Yale Daily News

Updated: Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:35 p.m.

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Post LAW ’77 appointed Law School dean

Staff Reporter
Published Friday, August 28, 2009

Robert Post LAW ’77 will succeed Harold Hongju Koh as dean of Yale Law School, University President Richard Levin announced over the summer.

Post, a scholar of constitutional law, including the First Amendment, equal protection and legal history, took office July 1. The U.S. Senate confirmed his predecessor, Koh, as legal adviser to the Department of State on June 25.

“Dean Post is a very fine scholar and leader in constitutional law, and in an area that is attracting a lot of attention right now,” Levin said in a June interview. “His colleagues respect him as a wise and...

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