Matt Gewolb

Matt Gewolb is Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Institutional Strategy and Professor of Law at New York Law School. He is also the Law School’s General Counsel and works on significant institutional policy, legal, and strategic matters. He serves as Secretary to the Board of Trustees and directs the Externship program. He was Executive Director and Counsel for the 2018 New York City Charter Revision Commission. Gewolb previously served as the Legislative Director of the New York City Council. He also served as the Director of Government Programs and Lecturer-in-Law at Columbia Law School, where he co-taught the Externship on the Federal Government in Washington, D.C. and directed Social Justice Initiatives programming relating to public service. Gewolb is a graduate of Cornell University and Emory Law School.