Yale Law School has named its first female dean.

University officials announced Tuesday that Yale Law professor Heather Gerken, 48, will assume the deanship on July 1, replacing outgoing dean Robert Post. Gerken will be the first woman to lead the 193-year-old law school, which holds the No. 1 spot on U.S. News & World Report’s law school rankings.

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