Andy Matthews

Biography

Andy Matthews is the Associate Dean for Student Services and is responsible for implementing strategic enrollment and administrative management plans as well as initiatives for enhancing student success. Dean Matthews leads the College of Law’s Admissions Office and Office of Career and Professional Development and partners with the University’s Division of Alumni Affairs, Division of Student Affairs, the Office of Communications, and the Office of Development and External Relations. Furthermore, he manages the College of Law’s scholarship program, debt counseling program, and business continuity planning and works with faculty and the university community in developing new programs and policies and assisting with accreditation and compliance. In addition to his administrative work, Dean Matthews has served as an adjunct instructor for the Jack C. Massey College of Business teaching Business Law I and II. He currently teaches the Introduction to Legal Studies course in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences’ legal studies program.

Dean Matthews’ career in legal education has spanned over two decades. Prior to his career in academia, he practiced law in Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama. He is a member of the Alabama State Bar and is a former Chair of the Non-Resident Member Section. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and his Juris Doctor cum laude from Faulkner University’s Thomas Goode Jones School of Law. While in law school, Dean Matthews served as Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review and represented his class as an Honor Court Justice.