Candidates for Law School Dean Announced

The UW Office of the Provost has announced four finalists for the Dean of the UW School of Law:

• Jim Chen (Dean and Professor of Law, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville)
• Lawrence Gostin (Associate Dean and Linda D. and Timothy J. O'Neill Professor of Global Health Law, Georgetown University Law Center)
• Patricia White (Jack Brown Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University)
• Kellye Testy (Dean and Professor of Law, Seattle University)

Law school alumni, members of the bar, and UW community leaders will have a chance to meet the candidates individually at a series of receptions hosted by the Washington State Bar Association. Each candidate will also participate in a public forum hosted by the UW School of Law.

See the alumni event calendar listing in this issue of eBriefs for details.

In this issue:

• Dean Search Update
• Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Visits Law School
• Law School Hosts Former SEC Commissioner
• Busy Calendar Begins with Alumni Evening
• 2009 Alumni Award Nominations
• New Chair Honors Environmental Law Professors
• Innocence Project Recieves Gift, Reverses Another Conviction
• UW Law Professors Join Obama Transition Team
• eBriefs Home