Philip J. McConnaughay, dean of Penn State Dickinson School of Law, will become the next dean of Peking University’s School of Transnational Law in Shenzhen, China. Jeffrey Lehman is the school's current chancellor and founding dean.
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Philip J. McConnaughay, dean of Penn State Dickinson School of Law, will become the next dean of Peking University’s School of Transnational Law in Shenzhen, China. Jeffrey Lehman is the school's current chancellor and founding dean.
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