Paul G. Mahoney is an American law professor. He became Dean of the University of Virginia School of Law

University of Virginia School of Law

The University of Virginia School of Law was founded in Charlottesville in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson as one of the original subjects taught at his "academical village," the University of Virginia. The law school maintains an enrollment of approximately 1,100 students in its initial degree program...

 on July 1, 2008, succeeding John Calvin Jeffries

John Calvin Jeffries

John Calvin Jeffries, Jr. is a prominent law professor and was Dean of the University of Virginia School of Law from 2001 to 2008.- Biography :...

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Mahoney graduated in 1981 from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...

 and earned a law degree in 1984 from Yale Law School

Yale Law School

Yale Law School, or YLS, is the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Established in 1824, it offers the J.D., LL.M., J.S.D. and M.S.L. degrees in law. It also hosts visiting scholars, visiting researchers and a number of legal research centers...

. He clerked for Judge Ralph K. Winter, Jr.

Ralph K. Winter, Jr.

Judge Ralph K. Winter, Jr. is a judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. President Ronald Reagan nominated Winter on November 18, 1981, to a seat vacated by Walter Roe Mansfield. Judge Winter was confirmed by the Senate on December 9, 1981, and received his commission...

 of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is one of the thirteen United States Courts of Appeals...

 and for United States Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood Marshall was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from October 1967 until October 1991...

. He practiced law at Sullivan & Cromwell

Sullivan & Cromwell

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP is an international law firm headquartered in New York. The firm has approximately 800 lawyers in 12 offices, located in financial centers in the United States, Asia, Australia and Europe. Sullivan & Cromwell was founded by Algernon Sydney Sullivan and William Nelson...

 from 1986 until 1990, when he joined the Virginia law faculty. His areas of academic interest are securities regulation, law and economic development, corporate finance, financial derivatives and contracts.

Mahoney is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations

Council on Foreign Relations

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, and was an associate editor of the Journal of Economic Perspectives and a director of the American Law and Economics Association.

External links

• University of Virginia official biography
• http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/search.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-02-26-0037.html "Mahoney is named 11th Dean at U.Va.'s School of Law", Richmond Times-Dispatch
  Richmond Times-Dispatch
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