Dean Leticia Diaz is  the Dean and a Professor at Barry University School of Law. Dean Diaz, a native of New Jersey, relocated to Central Florida in December 1994. She was one of the founding faculty at Barry University School of Law.
Dean Diaz earned her Juris Doctor degree at Rutgers Law
School, Newark, New Jersey. She was recognized for her
academic achievement at Rutgers Law School by the
Association of Latin American Law Students. While in law
school, Dean Diaz was the recipient of the Merck Patent
Scholarship award. Prior to entering law school, she received
her Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Rutgers University. She
also spent two years as a Post-Doctoral research chemist at
Hoffman-LaRoche, Nutley, New Jersey, where she primarily
worked on the synthesis of anti-HIV compounds. Before joining Barry?s full-time faculty, Dean Diaz pursued full-time lawpractice, practicing in the areas of personal injury, toxic torts, and workplace chemical exposure, while teaching part-time at the law school.