Antony Page: Dean of rising star FIU law school targets student potential

Florida International University College of Law has been ranking highly among law schools in the US, surpassing University of Miami in the spring as one of the best law schools, with the second-highest rise in ranking in the nation. Antony Page, dean of FIU Law, said this sky-reaching success is due to the school’s commitment to champion first-generation students who are eager to become great lawyers.
“We have a wonderful, dedicated community of professors here who are really committed to making sure that students can succeed,” he said.

Prior to his selection as dean, Mr. Page was the vice dean and a professor of law at Indiana University’s Robert H. McKinney School of Law.

Before that, he spent years as a diplomat, working for the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs as second secretary and vice consul in Thailand, Laos and Burma. He also worked as trade commissioner in the Asia-Pacific South Division, and as assistant trade commissioner in the European Union Trade and Economic Relations Division.

He also worked for several years in the London and Los Angeles offices of the New York-based law firm Sullivan & Cromwell. His specialties are in corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, securities law, and social enterprises. He has also published highly recognized work in prestigious journals, such as Michigan Law Review, Stanford Social Innovation Review, and Boston University Law Review.

The law curriculum at FIU aims to prepare students for the highest challenges of the profession, with programs such as the FIU Law Path, designed to help traditionally underrepresented groups, who are often first-generation students, in their path toward success; the Well-being at FIU Law Initiative, which aims to help students and lawyers deal with stress and pressure; and the Environment, Law and Economics Initiative, which is training students at the intersection of environmental law and the economy.

In the legal profession, he said, “you get a lot of really bright, hard-working and dedicated people working to solve problems.”

Mr. Page spoke with Miami Today reporter Monica Correa.

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