| Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker
Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker joined Pacific McGeorge School of Law as its eighth dean in 2002, after serving as general counsel for the 26-campus University of Wisconsin System. Her fields of expertise include national security and terrorism, international relations, public policy and trade, technology development and transfer, commerce, and civil rights and liberties litigation.
Dean Parker has served as general counsel of the National Security Agency (1984-1989), principal deputy legal adviser at the U.S. Department of State (1989-1990), and general counsel for the Central Intelligence Agency (1990-1995). She began her career as a Reginald Heber Smith Fellow at the Community Legal Services Clinic of Emory University School of Law. Later, while a cooperating attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, she argued successfully twice before the Supreme Court of the United States. A member of the American Bar Foundation, the Council on Foreign Relations, a former Chair and currently Counselor of the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security, Dean Parker is a frequent speaker on national security topics. She holds a Presidential appointment to the Public Interest Declassification Board, is a member of the Director of National Intelligence’s Security Advisory Group and a frequent participant on committees of the National Academy of Sciences.
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