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Kathleen M. Boozang
Portrait of Kathleen M. Boozang, Dean and Professor of Law, Seton Hall University School of Law
Kathleen M. Boozang, Dean and Professor of Law, Seton Hall University School of Law
Born (1959-04-21) April 21, 1959 (age 65)
Galveston, Texas, U.S.
Alma materBoston College (B.S.)
Washington University School of Law (J.D.)
Yale Law School (LL.M.)
PredecessorPatrick E. Hobbs
Websitehttp://law.shu.edu/faculty/full-time/Kathleen-Boozang.cfm

Kathleen M. Boozang (born April 21, 1959) is dean and professor of law at Seton Hall University School of Law. Boozang joined Seton Hall in 1990 after practicing law for several years. In July 2015, she became the eighth dean of Seton Hall Law.[1]

Biography

She launched the Health Law & Policy Program (1993), which has been ranked in the Top 10 of U.S. News & World Report.[2]

Works, honors and recognition

Boozang was elected to the American Bar Foundation in 2008 and the American Law Institute [3] in 2009.

Boozang has helped advance legal education and the profession in the State of New Jersey. She served on the Legal Education Committee of the New Jersey Bar Association (1995–99), co-chairing the committee from 2003-06. She was also a founding Board member of the New Jersey Law and Empowerment Project (NJ LEEP), helping the new organization develop a curriculum to provide academic enrichment opportunities to college-bound middle and high school students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, while introducing them to a career path in the law. Boozang was honored by The New Jersey Law Journal, which gave her a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016 and named her to its list of Top Women in the Law in 2018.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Seton Hall law names Kathleen Boozang as new dean". NJ.com. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Best Health Care Law Programs". U.S. News. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Member Directory". American Law Institute. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Top Women in Law". New Jersey Law Journal. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
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