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Columns::June 16, 2003
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Campus News
Law dean is stepping down from post at end of fiscal year
By Larry B. Dendy
ldendy@uga.edu
David E. Shipley, who has been dean of the School of Law for five years, will step down June 30 and take a position on the law school faculty.
Provost Arnett Mace has named Rebecca H. White, a law professor who has been serving as associate provost, as interim law dean beginning July 1.
Shipley came to the law school in 1998 from the University of Kentucky, where he had been dean for five years. Previously he was dean of the University of Mississippi law school for three years, and he was on the University of South Carolina law faculty for 13 years.
He says that after 13 years in administration, he is ready to move back into teaching and writing.
“I still enjoy many aspects of being dean, such as working with our superb students and getting to know many of our loyal alumni, but I would like to teach more than one seminar each year and start writing law review articles again,” he says. “I am very proud of what we are accomplishing here, and I look forward to contributing to this great university and its outstanding law school as an active, enthusiastic and engaged member of the faculty.”
Mace says Shipley “is to be commended for his leadership during the past five years, particularly the large increase in alumni participation in the School of Law and his relationship with students.”
President Michael F. Adams says he is “most appreciative to Dean Shipley for his efforts to bring excellence to our School of Law, and I wish him well in his return to the classroom.”
White, who holds the J. Alton Hosch Professorship in the law school, is a specialist in labor law, employment law, employment discrimination and labor arbitration. She has worked in the provost’s office for about seven months, serving as associate provost and associate vice president for academic affairs on an interim basis until the appointment became permanent earlier this year.
“Associate Provost White is highly respected by her colleagues, students, faculty and administration of the University of Georgia,” says Mace. “In addition, Rebecca is highly regarded by the law profession. During the past seven months, I have gained an even greater appreciation for her immense abilities and skillful leadership. I am very confident that she will provide outstanding leadership as the interim dean of the School of Law.”
A member of UGA’s Teaching Academy, White has been a Senior Teaching Fellow and was a Senior Faculty Fellow for the Foundation Fellows program. She is author or co-author of numerous publications, including articles in law reviews and a casebook. |
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