Kate Stith | |
---|---|
Residence | Bethany, Connecticut |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater |
Dartmouth College, 1973 B.A. Harvard Law School, 1977 Kennedy School of Government, 1977 M.A. |
Occupation | Lafayette S. Foster Professor of Law and the former acting-Dean of Yale Law School |
Spouse(s) | Jose Cabranes |
Parent(s) | Richard T. Stith Jr. |
Relatives | sisters Laura Denvir Stith and Rebecca S. Stith |
Kate Stith (also known as Kate Stith-Cabranes) is the Lafayette S. Foster Professor of Law and the former acting-Dean of Yale Law School. Her appointment was announced on March 23, 2009, by Yale University President Richard Levin, when former dean Harold Koh was nominated to serve as Legal Adviser of the Department of State. Stith is a former Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Stith is married to Judge Jose Cabranes of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and is the sister of Laura Denvir Stith, who serves on the Missouri Supreme Court.
Stith received a Bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College in 1973, a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1977 and a Masters of Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government also in 1977. She clerked for Judge Carl McGowan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and for Supreme Court Justice Byron R. White.
Stith began teaching at Yale Law School (YLS) in 1985.