Center for Career & Professional Development
Curious Conversations: Careers in Law
Location
A. Frank Smith, Jr. Library Center 205 (Prothro Room)Date & Time
6:00pm - 7:00pm CDT March 23Contact
Southwestern University Center for Career & Professional Development
www.southwestern.edu/careers
512.863.1346
Prothro Center for Lifelong Learning, Ste. 140
6:00pm - 7:00pm CDT March 23
A. Frank Smith, Jr. Library Center 205 (Prothro Room)
Open gallery
Join SU Board of Visitors member Michael Barry, President and Dean of the South Texas College of Law in Houston, to discuss his career journey in the field of law and legal education and advice for your own legal career interests. Co-sponsored by the Pre-Law Society and Center for Career & Professional Development
Michael F. Barry is the 11th president and dean of Houston’s oldest law school, South Texas College of Law Houston.
For more than two decades, he has provided confident leadership, innovative strategies, actionable recommendations, and practical management to Fortune 200 clients, in higher education, and in community service.
Barry joined South Texas in fall 2019 after serving as assistant dean and practitioner in residence at St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas. Among his responsibilities were developing new programs; increasing outreach to partners, donors, employers, and alumni; supporting and fundraising for initiatives that benefited St. Mary’s University and its students and alumni; managing law school operations to support faculty and student needs; and developing and teaching courses and extracurricular programs. Bringing business acumen, budgeting, change management, and leadership skills from his years in legal practice and in business, Barry initially designed St. Mary’s University School of Law’s comprehensive Law Success academic support program, became a leader in using data to support student success, and directed operations and budget for the School of Law. An engaged teacher, Barry excels at bringing real-world experiences into the legal classroom.
President Barry earned his BA in English and Religious Studies at the University of Virginia, his MA in Theology at the University of San Francisco, and his JD at Yale Law School.