Wendell Pritchett Named Interim Dean Of Penn Law

The University of Pennsylvania Law School has announced that Wendell Pritchett will take over as the school's interim dean this summer.  He replaces Mike Fitts who is becoming President of Tulane University.  Pritchett joined the Penn faculty in 2001.  In 2009, he became Chancellor of Rutgers-Camden and he is stepping down at the end of this year.  It was only recently announced that he would be returning to the Penn Law faculty.  Pritchett holds a JD from Yale and and a Ph.D in History from Penn.