University of Iowa law professor Margaret Raymond will take over as the dean of the UW-Madison Law School July 1, 2011.
Raymond said as dean, she has duties both inside and outside the law school. She said she is responsible for educating students and helping graduates as well as building relations with alumni and other groups interested in the law school.
Raymond will be responsible for ""faculty and staff development, personnel oversight, fundraising, budget planning and management, curriculum and student academic affairs,"" according to a UW-Madison press release.
Raymond said she will begin her deanship by becoming more familiar with the law school.
""I think I have a lot to learn about the law school before we should begin thinking together about directions in which the law school should go,"" Raymond said.
Raymond said the law school is exceptional, and she is excited to be a part of the UW community.
""The UW Law School is a wonderful place with a wonderful tradition and a wonderful faculty and staff,"" Raymond said.
Raymond attended Carleton College for her undergraduate degree and earned her law degree from Columbia University. After law school, Raymond served as a clerk for former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and former U.S. Court of Appeals Judge James L. Oakes.
She has been a law professor at the University of Iowa since 1995, where she was the president of the Faculty Senate.
A 17-member committee comprised of students, staff, faculty, and other members of the statewide legal community reviewed candidates and made recommendations to Chancellor Biddy Martin and Provost Paul M. DeLuca Jr.
Raymond will earn an annual salary of $330,000.
Kenneth Davis, who has been the dean of the law school for 14 years, plans to return to the faculty after Raymond takes over.
