Robert Dinerstein
Dean
American University Washington School of Law
Dean Dinerstein is acting Dean, Professor of Law, and Director of the Disability Rights Law Clinic at American University, Washington College of Law, where he has taught since 1983. In the area of disability rights, he has written and presented extensively on the Americans with Disabilities Act, the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, supported decision-making as an alternative to guardianship, and the rights of people with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities, among other areas. He served on the President’s Committee on People with Intellectual Disabilities from 1994-2000 and is the 2013 winner of the ABA’s Paul G. Hearne Award for Disability Rights. He has an A.B. degree from Cornell University and a J.D. from Yale Law School.
