Julie Xanders

Ms. Xanders is currently the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Southwestern Law School. Ms. Xanders was the Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of Tribune Publishing Company from March 2014 to May 2020. Previously, Ms. Xanders served as the Assistant General Counsel/West Coast Media of Tribune Media Company and served as Senior Vice President, Legal for the Los Angeles Times. Ms. Xanders joined The Times Mirror Company, a media company, in 1993 as Corporate Counsel for Times Mirror Cable Television, Inc. and was promoted to Assistant General Counsel in 1995 for The Times Mirror Company, Associate General Counsel in 1997, Deputy General Counsel in 1998, and Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the Los Angeles Times in August 1998. Prior to joining Times Mirror, Ms. Xanders worked for four years in private practice with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, a law firm, as an associate attorney. Ms. Xanders earned a J.D. from Berkeley Law (UC Berkeley) and has a B.A. from Yale University, where she graduated summa cum laude and was elected Phi Beta Kappa. In addition to providing service to the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the California Newspaper Publishers Association, she served as Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of Southwestern Law School from 2004 until October 2021 and served on several Board committees, including its Executive, Board Governance, and Compensation Committees.