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Full Media Coverage: L. Song Richardson appointed dean of UCI Law

Distinguished legal scholar and teacher L. Song Richardson is the next dean of the University of California, Irvine School of Law, effective Jan. 1, 2018, becoming the only woman of color to serve in this role among U.S. News & World Report’s top 30 law schools.

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The announcement received media coverage and mentions in the list of publications below:

• ABA Journal: UC Irvine’s Richardson is the only woman of color to serve as dean at a top 30 law school
• ABC7 Fort Meyers Naples: L. Song Richardson named dean of UCI School of Law
• ABC Dallas: L. Song Richardson named dean of UCI School of Law
• Above the Law: New Dean Will Be Only Woman of Color to Lead Top 30 Law School
• The American Law Institute: L. Song Richardson Named Dean of UCI Law
• Daily Journal: L. Song Richardson named dean of UC Irvine law school
• The Daily Telescope: L. Song Richardson named dean of UCI School of Law
• Election Law Blog: Breaking News: Song Richardson Chosen as New Dean of UCI Law
• The Faculty Lounge: L. Song Richardson Named Dean of UC Irvine Law
• Korea Daily News: UCI Appointed a Korean-American woman at the dean of law school (Korean language)
• Korea Times: UC Irvine Law School Dean Song Richardson (Korean language)
• LA West Media: UC Irvine School of Law Names L. Song Richardson as Dean
• Brian Leiter's Law School Reports: Interim Dean Song Richardson at UC Irvine named Dean
• Los Angeles Times: New UC Irvine dean will be only woman of color to lead a top law school, university says
• MyNewsLA.com: New dean at elite UC Irvine School of Law is an institutional trailblazer
• MyNewsLA.com: UCI's new dean is only woman of color leading a top law school
• Northwest Asian Weekly: Richardson Becomes Dean at UC Irvine
• Orange County Bar Association: L. Song Richardson Named Dean of UCI School of Law
• Orange Coast Magazine: Meet L. Song Richardson, New Dean of UCI's School of Law
• Orange County Business Journal: Song Remains the Same at UCI Law
• Orange County Business Journal: UCI Names Richardson as Law School Dean
• Orange County Register: UCI names new dean, becoming the only woman of color leading a top law school
• The Rafu Shimpo: L. Song Richardson Named Dean of UCI School of Law
• Reappropriate: L. Song Richardson Named UCI Law School Dean, Becomes Only Woman of Color Dean of a Top-30 Law School
• The Recorder: UC Irvine School of Law Gets New Dean
• TaxProf Blog: New UC-Irvine Dean Is Only Woman Of Color To Lead A Top 30 Law School
• Yale Law: L. Song Richardson ’93 Named Dean of UCI School of Law