Leslie Kendrick
Leslie Kendrick | |
|---|---|
| 13th Dean of the University of Virginia School of Law | |
| Assumed office July 1, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Risa L. Goluboff |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1976 (age 47–48) Floyd County, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Education | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BA) Magdalen College, Oxford (BPhil, DPhil) University of Virginia (JD) |
Leslie Carolyn Kendrick (born 1976)[1] is an American legal scholar who serves as the dean of the University of Virginia School of Law, where she is also the Arnold H. Leon Professor of Law.[2]
Early life and education
Kendrick was born in Floyd County, Kentucky, to William Kendrick, an attorney, and Leatha Kendrick, a poet and writing instructor. Her parents had met while they were students at the University of Kentucky.[3]
Krndrick was educated at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, earning a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in classics and English in 1998, then studied at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. She received a Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) and D.Phil. from Magdalen College in 2000 and 2003, respectively. Her dissertation was titled "John Milton and the transformation of Virgilian pathos".[4] Afterwards, she attended the University of Virginia School of Law, where she was a Hardy Cross Dillard Scholar and an editor of the Virginia Law Review, graduating with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) in 2006.[2]
After graduating from law school, Kendrick was a law clerk for Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit then clerked for Justice David Souter of the U.S. Supreme Court.[2]
Career
Kendrick was an associate professor of law at the University of Virginia from 2008 to 2013, then was promoted to a full-time professor of law in 2013. She served as the law school's vice-dean from 2017 to 2021.[5] The school announced on December 18, 2023, that Kendrick would serve as dean of the law school, succeeding Risa L. Goluboff on July 1, 2024.[6]
Kendrick is a member of the American Law Institute.[2]
References
- ^ Goldberg, John C. P. (2021). Tort law: Responsibilities and Redress. Aspen casebook series (Fifth ed.). New York: Wolters Kluwer. ISBN 978-1-5438-0680-9 – via Michigan State University.
- ^ a b c d "Leslie Kendrick". University of Virginia School of Law. 2024. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
- ^ Hill, Rachael (2024-02-21). "Floyd native named dean of UVA School of Law". Floyd County Chronicle & Times. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
- ^ Dissertation: John Milton and the transformation of Virgilian pathos at the Oxford University Library.
- ^ CV via the University of Virginia School of Law.
- ^ Wood, Mary (December 18, 2023). "UVA Names Leslie Kendrick as Next Dean of the School of Law". University of Virginia Law School. Retrieved July 15, 2024.