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Janet Levit (nee)Koval enrolled in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at [Princeton University], where she earned the Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) ''magna cum laude'' in 1990, concentrating on Latin American studies. She also edited book reviews and articles for the Yale Journal of International Law.] She then went to Yale University where she earned an M. A. in International Relations and her J.D. from [Yale Law School], both in May 1994.{{efn|In the fall of 1992, she was a teaching assistant at Yale Law School.}} After graduating from Yale, she served as a law clerk for Judge Stephanie K. Seymour |
Janet Levit (nee)Koval enrolled in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at [Princeton University], where she earned the Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) ''magna cum laude'' in 1990, concentrating on Latin American studies. She also edited book reviews and articles for the Yale Journal of International Law.] She then went to Yale University where she earned an M. A. in International Relations and her J.D. from [Yale Law School], both in May 1994.{{efn|In the fall of 1992, she was a teaching assistant at Yale Law School.}} After graduating from Yale, she served as a law clerk for Judge Stephanie K. Seymour and for the Chair of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States.<ref name = "TUCV">"University of Tulsa Faculty and Adjuncts: Janet Levit, JD". Undated. Accessed April 7, 2022.</ref> |
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== Career at Tulsa University == |
== Career at Tulsa University == |
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Janet K. Levit | |
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| Born | Janet Koven 1948 and 74 years age |
| Other names | Janet Koven Levit, JD, J. K. Levit |
| Occupation(s) | attorney, law professor, university administrator, |
| Years active | 1995 - Present |
| Known for | First woman president of Tulsa University; first woman dean of TU law school |
Janet K. Levit (b. 1948)[a] was the interim President of the University of Tulsa (TU) at Tulsa, Oklahoma from 2013 to 2014. She was named to this position after her predecessor, Dr. Gerard Clancy resigned because of unspecified health issues.
Levit is an attorney living in Tulsa, Oklahoma who is a professor at the Tulsa University (TU) College of Law. She has also served as the first woman to become dean of the law school, as well as provost and vice president of TU. She was appointed Interim President of TU from June 2020 until June 2021, following the sudden resignation of former president Dr. Gerard Clancy.[b]
Education
Janet Levit (nee)Koval enrolled in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at [Princeton University], where she earned the Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) magna cum laude in 1990, concentrating on Latin American studies. She also edited book reviews and articles for the Yale Journal of International Law.] She then went to Yale University where she earned an M. A. in International Relations and her J.D. from [Yale Law School], both in May 1994.[c] After graduating from Yale, she served as a law clerk for Judge Stephanie K. Seymour and for the Chair of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States.[1]
Career at Tulsa University
In 1994-95, Dr. Koven interned with [Stephanie K. Seymour],[d], and for the Chair of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States. </ref name = "TUCV"/> Levit was director of the Tulsa University (TU) College of Law's inaugural Summer Institute in International Law in Buenos Aires, Argentina and was a visiting professor at Vanderbilt Law School during the spring 2007 term.[1]
Levit was appointed Dean of the TU Law School effective July 18, 2008, becoming the first woman to hold that post. A news release noted that this event had made here the first woman to head any of the three law schools in Oklahoma on a permanent basis.[2] On September 18, 2014, President Steadman Upham announced that Janet Levit intended to step down as Dean of the law school and return to the faculty as a full-time teacher at the end of the 2014-2015 school year. The announcement went on to itemize major achievements by the law school during her tenure as Dean. [3] Levit's successor, announced on January 2016 in the TU newspaper The Collegian, was Lyn Entzeroth, who had joined the TU faculty in 2002, and had been the Associate Dean of Academic Development at the law school for the previous three years.<ref= "Collegian">[https:// tucollegian.org/lyn-entzeroth-to-take-over-college-of-law/ "Lyn Entzeroth to take over College of Law." January 26, 2016. Accessed April 8, 2022.]</ref>
Notes
- ^ also known as Janet Koval, and Janet Koval Levit.
- ^ Dr. Levit is still recognized as the first female president of TU. She was also the first woman dean of the TU College of Law when appointed to that position in 2014.
- ^ In the fall of 1992, she was a teaching assistant at Yale Law School.
- ^ then Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Tulsa, Oklahoma.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "University of Tulsa Faculty and Adjuncts: Janet Levit, JD". Undated. Accessed April 7, 2022.
- ^ story/ news/2008/07/18/janet-levit-becomes-dean-at-tu-law-school/61566039007/ "Janet Levit becomes dean at TU law school." The Oklahoman July 18, 2008. Accessed April 8, 2022.
- ^ [https://utulsa.edu/janet-levit-to-step-down-as-dean-of-tu-college-of-law/ University of Tulsa. "Janet Levit to step down as Dean of TU College of Law." September 18, 2014. Accessed April 8, 2022.
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See also
*Living people *Oklahoma attorneys *People from Tulsa, Oklahoma *Yale University alumni *Princeton University alumni *Tulsa University faculty