Duke Names New Dean for Law School
Duke University has named a U.S. federal judge widely respected for his expertise in legal reform and civil procedure to be the next Dean of the Duke Law School.
If approved by Duke's Board of Trustees, David F. Levi will leave his present position as Chief U.S. District Judge of the Eastern District of California and assume the dean's office on July 1. He would succeed Dean Katharine T. Bartlett, who has led the School since early 2000.
Levi was appointed a U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of California by President George H.W. Bush in 1990, following seventeen years of service as a prosecutor and U.S. Attorney in the same district. He was named chief judge in 2003.
Levi said that the Duke Law School's "momentum" in the legal community and its commitment to academic excellence were some of the qualities that he admires about the School. In a Duke University press release, he said that his goals as dean would include continuing to support "outstanding scholarship, a deep engagement with the profession of law, the hiring of more top-notch faculty, a commitment to diversity of both our students and faculty, and making the most of collaborative opportunities both within Duke and internationally."
Source: "Federal Judge David F. Levi Selected as Dean of Duke Law School," press release, Duke University (Durham, North Carolina), January 3, 2007
If approved by Duke's Board of Trustees, David F. Levi will leave his present position as Chief U.S. District Judge of the Eastern District of California and assume the dean's office on July 1. He would succeed Dean Katharine T. Bartlett, who has led the School since early 2000.
Levi was appointed a U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of California by President George H.W. Bush in 1990, following seventeen years of service as a prosecutor and U.S. Attorney in the same district. He was named chief judge in 2003.
Levi said that the Duke Law School's "momentum" in the legal community and its commitment to academic excellence were some of the qualities that he admires about the School. In a Duke University press release, he said that his goals as dean would include continuing to support "outstanding scholarship, a deep engagement with the profession of law, the hiring of more top-notch faculty, a commitment to diversity of both our students and faculty, and making the most of collaborative opportunities both within Duke and internationally."
Source: "Federal Judge David F. Levi Selected as Dean of Duke Law School," press release, Duke University (Durham, North Carolina), January 3, 2007
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