Daily News | Penn names first female law school dean in 170-plus year history
Courtesy of the University of PennsylvaniaThe University of Pennsylvania on Tuesday named its first female law school dean in the school’s more than 170-year history.
Sophia Z. Lee, a legal historian who has been a member of the Penn Carey Law School faculty since 2009, will start July 1. She replaces Ted Ruger, who led the school for eight years and previously announced he would step down at the end of his term this summer. He will return to the faculty.Penn president Liz Magill called Lee a “proven leader and consensus builder” and “superb scholar” and said she “is the right leader at the right time” for the law school.
“She is widely admired not only for her own ideas but for her commitment to cultivating the ideas of others,” said incoming provost John L. Jackson Jr. “Everyone who knows Sophia is impressed by her ability to bring people together in the pursuit of common goals.” The announcement comes as the university continues proceedings in the case brought by Ruger against professor Amy Wax, whose racist speech has stirred controversy. In June, Ruger
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