Robert Post LAW ’77 named Law School dean
University President Richard Levin announced Monday the appointment of Robert Post LAW ’77 as the 16th dean of Yale Law School.
Post, a scholar of constitutional law, including the First Amendment, equal protection and legal history, will take office July 1. He succeeds Harold Hongju Koh, whose nomination for the position of legal adviser to the Department of State is under consideration by the Senate.
“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 an interview Monday. “His...
Well, I expect this comment thread will attract a bunch of right-wing nutcases as usual... but for the record, Robert Post YLS '77 is a fantastic choice for dean.
Part of the job of being dean is articulating a vision of the law school - to students, to alumni/donors, and to others, like the media, whenever they take an interest. Dean Post will be a star in this area. He has thought a lot about (and published a fair amount about) questions of what higher education in general is for (see his recent book on academic freedom). Anybody they picked would be a brilliant scholar, and Post is, but he's also one whose intellectual passions happen to make him a really good fit for this job.
Plus he's a nice guy. And that helps.
I don't envy him having to deal with the budget cuts that are likely in the school's future.
But anyway, a good choice for Yale.
No surprise that Levin picked a white liberal that has been groomed by and is part of the establishment.
I'm SHOCKED to hear that constitutional law includes the first amendment and equal protection rights.