Fred Slabach

Dean of the School of Law and Professor of Law

• Faculty
• Staff
• Instructor

• Email:

  fslabach@olemiss.edu

• Office Location:

  Dean's Office Khayat Law Center

• Phone:

  662-915-6900

Fred Slabach is the Dean and Professor of Law and the University of Mississippi School of Law.

Research Interests

• The Constitution and Campaign Finance
• The Voting Rights Act
• Legal Ethics

Biography

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Frederick G. Slabach joined the University of Mississippi School of Law as Dean in July 2023 following twelve years as President and University Professor at Texas Wesleyan University. He is an Ole Miss Law alum, clerked for U.S. District Court Chief Judge William C. Keady (N.D. MS), practiced law with Akin Gump in Washington, D.C., and received his LL.M from Columbia University. Slabach has had a distinguished and successful career in higher education that includes service as associate dean and dean in legal education and as a university president. In addition, Slabach served in a variety of positions in government in Washington, D.C. as Legislative Counsel to the President Pro Tempore of the U.S. Senate, Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture for Congressional Relations, and Executive Secretary (CEO) of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. He earned his bachelor’s degree in political science with Highest Honors at Mississippi College where he received the Outstanding Pre-Law Graduate award. While in undergraduate school, Slabach became Mississippi’s first Harry S. Truman Scholar. At UM Law School, Slabach served on the Mississippi Law Journal and received the Phi Delta Phi Award, the faculty award to the outstanding graduate.

• School

  School of Law

• Areas of Expertise

  Voting Rights Act

  The U.S. Constitution and Campaign Finance

  Legislative Process

  Legal Ethics