SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Yale professor Cristina Rodr\u00edguez was selected as Yale Law School\u2019s next dean, becoming the second woman to hold the position at the school.<\/p>\n
Rodr\u00edguez, a San Antonio native, will assume the role on Feb. 1, 2026, as she continues nearly 25 years in academia and law.<\/p>\n
Previously, Rodr\u00edguez had already made history as the first tenured Hispanic professor at Yale Law School.<\/p>\n
Rodr\u00edguez joined the faculty of her alma mater in 2013 and has focused on constitutional and immigration law. Previously, she was a visiting professor at Harvard, Stanford and Columbia universities.<\/p>\n
She has authored more than 70 academic essays and has worked as an expert for The New York Times, NPR and The Washington Post, according to her staff bio<\/a>.<\/p>\n In 2021, she was appointed by the president to co-chair the bipartisan Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States.<\/p>\n \u201cCristina\u2019s commitment to scholarship, excellence, and service make her the ideal person to lead Yale Law School, and the entire Yale community is fortunate to have such a devoted and experienced leader take the helm,\u201d Yale University President Maurie McInnis said.<\/p>\n