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Alicia Montana Morrell returns to her work in student affairs as the new Assistant Dean for Student Affairs at McGeorge School of Law. Morrell started the student affairs part of her career at 黑料不打烊 earning her M.A. in Educational Administration and Leadership from the then-Benerd School of Education while working as a Residence Director for the University. 

Morrell continued her career in student affairs at University of Utah, UC San Diego, and Carleton College, before earning her J.D. and pursuing a career practicing law. 

鈥淲orking in student affairs was always something that was always fulfilling, but I needed to try something different,鈥� Morrell said. 鈥淚 knew there was a lot of overlap between the law and education, and that I could always come back to student affairs with a legal degree.鈥� 

She packed her bags and moved from Minnesota to San Diego to earn her J.D. and begin her career practicing law. After clerking for two judges in the United States District Court鈥檚 Southern District of California, she started practicing labor and employment law. 

鈥淧racticing law was a great experience, and I always thought I would come back to education later after a long career as a successful litigator,鈥� Morrell said, 鈥渢he COVID pandemic gave me a chance for reflection. I wasn鈥檛 actively looking to leave law practice, just exploring good opportunities for me at the universities I had great experiences at. When I saw this job at McGeorge, I knew it was the next perfect step for me. I also had taken one case to trial and won; I wanted to keep my perfect litigation record.鈥� 

Morrell is excited to continue her career in student affairs and is looking forward to bringing her experiences practicing law and working at universities across the country to her new role. 鈥淎s an attorney, one of my favorite parts of the job was doing trainings, and helping people and organizations learn to do things the right way. I think that is a very helpful skill set to have in this role and I鈥檓 looking forward to getting to put it to use at McGeorge.鈥� 

鈥淲e are incredibly excited to have Alicia join the McGeorge community as our new Assistant Dean for Student Affairs,鈥� said Michael Hunter Schwartz, Dean of McGeorge School of Law, 鈥淪he has an incredible background practicing law and working at universities across the country. Those experiences are going to be very beneficial to our students as she helps guide them through their time at McGeorge and into their careers as attorneys.鈥�