Russell McClain

Professor Russell McClain

University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

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Law School Associate Professor and Associate Dean Russell McClain graduated Order of the Coif from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1995. From 1995 until 2005, Professor McClain was a civil litigator in Los Angeles, California. Professor McClain began teaching in the fall of 2005 as a legal writing instructor at Howard University School of Law.  Professor McClain began teaching at the University of Maryland School of Law in 2006, and he received a full-time appointment to the faculty in 2007.  Since then, he has worked as the Director of the law school’s Academic Achievement Program, which focuses on assisting with the academic development of law students.  In 2016, Professor McClain was promoted to law school associate professor, and he was appointed by the law school Dean to the position of Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion.  He also is a member of the President’s Diversity Advisory Council of the University of Maryland, Baltimore.