Alvin Bragg, a chief deputy attorney general under New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood, is set to take the next step in his career come January when he transitions from more than a decade in government service to join the faculty at New York Law School.

Aside from his new role as professor, Bragg also will serve as co-director of New York Law School's Racial Justice Project, a legal advocacy organization that examines issues of racial inequity and works to address them through litigation and policy recommendations.

The move has been in the works for months now and is the result of a long-standing relationship between Bragg and New York Law School Dean Anthony Crowell. Crowell was counsel to New York City Michael Bloomberg when Bragg was chief of litigation and investigations for the New York City Council. Crowell said in an interview that he's been trying to recruit Bragg ever since.