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Cristina M. Rodríguez was selected as dean of Yale Law School in December 2025 and will assume the position on February 1, 2026, as the Sol and Lillian Goldman Dean and Professor of Law

First Latina and second woman to serve as dean of Yale Law School since its founding; also the first tenured Hispanic law professor at the institution

Education includes a B.A. from Yale College, master of letters from Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, and J.D. from Yale Law School; born in San Antonio, Texas

Previously served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice and co-chaired the bipartisan Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court in 2021

Resolution encourages law professors to invest in student mentorship and teach the rule of law and U.S. Constitution