Brooklyn Law School Dean Steps Down

Brooklyn Law School president and dean Nicholas W. Allard will be resigning at the end of this academic term, the school announced Tuesday.

“This was a difficult decision that was a long time in the making,” Allard said in a statement. After wrapping up his term, he said he plans to pursue “other meaningful opportunities” in education, politics, advocacy, and writing.

Professor Maryellen Fullerton, who teaches asylum and refugee law, will act as interim dean beginning on June 30 while the law school searches for a replacement.

Allard joined Brooklyn Law not from another law school but from Squire Patton ...