In celebration of her tenure as Dean of Miami Law from 2009-2019, alumni, friends and colleagues have established this endowment to secure and promote the legacy of Dean Patricia D. White as one of our country’s most innovative legal educators and academic leaders. The endowment will support in perpetuity select initiatives at the discretion of the Dean of the School of Law.
Patricia D. White began her tenure as the University of Miami School of Law’s 11th dean in 2009, declaring her intent that the School become “a model of what legal education can look like going forward in the 21st century in a multicultural and global world.” Under her leadership, Miami Law has gained wide recognition as one the world’s most innovative law schools, earning distinction for specialty areas such as its music law and technology programs. Committed to student development and public service, Dean White has significantly expanded student services, with unique programs and initiatives such as LawWithoutWalls and more than doubled the number of clinics designed to provide experiential learning opportunities for our students who advocate for access to legal aid for some of the most vulnerable constituents in our community.
She is widely acknowledged as one of the world’s most influential and pioneering legal educators, and continues to be an industry thought leader. Dean White currently chairs the American Bar Association’s Commission on the Future of Legal Education, which is leading the effort to anticipate, articulate, and influence dramatic changes in the legal profession in the next decade and beyond.