Greg Brandes was named interim dean of Concord Law School in October, 2011, after serving as dean of faculty for 12 years. During his tenure as dean of faculty, he presided over the development  of Concord’s faculty and learning model, its systems of shared governance and peer evaluation, its teaching and faculty resources,  and other innovations.  His law school teaching has included Contracts, Criminal Law, Torts, Criminal Procedure, and Evidence. His other research and writing concerns teaching and learning, negotiation skills, and leadership.  

Dean Brandes joined Concord as a professor in 1999 after 16 years in corporate and solo law practice and business ventures in law-related education. He has lectured extensively in CLE and other forums on negotiation, management, leadership skills, and business formation, as well as contract, business, privacy, and employment law, and  published Straight Talk on Workplace Law (CareerTrack, 1997), a commonsense guide to human resources compliance and risk management for small businesses.

Dean Brandes was named Outstanding First-Year Professor in 2003, received the 2003 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, was recognized by the graduating class of 2003 with its Outstanding Faculty Award, and received a Law School Service Award in 2004. In addition to his membership in the bars of Illinois and Colorado, Dean Brandes is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States.