Celebrate Professor Peter Alexander's Retirement | Simmons Law School | SIU

Peter Alexander is currently a Professor of Law at the Southern Illinois University Simmons Law School. Alexander has enjoyed a long career in legal education that began in 1992 at the Dickinson School of Law, which subsequently merged with The Pennsylvania State University. After leaving Penn State-Dickinson, Alexander served as the Dean of Southern Illinois University’s Simmons Law School and the Founding Dean of the law school at the Indiana Institute of Technology.

Alexander is the author of numerous scholarly articles on topics ranging from Bankruptcy Law to Feminist Legal Theory to Legal Education Pedagogy. He has also co-authored a monograph on Bankruptcy and Family Law and, in 2015, he co-authored a book with his late father entitled, “It Takes a Village: The Integration of the Hillburn School System,” which details the efforts of the Alexander patriarch, Thomas Ulysses Alexander, and Thurgood Marshall to integrate a northern school district, just 40 miles northwest of New York City. 

We extend our deepest gratitude to Professor Peter Alexander for his years of dedicated service, passion for teaching, and unwavering commitment to his students. His impact on legal education and the lives of countless students will be felt for years to come. We wish him all the best in his well-earned retirement!