Gail Agrawal

Gail Agrawal is Dean Emerita and F. Wendell Miller Professor of Law at The University of Iowa College of Law. She previously served as Dean of the Kansas University School of Law (2006–2010) and held leadership roles at the University of North Carolina Law School, including Interim Dean. A dual graduate of Tulane Law School (JD, summa cum laude) and Tulane School of Public Health (MPH), her expertise spans health law, legal ethics, and public health systems.

Education:

• BA, University of New Orleans, 1978
• MPH, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1983
• JD, Tulane Law School, 1983 (summa cum laude, Articles Editor, Tulane Law Review)

Her career includes judicial clerkships for Judge John Minor Wisdom (5th Circuit) and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (US Supreme Court), private practice at Monroe and Lemann (New Orleans), and in-house counsel at Aetna Inc. She has taught as an adjunct professor at Tulane Law School, Tulane School of Public Health, and as the W.M. Keck Visiting Professor of Law and Legal Ethics at University of Michigan Law School.

Awards:

• Order of the Coif (Law Honor Society)
• Delta Omega (Public Health Honor Society)

Leadership roles include Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Senior Associate Dean, and Interim Dean at UNC Law School. Her professional contributions bridge law, public health, and ethics, with a focus on legal education and institutional leadership.