教师 & 员工目录

Summary

里克Mullaney is the Founding Director of the Public Policy Institute at Jacksonville 大学. In addition to giving strategic direction and vision to the Institute, regularly appearing on local media for policy commentary, and hosting the Policy Matters 广播节目主持人. Mullaney teaches PPOL 513: Law and Public Policy, a core requirement for Master in Public Policy students. He is a graduate of the 大学 佛罗里达 彻底地.A. in Political Science and law degree from the 大学 佛罗里达 Levin 法学院.

课程

• PPOL 513. Law And Public Policy

媒体评论

• Analyzing the First Presidential Debate
• President Trump Nominates Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court
• The Battleground State 佛罗里达
• Additional commentary

传记

里克Mullaney is the Executive Director of the Jacksonville 大学 Public Policy Institute (Institute) and the Robert T. Shircliff Chair in Public Policy at Jacksonville 大学. He is an educator, lawyer, senior executive, and television political analyst who has worked for more than 40 years in law, government, public policy, politics, and higher education.  

In 2012, Mullaney joined Jacksonville 大学 and played a leading role in establishing the Institute and the first Master in Public Policy degree program in the history 佛罗里达. In addition, he teaches a course on Law and Public Policy and is a political analyst for WJXT Channel 4 and WOKV 104.5. He appears over 100 times a year on local, national, and international television, including commentary on WJXT, NBC, MSNBC, Live Now from FOX, CSPAN, and CNA Asia. 

Prior to joining Jacksonville 大学, Mullaney practiced law, was actively involved in public policy initiatives, and lectured nationally. For nearly 20 years, he served as legal counsel and advisor to Jacksonville’s consolidated government and Mayors Ed Austin, John Delaney, and John Peyton. During this time, he served for 13 years as the City’s longest serving General Counsel. He received the Lawyer of the Year Award, Good Government Award, and was honored by the City Council as one of Jacksonville’s most effective General Counsels.  He previously served as Chief of 工作人员 to Mayor Delaney and Head of the General Counsel’s Office Tort Litigation Department.  

Before joining the City, Mullaney was a prosecutor, part of State Attorney Ed Austin’s senior leadership team, and received the Florida Prosecutor of the Year Award. Mullaney began his career as a business lawyer with Carlton, Fields, then the largest law firm 在佛罗里达. 

During his more than 40-year career, he has been involved in numerous public policy initiatives and political campaigns, taught graduate courses at the 大学 of North Florida and JU, and lectured on legal, government, public policy, political, and other topics in more than 20 states.

Mullaney received a BA in Political Science from the 大学 佛罗里达, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and first in the College of Arts and Sciences. He also graduated from law school at the 大学 佛罗里达, serving as Executive Editor of the Law Review. 

Mullaney has served on numerous nonprofit boards, including serving as Chair of the Saint Vincent’s Foundation and Chair of Gateway Community Services. 他是会员 of Leadership Jacksonville and Leadership Florida.  He and his wife Lynn have been married for 36 years and have three children – Taylor, Richie, and Katie.