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Sentencing scholar named acting Dean at Yale Law School

By Douglas A. Berman

A helpful reader made the helpful suggestion that sentencing fans might be interested in this news from New Haven (as reported in this Yale press release): President Richard C. Levin has named Kate Stith, Lafayette S. Foster Professor of Law, as Acting Dean of Yale Law School. Stith succeeds Harold Hongju Koh, who has been nominated by President Barack Obama as Legal Adviser of the U.S. Department of State.... Stith, a highly respected scholar, teacher, and colleague both at the Law School and in the broader University, will serve until a successor to Koh is appointed. ?I am delighted and grateful that she is willing to take on this transitional leadership role at the Law School at such an important moment,? Levin said.... Stith teaches and writes in the areas of criminal law and procedure, comparative criminal law, criminal sentencing, federal criminal prosecution, university governance, government ethics, and congressional budget law...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 24, 2009 (boomark / email).