Former Gary Deputy Mayor, Trent A. McCain
Former Gary deputy mayor, Trent A. McCain, is returning to the Harvard Law School faculty to teach in its Winter Trial Advocacy Workshop (TAW). McCain, 49, was deputy mayor and corporation counsel under former Gary mayor, Jerome A. Prince.
“I am thrilled to return to Harvard Law,” McCain said. “Teaching the nation’s best and brightest aspiring lawyers is so energizing, said Gary’s former second-in-command. McCain said the Harvard Law students “soak up the experience like a sponge.” “We, teachers, learn as much as the students do,” the veteran lawyer said.
McCain first joined the Harvard Law TAW faculty in 2014 after he was asked to join Harvard Law professor and Gary native, Ronald S. Sullivan, Jr. in representing a central Indiana family in a civil rights case. In 2019, then Mayor-Elect Jerome A. Prince tapped McCain to be the city’s top lawyer. In 2021, Prince named McCain his deputy mayor and chief of staff. “I took a break from teaching to fully immerse myself in my governmental responsibilities,” McCain said. McCain said he missed his interactions with the Harvard Law students and his professional colleagues from all over the country.
Sullivan serves as the Faculty Advisor for the Trial Advocacy Workshop. He said that his students will benefit tremendously from McCain’s return. “I am delighted to have the Deputy Mayor return to the teaching faculty of TAW,” said Sullivan. “Trent is a superb advocate and equally impressive teacher, Sullivan added.
McCain has rebooted his law practice after leaving city employment. “I am extremely proud of the work that was done during Mayor Prince’s time in office,” McCain said. “I am still doing what I have always done and that’s help people—whether as a public servant or in the private sector,” McCain concluded.
