Patricia D. White, a nationally known leader in legal education, has recently begun her new position as Dean of the UM School of Law.  White was formerly the Jack Brown Professor of Law at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University where she served as law dean from January 1999 to July 2008.  During the 2008-09 academic year, White was a Visiting Professor at the Georgetown University Law Center and served as Special Counsel to Steptoe & Johnson, LLP in Washington, D.C.     She replaces Paul R. Verkuil, who has served as Acting Dean for the last year, and Dennis O. Lynch, who served as law dean for a decade before stepping down in 2008.

In this Newsmaker profile from Miami Today, Dean White talks about why Miami, in general and the the University of Miami specifically, proved attractive to her.  She discusses why the region and the Law School are perfectly suited to be partners in the growing International business and legal community.