In that moment I was focused on our university's long-standing policies aligned with the U.S. Constitution which say that speech alone is not punisha… - M. Elizabeth Magill

About M. Elizabeth Magill

Mary Elizabeth Magill (born 1966) is an American legal scholar and academic administrator who served as the ninth president and 27th leader of the University of Pennsylvania since July 1, 2022. An administrative and constitutional law scholar, Magill began her academic career at University of Virginia where she worked for 15 years, becoming Joseph Weintraub–Bank of America Distinguished Professor of Law and the Elizabeth D. and Richard A. Merrill Professor. She next joined Stanford Law School as dean and Richard E. Lang Professor of Law, serving from 2012 to 2019 when she returned to the University of Virginia to become provost. On December 9, 2023, Magill announced her intent to step down as university president, once an interim president was named.

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