UVA Law Has New Dean Paul G. Mahoney

According to the UVA web site: Paul G. Mahoney, a University of Virginia law professor, has been appointed the 11th dean of the School of Law, UVA President John T. Casteen III announced today. Mahoney, 49, an expert in corporate law who joined the law faculty in 1990, will serve as the Arnold H. Leon Professor of Law. His appointment will be effective July 1. As academic associate dean from 1999 to 2004, Mahoney administered the schools curriculum and academic policies. He has won an All-University Outstanding Teaching Award, the Law Schools Traynor Award for excellence in research, and the Corporate Practice Commentators award for top corporate and securities law articles. Mahoney also is one of only five faculty members to hold the most eminent chair at the Law School, the David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professorship, and the youngest to have the title. Mahoney will be the ninth of 11 deans to be selected from the Law Schools faculty For more on Mahoneys appointment, please see Paul G. MahoneyScholar, Teacher, and Corporate Law ExpertNamed University of Virginia Law School Dean.