By AP/KWMU
St. Louis, MO – Washington University's law school dean will leave that job to become the new president of the University of Rochester, New York.
That private school announced its selection of Joel Seligman on Wednesday. He has been Washington University's law school dean since 1999 and held the same title at the University of Arizona before that.
Seligman will begin in New Yorkin July. The school says Seligman was selected from more than 200 applicants.