M. Elizabeth Magill

Liz Magill
Liz Magill
9th President of the University of Pennsylvania
	Nominee
	Assuming office; July 22, 2022
Succeeding	Amy Gutmann
13th Dean of Stanford Law School
	In office; 2012–2019
Preceded by	Larry Kramer
Succeeded by	Jennifer Martínez
Personal details
Born	Mary Elizabeth Magill; 1965 (age 56–57); Fargo, North Dakota, U.S.
Relatives	Frank J. Magill (father)
Education	Yale University (BA); University of Virginia (JD)
Academic work
Discipline	Law
Sub-discipline	constitutional law
Institutions	Stanford University; University of Virginia

Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Magill (born 1965) is the nominee for the president of the University of Pennsylvania, effective 1 July 2022,[1] and is currently the provost of the University of Virginia and a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law. She was dean of Stanford Law School from 2012 to 2019.[2]

Early life and education

A native of North Dakota, Magill is the daughter of Frank Magill, a senior United States federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Her brother, Frank Magill Jr., is a District Judge in Minnesota's Fourth Judicial District. She earned a B.A. degree in history from Yale University in 1988 and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1995.[3]

From 1988 until 1992, Magill worked as a senior legislative assistant for Senator Kent Conrad of North Dakota.[3]

Magill worked as a law clerk for Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from 1995 until 1996, and then worked as a clerk for United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg from 1996 until 1997.[4] Magill joined the faculty of the University of Virginia School of Law in 1997.[3] In January 2022, Magill was named as ninth president of the University of Pennsylvania.

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