Most recently, he was the founding Dean of the Florida International University College of Law, which went from establishment to full accreditation during his tenure.

[1] His entered his first academic position in 1966 at Boston University School of Law,[1] which he left to spend two years as Minority Counsel to the United States Senate Select Committee on Equal Education Opportunity, from 1970 to 1972.

[3] He continued to advise various committees of the United States Senate and the city of Boston, and was a visiting scholar on the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law in 1979.

[10] In 2000, Strickman was selected to lead the newly-established Florida International University College of Law,[11][9] taking office in January, 2001 and helping to position the school to appeal to the region's Hispanic population and to blue-collar families not necessarily able to afford to attend private law schools in the area.

[15] Florida International University School of Law received an initial third-tier ranking in its first year of eligibility in the U.S. News & World Report in 2007.