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U. taps new law college dean

The Salt Lake Tribune

Published March 1, 2006 1:21 am

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Hiram E. Chodosh, law professor and associate dean for academic affairs at Case Western Reserve University, has been named the new dean of the University of Utah's S.J. Quinney College of Law. He begins the new job July 1.

Chodosh, 44, replaces Scott Matheson Jr. who is stepping down June 30 after eight years. Matheson, who made an unsuccessful bid for Utah governor last year, will pursue other interests and return to teaching law full time at the U.

U. officials describe Chodosh as an internationally recognized legal scholar and administrator who brings "exceptional breadth and experience to the U. He will focus on expanding the university's global programs, develop professional opportunities for students, integrate new technology and promote interdisciplinary research and training," U. President Michael Young said in a statement Tuesday.

A graduate of Wesleyan University and Yale Law School, Chodosh practiced with the international firm of Cleary, Gottlieb in New York City before joining the Cleveland-based Case Western faculty in 1993. He has taught a series of international law courses, a first-year course on global perspectives and judicial reform.

Chodosh also has served as a senior analyst for several U.S. State Department reform studies, a consultant on judicial reform for the International Monetary Fund and an adviser to the World Bank's Justice Reform Group. He has written more than 30 articles, essays and book chapters, and 30 special reports. His latest book, Global Justice Reform: A Comparative Methodology, was published last year by New York University Press.

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