FORMER NAWJ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DRUCILLA RAMEY TO BECOME DEAN OF GOLDEN GATE UNIVERSITY IN SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Golden Gate University (GGU) announced the appointment of Drucilla Stender Ramey, former NAWJ Executive Director, as Dean-Elect of GGU's School of Law. Drucilla Ramey will officially assume leadership of the Law School August 1, 2009, bringing her extensive experience as a practitioner, law professor, and director of national and regional professional legal organizations to her role as dean. As most of you may know, Drucilla Ramey served as Executive Director of the National Association of Women Judges in New York from 2005 until the end of the 2008 year, and was Executive Director and General Counsel for the Bar Association of San Francisco from 1985 to 2002. She has worked in numerous other nonprofit organizations, including the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the American College of Trial Lawyers and the Open Society Institute, and served as Chair of the San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women and the ACLU of Northern California. Ms. Ramey served on the faculty at GGU Law School from 1978 to 1985.

Judge Thelton Henderson of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California has known Ramey since they served as co-counsel on a public interest law case before he joined the bench and in his capacity as a former adjunct professor at GGU Law. "Dru built the Bar Association of San Francisco into one of the most visible, active and successful bar associations in the country," Henderson says. "She has a well-deserved national reputation as a person with vision and incredible energy and the ability to inspire people on her team. She will bring all of those assets to GGU."

Founded in 1901, Golden Gate University School of Law offers full-time and part-time enrollment options leading to the Doctor of Jurisprudence and several advanced graduate law programs for practicing attorneys. Golden Gate University School of Law is fully accredited by the American Bar Association and the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State of California and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. Graduates qualify to take the bar exam in all 50 states and in the District of Columbia. For more information on GGU's School of Law, visit http://www.ggu.edu/school_of_law