The University of Arkansas School of Law has announced that Stacy Leeds will take over as dean on July 1. Leeds is the interim associate dean for academic affairs, professor of law, and director of the Tribal Law and Government Center at the University of Kansas School of Law.
Leeds is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and the University of Arkansas reports that she is the first American Indian woman to serve as a law school dean. She has extensive judicial experience in Native American courts - currently serving as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Courts of both the Kaw Nation and the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma.
Leeds received her J.D. from the University of Tulsa and her L.L.M. from Wisconsin, where she was a Hastie Fellow. And that's not all: she also holds the record for most 3-pointers in the Division 3 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament!
Congratulations to Dean Leeds and the University of Arkansas. This is very exciting news!
This is wonderful news and well-deserved. Congratulations, Stacy!
Congratulations to Dean Stacy Leeds and to the University of Arkansas for making such an inspired and historic appointment.