Patrice Jean Named President of Columbia Law School Alumni Association
Hughes Hubbard partner and Columbia Law alum will lead the school's global alumni community.
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Patrice Jean has been named president of the Columbia Law School Alumni Association.
Jean graduated from Columbia Law School in 2002.
She plans to help strengthen engagement among Columbia Law graduates worldwide.
Patrice Jean has been named president of the Columbia Law School Alumni Association.
A 2002 graduate of Columbia Law School, Jean will help lead the association's efforts to strengthen connections among alumni and support the school's global community of more than 30,000 graduates.
In an address to her fellow Alumni Association members marking the start of the academic year, Jean reflected on her connection to the school and its students, as well as on the accomplishments of Columbia Law graduates and the bonds between them that continue long after graduation.
"Over the years, it has been an immense privilege to watch so many Columbia Law graduates… charting distinguished, groundbreaking careers that are reshaping the way law is understood and practiced,” Jean said. “And all while we've maintained that collective bond."
Jean is Chair of Hughes Hubbard’s Life Sciences Group. Prior to law school, she earned her Ph.D. in molecular biology from Princeton University.
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