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Angela M. Espada, Associate Dean for Student Services, was selected by her alma mater, the University of Indianapolis, as a Distinguished Alumni Award recipient. Dean Espada received A.A. and B.A. degrees from U of I in 1983. She also holds an M.A. from Indiana University (1986) and a J.D. from Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington (1987).

Espada joined the law school in August of 1990. Prior to coming to the law school, she held the position of staff attorney for the Indiana Supreme Court--Division of State Court Administration and staff attorney for the legislatively created Indiana Public Defender Commission. Her other professional experience includes practicing law as a deputy prosecuting attorney and teaching law-related courses at the undergraduate level at Indiana University-Bloomington and at the University of Indianapolis.

Dean Espada's responsibilities include coordinating the delivery of services to law students in the areas of admissions, registration, professional development, scholarships, financial aid and counseling.

She has also been selected as an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow for the 2008-2009 academic year. The ACE Fellow program, established in 1965, is designed to mentor emerging leaders in higher education. ACE Fellows spend an extended period of time on another campus, working directly with college presidents, or other high-ranking administrators.

Espada says, "During the next academic year, I will be allowed the opportunity to look at the relationship between central administration and their professional schools as well as the relationship between the campus and the communities that they serve."