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Mark Niles of American University’s Washington College of Law has been selected dean of Seattle University School of Law.

Niles’ appointment ends a nationwide search for a dean that began after former dean Kellye Testy announced her departure to University of Washington’s School of Law May 13. Niles will assume his position July 1, 2010.

Niles is currently associate dean for academic affairs  at Washington College of Law.

“At American University, [Niles] has spearheaded significant developments in the law school’s first-year curriculum and in academic skills instruction,” wrote Seattle U President Stephen Sundborg, S.J. in an e-mail to the university today.

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After the departure of Dean Kellye Testy to the University of Washington School of Law in May, members of Seattle University’s dean search committee have selected four finalists for the deanship.

The four finalists are Karen Brown, Michele Bratcher Goodwin, Barbara J. Holden-Smith and Mark Niles. Annette Clark is serving as interim dean.

“The committee reviewed dozens of applications and nominations,” a statement from the School of Law said. “These four stood out among the highly qualified pool.”

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Kellye Testy has taken the deanship at the University of Washington School of Law. Photo courtesy of Seattle U's School of Law.

After conducting a nationwide search and hiring an executive search firm to do it, the University of Washington’s School of Law found its new dean just a few miles south on another campus. In fact, one might say it’s a clean swap:  Seattle University took Cameron Dollar from the UW to be its head basketball coach, and the UW has chosen Seattle U’s Law dean, Kellye Testy, to take over its School of Law.

Seattle U Provost Isaiah Crawford announced Testy’s new position today via an e-mail to the university.

“The law school has thrived under her leadership,” Crawford wrote, ”and she leaves us in a strong position to recruit a new dean. ”

Testy became a professor at the Seattle U School of Law in 1992 and took over as dean in February 2005. She is hailed as a “nationally renowned expert on corporate governance.” Testy recently received the Loren Miller Bar Association President’s Award and the King County Bar Association’s Friend of the Legal Profession Award for her work in education and the justice system.

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Seattle U School of Law Dean Kellye Testy has been named a finalist for a deanship at the University of Washington. Photo courtesy of Seattle U.

Seattle U’s School of Law could soon be without its award-winning leader.

Dean Kellye Testy has been selected as a finalist for the deanship at the University of Washington’s School of Law, according to an announcement from the UW’s provost’s office.

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