Short Biography of Chancellor Klein
Andrew R. Klein was named interim chancellor on February 16, 2022, and assumed responsibilities on March 1.
Currently the Paul E. Beam Professor of Law in the Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Klein joined the IUPUI faculty in 2000 and served as associate dean for academic affairs from 2004 to 2007. In 2007, Klein was a visiting fellow at Clare Hall and a visiting scholar on the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge. From 2010 to 2013, Klein served as chief of staff in the Office of the Chancellor and associate vice chancellor for academic affairs at IUPUI. He was appointed the 12th dean of the McKinney School of Law in 2013, providing strategic vision and leadership, and advancing research, education, and civic engagement until returning to the faculty in 2020.
Prior to joining IUPUI, Klein was on the faculty of Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law from 1992 to 2000. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin and his juris doctorate with distinction from Emory University School of Law where he studied as a Robert W. Woodruff Fellow in Law and was editor-in-chief of the Emory Law Journal. Following law school, Klein served as a law clerk to Judge Joseph W. Hatchett of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.