Dean Conison joined the Charlotte School of Law in April 2013. From 1998 until March 2013, he was Dean of the Valparaiso University Law School in Valparaiso, Indiana. He has a J.D. and M.A. (Philosophy) from the University of Minnesota and a B.A. from Yale College. He practiced law in Chicago with the firm now known as Dentons.

Dean Conison’s scholarly and professional work focuses on issues in legal education and the business of law schools. He has served as Reporter for the American Bar Association Task Force on the Future of Legal Education and has been Chair of the Accreditation Committee of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. He currently serves as a Vice President of the North Carolina Bar Association.