ALBANY – An Oxford-schooled associate dean at Ohio State’s law school described as a leading national expert in environmental and climate change law will become the next dean and president of Albany Law School in July.
Cinnamon Piñon Carlarne, the associate dean for Faculty & Intellectual Life at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, was selected to succeed Alicia Ouellette atop the nation’s oldest independent law school. Carlarne will be the school’s 19th dean and president, the law school announced Tuesday.
The selection of Carlarne followed a national search. She will follow Ouellette, who in December was among seven candidates submitted to Gov. Kathy Hochul under consideration to be the state’s next chief judge. Ouellette, a national expert in bioethics, announced in May 2022 that she would be leaving her position at the end of the 2022-23 school year to take a sabbatical, then return as a professor. She has led Albany Law School since October 2014; in January 2015 she officially became its president and dean.
Carlarne, 46, will begin July 1.
“Cinnamon Carlarne’s accomplishments speak to her drive and commitment to addressing the contemporary challenges of sustainability, climate justice, and equity,” Deb Treyz, who chairs the Albany Law School board of trustees, said in a statement.
“She is particularly well-suited to serve as the next leader of the Albany Law community because of her core values: her student-centered approach to pedagogy in legal education; her interdisciplinary and dynamic perspective on law and social change; her collaborative and inclusive approach to governance and institutional design; and her commitment to recognizing and lifting up under-served and underrepresented communities as an institutional mission.”
In an email to faculty, staff and students, Treyz said she was pleased Carlarne was…
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