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering (now WilmerHale), Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe—as a member of their Supreme Court and appellate litigation practices.

He earned his JD from the University of Michigan School of Law.