Seton Hall University Provost Larry A. Robinson just recently announced the appointment of Kathleen M. Boozang as the new Dean of Seton Hall School of Law. Dean Boozang has clearly hit the ground running within the school and here in the Newark community.
Boozang will be the third woman to serve as Dean of the Seton Hall School of Law. Miriam T. Rooney served as the school’s founding Dean in 1951 – the first woman Dean of an accredited law school in the United States. Elizabeth Defeis, now a Professor of Law at Seton Hall, served as Dean from 1983 to 1988. Dean Boozang succeeds Patrick E. Hobbs, who has served as Dean of Seton Hall Law for the past 16 years, one of the longest-serving law schools deans in the nation. “It is a great honor to be named the next Dean of Seton Hall Law School,” Boozang said. “ I will continue our drive to be a leader in legal education, preparing our law and graduate students with the knowledge and skill sets necessary to embrace the emerging opportunities in today’s global market.”
“I am delighted that my colleague and friend will succeed me as Dean,” Dean Hobbs said. “She is the right person to lead Seton Hall during this time of extraordinary change in legal education and the practice of law. Under her leadership I am confident our Law School will reach even greater heights.” Dean Boozang served as the University’s Vice Provost in 2010 and 2011. Prior to moving to the University’s main campus, she served for eight years as Law School Associate Dean, and then for two years as Associate Dean for Academic Advancement, also overseeing the Gibbons Institute of Law, Science & Technology.
Recently, Seton Hall University School of Law hosted a business workshop by NRBP. Dean Boozang spoke at the workshop, welcoming business owners and officers throughout New Jersey. As Seton Hall University School of Law continues to engage the local community and effect the global community, I, for one, am looking forward with anticipation to the work that Dean Boozang will do and the impact she will inevitably have on future generations.
