Kathleen M. Boozang
| Kathleen M. Boozang | |
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Kathleen M. Boozang, Dean of Seton Hall University School of Law
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| Born |
April 21, 1959 Galveston, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
Boston College (B.S.) Washington University School of Law (J.D.) Yale Law School (LL.M.) |
| Predecessor | Patrick E. Hobbs |
| Website | http://law.shu.edu/faculty/full-time/Kathleen-Boozang.cfm |
Kathleen M. Boozang (born April 21, 1959) is Dean and Professor of Law at Seton Hall University School of Law.
She joined Seton Hall in 1990 after practicing law for several years, and, prior to becoming Dean in 2015, developed the Law School's center of excellence in healthcare law (1993), created new programs in compliance education for industry professionals and practicing attorneys (2004), and built the Law School's Division of Online Learning (2012). She has served as a member of senior administration of Seton Hall Law School and in the Provost's office at Seton Hall University since 2000. In July 2015, she became the eighth dean of Seton Hall Law and the third woman to serve in the role.
Kathleen Boozang was born in Galveston, Texas and raised in Connecticut. She graduated from St. Joseph High School in 1977 and earned her B.S. in Business, magna cum laude, from Boston College, where she was a member of the School of Management Honors Program and a Scholar of the College of Arts & Sciences writing a thesis in Moral Theology.
She earned her Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Washington University School of Law (1984), serving as Managing Editor of the school's Law Quarterly. She was inducted into the Order of the Coif. Boozang earned her Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from Yale Law School (1990).
Dean Boozang was an Associate at the law firm, Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C. in St. Louis (1984–89), where she developed an expertise in healthcare law and governance of Catholic health systems. She was named Of Counsel (1990-2003) when she left St. Louis to attend Yale Law School.
She joined Seton Hall Law School as Assistant Professor (1990), recruited by then Dean Ronald J. Riccio for her expertise in healthcare law. She launched the Health Law & Policy Program (1993), serving as its director (1993-2003), which has been ranked in the Top 10 of U.S. News & World Report for such programs since 1996. She was promoted to full Professor of Law (1997), and named Director of Health Law Graduate Programs (1997-2003), then appointed Associate Dean for Academics (2000–07) and Associate Dean for Academic Advancement (2007–10). She served as Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Interim Vice Provost at Seton Hall University (2010–11). She then returned to Seton Hall Law as Associate Dean for Academic Advancement and launched the Law School's Division of Online Learning (2012). She succeeded Patrick E. Hobbs as Dean of the Law School in July 2015.
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