been reported to the American Bar Association about incoming students for several years before 2010. As a result, the American Bar Association issued a censure to the school A two-year probation was also issued by the AALS. Villanova began a comprehensive internal investigation and commissioned an independent audit by Ropes & Gray to determine the nature and scope of the false reporting. John Gotanda John Y. Gotanda became dean at Villanova University School of Law on January 1, 2011, after having previously served as the associate dean for academic affairs, associate dean for faculty research, and director of the J.D./M.B.A. Program. Gotanda received his J.D. from the William S. Richardson School of Law, where he was editor-in-chief of the University of Hawaii Law Review. Before coming to Villanova in 1994 he was a staff attorney with the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He also worked as an associate attorney with Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C., and later with Goodwin Procter in Boston. In February 2016, Gotanda was named president of Hawaii Pacific University. Mark Alexander Mark C. Alexander became dean of the law school on July 1, 2016, due to Gotanda becoming president of Hawai‘i Pacific University. Alexander was previously the associate dean for Academics at Seton Hall School of Law. Prior to his Seton Hall University School of Law role, he clerked for Chief Judge Thelton Henderson of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California from 1992 to 1993 and was a litigator with Gibson Dunn in San Francisco from 1993 to 1995. Alexander earned both his Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor degrees from Yale University. References External links School of Law site Catholic law schools in the United States Educational institutions established in 1953 Law schools in Pennsylvania Villanova University 1953 establishments in Pennsylvania