Julie Hill Selected as Dean of UW College of Law

An attorney, academic and administrator who started her legal career in Wyoming has been named dean of the University of Wyoming College of Law.

Julie Andersen Hill, currently vice dean and Alton C. and Cecile Cunningham Craig Professor of Law at the University of Alabama, succeeds Klint Alexander, who is returning to the faculty after nine years as dean. She will begin her new leadership role at UW June 28.

“Following a national search led by an impressive search committee, Julie emerged as a standout candidate with stellar national credentials and a strong understanding of Wyoming,” says Provost and Executive Vice President Kevin Carman. “We’re delighted she has agreed to lead UW’s College of Law.”

Hill began her legal career as a clerk in Cheyenne for Judge Wade Brorby on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. She has been a member of the Wyoming State Bar for more than 20 years.

“I am honored to be selected as the next UW College of Law dean,” Hill says. “It is an exciting time for the College of Law. Construction on the new Alan K. Simpson Center for Clinical and Experiential Learning will soon be completed. This will provide a better experience for law students and enable the College of Law to better serve unmet legal needs in the area.”

Hill has a national reputation as a banking and commercial law expert. Her recent writing exploring unwritten rules in banking regulation has appeared in the Iowa Law Review and the Yale Journal on Regulation. In addition to her 11 years as a tenured faculty member at the University of Alabama, Hill was previously a faculty member at the University of Houston Law Center. In fall 2022, she taught banking law at UW.

Her career also included practicing law in the Washington, D.C., office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. As part of the litigation group, she represented large financial institutions that found themselves the subject of government investigations.

Hill has a law degree from Brigham Young University’s J. Reuben Clark Law School and an undergraduate degree from Southern Utah University.

Hill and her UW graduate husband, Mike, are longtime Wyoming sports fans. Their signs supporting the Pokes have appeared on ESPN’s “College GameDay” program. They have a 6-year-old son, Anders.