Gillian Lester, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Gillian Lester

Date of Birth: 30-Oct-1964

Place of Birth: Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada

Profession: academic

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Gillian L.
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Lester (born October 30, 1964) is the 15th Dean of Columbia Law School.
She joined Columbia Law School on January 1, 2015, as Dean and Lucy G.
Moses Professor of Law.
Previously, Lester was acting dean of the University of California, Berkeley School of Law where she had been a professor since 2006.
Before that, she was a full professor at the School of Law of the University of California, Los Angeles.Lester is the second female dean of Columbia Law School.
Soon after taking the job, Lester told The Chronicle of Higher Education she wanted to tweak the curriculum to turn more Columbia law students into "global actors" and "entrepreneurs" who could build careers in both the private and public sectors.