17 Facts About Gillian Lester

Gillian Lester joined Columbia Law School on January 1,2015, as Dean and Lucy G Moses Professor of Law, where she is Dean Emerita and Alphonse Fletcher Jr.

Previously, Gillian Lester was acting dean of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law where she had been a professor since 2006.

Gillian Lester was the second female dean of Columbia Law School.

Gillian Lester was born in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, and later moved to West Vancouver.

Gillian Lester is the youngest of four children born to Richard Egerton Matheson Lester, a labor lawyer, and Lois Lester, a teacher.

Gillian Lester began her career in the legal academy in 1994 at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law.

Gillian Lester joined the Berkeley law faculty in 2006 and in 2014 became the Alexander F and May T Morrison Professor of Law and the Werner and Mimi Wolfen Research Professor.

At Berkeley, Gillian Lester served as co-director of the Berkeley Center for Health, Economic and Family Security; Associate Dean for the JD Program and Curricular Planning; and, from 2013 to 2014, Acting Dean.

Gillian Lester has held external appointments as the Sidley Austin Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School and the Sloan Fellow and Visiting Professor at Georgetown University Law Center, as well as short-term visiting appointments at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, the University of Chicago Law School, and Radzyner Law School at Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya in Israel.

Gillian Lester serves on the board of directors for Legal Aid Society of New York and the International Society for Labour and Social Security Law.

Gillian Lester is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Labor Law Research Network and the American Law Institute and was an Advisor for the American Law Institute Restatement 3d Employment Law.

Gillian Lester is on the advisory board of the Columbia Law Review.

Gillian Lester is a nationally recognized authority in employment law and policy.

Gillian Lester's research has explored issues in the workplace and in public finance, distributive justice, and the design of social insurance programs.

Gillian Lester is the author of numerous books and articles, including one of the leading casebooks on employment law, Employment Law Cases and Materials.

Gillian Lester is a member of the American Law Institute and was an adviser to the ALI Restatement of Employment Law.

Gillian Lester is married to Columbia Law School professor Eric Talley, with whom she has two children.