Michael T. Cahill

Michael T. Cahill is an American legal scholar who is a Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School. He was also the former co-Dean of Rutgers Law School.

Early life and education Raised in Pompton Plains, New Jersey, Cahill graduated from Pequannock Township High School.

Cahill received a B.A. with distinction in Ethics, Politics & Economics from Yale University in 1993. He received his J.D., magna cum laude, in 1999 from the University of Michigan Law School, and also received a master of public policy (M.P.P.) degree in 1999 from the University of Michigan School of Public Policy. In law school, he served as a note editor for the Michigan Law Review and was given a Bodman-Longley Award for 1996-1997, "in recognition of [his] "superior scholastic record" and [his] contributions to the Michigan Law Review." He then served as a law clerk to Judge James B. Loken of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit from 1999 to 2000.

Cahill returned to Brooklyn Law School in 2019 to become President and Joseph Crea Dean, as well as a tenured Professor of Law on the faculty. His other goals center on ensuring the ongoing strength of the J.D. program, and emphasizing fundraising.

Personal life Cahill lives in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn with his wife, Rosalyn Scaff and two children.