Diane T. Chin returned to Stanford Law School last May as the first associate dean for public service and public interest law. Chin was the first director of the John and Terry Levin Center for Public Service and Public Interest Law from 2003 to 2007. She will be working with Anna Wang who is now its executive director. Chin will oversee the center’s pro bono program, externships, and career advising and mentoring programs as well as teach and work with faculty to develop and coordinate public interest curriculum. Prior to her return to Stanford Law, Chin was the director of Equal Justice Works/West.

A renowned expert in public service and public interest legal careers, she has held high-level positions at a number of organizations including the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice at the University of California Berkeley School of Law, Chinese for Affirmative Action, the Office of Citizen Complaints of the San Francisco Police Commission, and the Racial Violence Project at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area.

“I can think of no better way to utilize my experience, skills, and passion than to continue the growth of the Levin Center’s work to inspire the next generation, instill the values of pro bono service, and engage with leaders in the field to make the experience more relevant to our students and thus to increase the law school’s influence in the field of service,” says Chin.