Tierney Hoffman

• Biography

  Tierney Eaton Hoffman is Assistant Dean of Student Affairs at Wayne State University Law School. Hoffman, a proud Wayne Law alumna '08, returned to her alma mater in 2023, to serve as Assistant Director of Student Engagement and Culture where she helped develop and implement programming, for diverse students and student groups to enhance the culture of the Law School. Prior to entering academia, she co-founded Priority Law Group where she represented small businesses and nonprofits in a variety of transactional legal matters, including business planning, contracting drafting, and real estate acquisition. Hoffman has extensive experience working on various contract and regulatory investigations for multi-district litigation matters. She began her legal career as an associate in a bankruptcy litigation practice where she oversaw both consumer and commercial bankruptcy matters for debtors and creditors.

  Hoffman earned a dual degree in Comparative Women’s Studies and Psychology from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. She continued her education as a Barrister Scholar at Wayne State University Law School, where she obtained her Juris Doctorate. During law school she studied international law in England, Switzerland, and The Netherlands. She also had the privilege to intern with the Honorable Nancy G. Edmunds in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

  Hoffman’s interests are in the area of academic achievement, diversity, equity, and belonging, and law student mental health and well-being. Her research explores cohort learning and its impact on the academic success and socio-emotional experience of law students.

• Degrees and Certifications

   B.A., Spelman College
  J.D., Wayne State University Law School
  Admitted to the State Bar of Michigan
  Admitted to the Eastern District of Michigan

• Accomplishments

  2023-2024 ACCESSLex PLEDGE Fellow: Awarded $25,000 and one of only six selected for the 2nd cohort of law school faculty and administrators to assess diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) challenges in legal education through evidence-based research methods.

  Appointment on Michigan Commission on Well-Being and the Law (Three-year term).