Renée M. Hutchins

Renée McDonald Hutchins is an American lawyer and academic administrator serving as the dean of the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law since August 1, 2022.

Life
Hutchins earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Spelman College. She earned a J.D. from Yale Law School.

She worked as a lawyer in trials and appellate litigation. She joined the faculty at the New York University. She specializes on the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. In 2004, Hutchins joined the faculty at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. She served as its Jacob A. France Professor of Public Interest Law. In April 2019, she became the dean of the David A. Clarke School of Law at the University of the District of Columbia in 2019. In 2017, she was elected to the American Law Institute. On August 1, 2022, she returned to the Carey School of Law as dean.