Managing Director, Legal Education and Accreditation Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar | Chicago, Illinois We are pleased to announce the completion of our search for the American Bar Association. From a strong pool of candidates, Jennifer Rosato Perea has been selected to fill this important position. She will assume her new role on June 1, 2024. Rosato Perea, a nationally recognized leader in legal education, is in her second term at DePaul and 16th year as a law dean. A longtime advocate of student engagement and professionalism, Rosato Perea is one of only a small number of Latina law school deans in the nation, and she would become the first Latina to serve as head of ABA legal education, which includes the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, its governing council and an ABA program that approves paralegal programs.Jennifer holds an undergraduate degree from Cornell University and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. She is an expert on family law, bioethics and legal ethics, having published extensively on a variety of legal issues affecting children and families.Tim McFeeley led this search with Karreem Mebane.