Heather Gerken | |
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17th Dean of Yale Law School | |
Assumed office 2017 | |
President | Peter Salovey Maurie D. McInnis |
Preceded by | Robert C. Post |
Personal details | |
Born | Heather Kristin Gerken February 19, 1969 Bolton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Spouse | David Simon |
Education | Princeton University (BA) University of Michigan (JD) |
Heather Kristin Gerken (born February 19, 1969) is an American legal scholar who serves as the Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law at Yale Law School,[1] where she teaches election law and runs the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project.[2] Since 2017, she has also served as the Dean of Yale Law School, being its first female dean.[3]