Tom Campbell will step down as dean of Chapman University’s Dale E. Fowler School of Law and return to teaching, the university said.
He will “rejoin the faculty of the law school and economics department as a full-time faculty member” at the completion of his term, which expires in the spring, said Chapman Chancellor Daniele Struppa.
Campbell, a former five-term Republican U.S. Congressman, became dean of the law school in 2011 after serving as dean of the Haas School of Business at the University of California-Berkeley.
He led the implementation of a strategic plan for the law school, which included providing enhanced training for “practice-ready” skills. He also oversaw incorporating international elements into various courses in the master of laws program, integrated the law school with other Chapman departments, and established the business-law emphasis program for students pursuing corporate law careers.
Chapman said it formed a search committee to find a new Fowler School dean.
—Jane Yu
