Leo P. Martinez, WSCUC Commission Vice Chair, is Dean Emeritus and Albert Abramson Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco. Professor Martinez is the past Chair of the Council of the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar (the accrediting body for U.S. law schools authorized by the Department of Education). He is currently a Managing Director at Andersen, the tax and financial services firm. 

He is a past president of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) for which he served both on the AALS Executive Committee and the Membership Review Committee. He is a current member of the American Law Institute (ALI) for which he was one of the academic Advisers on the ALI’s Restatement of the Law of Liability Insurance. He is an elected honorary fellow of the American College of Coverage Counsel. He has chaired or served on more than two dozen ABA law school site evaluation visits and he has assisted more than ten law schools in their strategic planning. He was a member of the ABA Task Force on the Future of Legal Education that issued its final report in 2014.  

Professor Martinez has been honored by the UC Law Board of Directors with its Visionary Award, in addition to numerous other awards for leadership and service throughout his career.