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Ken Randall

  • Allison and Dorothy Rouse Dean and George Mason University Foundation Professor of Law
  • JSD, Columbia University
  • JD, Hofstra University
  • LLM, Columbia University
  • LLM, Yale University

Professional Information

Contact Information

  • Phone: 703-993-8352
  • Office: Room 209, Hazel Hall, Arlington
  • Address
    Antonin Scalia Law School
    George Mason University
    3301 Fairfax Dr.
    Arlington, VA 22201

Biographical Sketch

Dean Randall was appointed dean of the law school in December 2020. During his deanship, the Scalia Law School has improved its U.S. News ranking to #2 among Washington, D.C. law schools and #2 among Virginia law schools. He started his legal career with the New York law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. His academic career began in 1985 when he joined Alabama Law’s faculty. Eight years later, he became dean of Alabama Law, a role he held for two decades. Dean Randall’s tenure at Alabama was a period of significant transformation as he established the first online LLM delivered by an ABA-accredited law school and propelled Alabama’s U.S. News ranking from 96 to 21, then the greatest jump in the history of the U.S. News law school rankings. He was named as one of the last decade’s “Transformative Deans.”
 
Dean Randall received a JD from Hofstra, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review and Outstanding Law Graduate; an LLM from Yale; and an LLM and JSD from Columbia. His original subject area was International Law; his research and writing has appeared in the Columbia, Texas, Minnesota, Washington University (St. Louis), Ohio State, and N.Y.U. International law reviews, and Duke University Press published his International Law book. Mid-career he took executive education courses at Harvard Business School and the Columbia Business School. The Alabama law students voted Randall the Outstanding Professor in his second year teaching, while BLSA twice chose Randall as its Professor of the Year. He has taught an array of courses, including Private Equity & Venture Capital; Healthcare Law; Healthcare Compliance; Legal Ethics; Constitutional Law; Public International Law; and International Business Transactions. He has served the American Bar Association as an inspector for the re-accreditation of more than a dozen law schools throughout the nation. He chaired the ABA committee from which legal education’s distance education rules originated.
 
In addition to his academic accomplishments, Dean Randall has also excelled as an entrepreneur. In 2013, he founded iLaw Distance Education, which became the market leader in distance legal education. In 2017, iLaw was acquired by BARBRI Holdings, through Leeds Capital (NY). He also has been a founder in the healthcare sector. He has served on the boards of a number of both non-profit organizations and privately held businesses. Randall maintains active bar licenses (NY and AL), and has an associate membership in Virginia.