Kimberly Yuracko

Kimberly A. Yuracko (born 1969) is an American law professor and academic administrator. She is Judd and Mary Morris Leighton Professor of Law at Northwestern University and Associate Provost for Academic Projects.[1] She previously served as Dean of the Law School.[2] She is an expert on gender and title IX.[3]

Kimberly A. Yuracko
Academic background
Alma materStanford University
Academic work
DisciplineLaw and political science
Sub-disciplineGender
InstitutionsNorthwestern University

Career

Yuracko graduated from Stanford Law School with a Juris Doctor in 1998.[4] And also obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in political science from Stanford University. She clerked in the federal court in Los Angeles for Judge Gary L. Taylor, and later for Judge Stanley Marcus, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

In 2002, she joined the law faculty of Northwestern and has held a joint appointment in political science with the university's college of arts and sciences. She was associate dean for academic affairs from 2009 to 2010 and served as interim dean in 2011. In 2018, she was appointed dean of the law school.[5] With effect from 1 August 2020 she was appointed Associate Provost for Academic Projects.[6]

Personal life

Yuracko is married to professor and novelist, Michael Barsa. They have two children.[7]

Works
  • Perfectionism and Contemporary Feminist Values. Perfectionism and Contemporary Feminist Values. Indiana University Press. 2003. ISBN 978-0-253-10972-9. OCLC 611966065.
  • Gender Nonconformity and the Law. Yale University Press. 2016. ISBN 978-0-300-21785-8. OCLC 976514177.
  • Mark A Rothstein; Lance Liebman; Kimberly A Yuracko, Employment law : cases and materials, St. Paul, MN : Foundation Press, Thomson Reuters, 2015. Eighth edition. ISBN 9781609304492, OCLC 904652224

References
  1. Spiezio, Caroline (2020-07-24). "Jobs pulled, bar exam woes, children home: Outgoing NU Law dean on managing an unprecedented year". Reuters. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  2. "Northwestern Is the Latest Top Law School to Name a Woman Dean | Law.com". Law.com. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  3. Eldeib, Duaa. "Transgender student rights: Education Department, courts not on same page". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  4. "Stanford Class of 1998 Has Magic Formula for Producing Top Female Law Deans | The Recorder". The Recorder. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  5. "Yuracko Named Dean Of Northwestern Law". National Jurist. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  6. "Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Dean Kimberly Yuracko to transition from dean to role in Office of the Provost". Northwestern. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  7. "Kimberly Yuracko named dean of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law - Northwestern Now". news.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-26.


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