Oct 31, 2009
Leaders recommend Yeazell as interim law school dean
Chancellor Gene Block and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh have proposed for UC regents' approval the appointment of Stephen C. Yeazell as interim dean of the School of Law, effective Nov. 23. Yeazell, the David G. Price and Dallas P. Price Distinguished Professor of Law, has taught at UCLA since 1975, bringing to his new role many years of academic leadership, service, and an outstanding research and teaching career in the areas of civil procedure, civil litigation and the structure of the legal profession. He has earned UCLA's highest honors both for his teaching and research, receiving the UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award in 1979 and the designation of Faculty Research Lecturer in 2007. He served as associate dean of the School of Law from 1995 to 1998 and as chair of the UCLA Academic Senate in 2000-01.
