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Seattle College Selects New Dean to Lead Regulation Faculty:

After a nationwide search, Seattle College has chosen Anthony E. Varona as the brand new dean of Seattle College Faculty of Regulation. He joins the regulation faculty — with an annual enrollment of greater than 600 college students and a robust emphasis on social justice — from the College of Miami Faculty of Regulation, the place he served as dean and M. Minnette Massey Chair in Regulation from August 2019 by means of June 2021, and now holds the Massey Chair as a tenured professor and dean emeritus.

“Tony Varona is the suitable dean for this pivotal second in Seattle College Faculty of Regulation’s historical past,” President Eduardo Peñalver stated. “His roots in Jesuit larger schooling, alongside together with his deeply held dedication to public service, are an ideal match for Seattle College’s Jesuit-inspired mission to coach highly effective advocates for justice. Together with his private heat, robust imaginative and prescient, and super power, Tony will speed up the regulation faculty ahead. I’ve lengthy admired Tony’s work as a authorized educational and administrator, and I’m excited to have the chance to work with him over the approaching years.”

Miami Herald, Regulation Dean Ousted From the College of Miami Final Yr Will get New Job At One other Regulation Faculty:

Practically a yr after his abrupt firing as dean of the College of Miami regulation faculty, Anthony Varona introduced Thursday he received employed as the brand new regulation dean at Seattle College, a non-public Jesuit Catholic establishment in Washington state. …

Varona’s firing shocked the South Florida authorized neighborhood and sparked nationwide outrage final summer season. UM President Julio Frenk pushed out Varona in late Could, 23 months into his five-year contract, with out beforehand consulting college — the usual process in universities.

Frenk hasn’t supplied clear causes for pushing out Varona, apart from alluding on the time to an absence of fundraising. College students, alumni, professors and different members of the authorized neighborhood have raised considerations that Varona’s id as an overtly homosexual and Cuban man result in his ousting. Frenk has dismissed these rumors. …

When Frenk demoted him, he provided to let Varona keep on as a tenured college member and to maintain his title because the M. Minnette Massey Professor of Regulation. Varona stepped down as dean July 1, retained the Massey Chair and have become dean emeritus. However he additionally began on the lookout for a brand new prime administrative job. He stated he interviewed throughout the U.S. for months and finally received a number of presents for “excellent deanship alternatives.”

He selected Seattle College, partly, as a result of it’s a “progressive” regulation faculty with “robust social justice missions,” he stated. He formally begins July 1. “Seattle U Regulation is a perfect place to show and examine regulation, with super promise and potential,” Varona stated.

“John and I couldn’t be happier,” he added, referring to his husband. …

Donna Kay Coker, who has been professor on the UM regulation faculty for greater than 25 years, stated Friday she’s “completely thrilled for Tony and never stunned he’s landed in an awesome house.”

Nonetheless, she clarified that the questions surrounding Varona’s relegation stay unanswered. “Many people are unhappy or offended nonetheless about what occurred to Tony,” she stated. “We nonetheless have questions on why it was that he was fired when he had a lot help, questions on our relationship with the board of trustees and the management, and whether or not there was any bias concerned.”

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