David W. Burcham (born 1951) is an American academic and lawyer. He was the 15th president of

Loyola Marymount University Loyola Marymount University (LMU) is a private Jesuit and Marymount research university in Los Angeles, California. It is located on the west side of the city near Playa Vista. LMU is the parent school to Loyola Law School, which is located ...

, serving from October 4, 2010 to May 31, 2015. He is a 1984 graduate of

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, and was both the first

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president and the first non-Catholic president in the university's history.

Education and career

Burcham earned a

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in political science from

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in 1973, and a

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in education administration from

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in 1978. He graduated first in his class from

, and at the

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for Chief Judge

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(1984–86) then clerked at the

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for Justice

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(1986–87). He was later in private practice at

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(1987–91). After seven years in public and private practice, he returned to Loyola Law School to teach. He was appointed senior vice president of LMU and dean of the law school in 2000. During his tenure as dean of Loyola Law School, Burcham forged strategic improvements in the curriculum. He oversaw a host of innovative programs, including the Business Law Practicum, the Center for Juvenile Law & Policy, the Legal Masters Program (

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) in International Legal Practice, the London IP Institute, and the Tax LLM program."Loyola Marymount University Selects David W. Burcham as President" (press release), PR Newswire, Oct. 4, 2010
accessed Dec. 20, 2010. Burcham increased the number of full-time law professors by almost 15 percent. He also established the Center for the Study of Law & Genocide, the Civil Justice Program, the Distinguished William J. Landers Lecture on Prosecutorial Ethics, the Fidler Institute on Criminal Justice, the Intellectual Property Special Focus Series, the Journalist Law School and the Sports Law Institute. He raised money to establish seven new faculty chairs, as well as paying for and completing the Girardi Advocacy Center and its flagship classroom, the Robinson Courtroom. He served as the law school dean until he was named LMU's executive vice president and provost in 2008.

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