Erin Archerd appointed Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Detroit Mercy Law
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law announced that Erin Archerd, Associate Professor of Law, will serve as the next Associate Dean of Academic Affairs. She began this appointment at the beginning of the Winter 2025 term.
“After a decade as a faculty member, I am honored to serve the law school in this role,” stated Archerd. “I look forward to working with our students, faculty, and staff in this new capacity.”
Archerd joined the faculty at Detroit Mercy Law in 2015 and was granted tenure in 2020. Her research and teaching interests include alternative dispute resolution, beer law, commercial law, education law, and Latino law and policy. She is the author of numerous law review articles and book chapters. She teaches a wide range of courses, including Contracts, Sales, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and Mediation.
Archerd is the faculty advisor of the Law Review and the Hispanic and Latino Law Students Association. She previously served as chair of the State Bar of Michigan Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, chair of the Association of American Law Schools Section on Education Law, and as co-chair of the American Bar Association Section on Dispute Resolution Ethics Committee. The Detroit Bar Association selected her as a Fellow in 2024 and she currently sits on their board.
She received the University of Detroit Mercy Faculty Achievement Award in 2020. Prior to joining academia, she was an associate at Covington & Burling LLP.