Kimberly Yuracko

Kimberly A. Yuracko (born 1969) is an American law professor and academic administrator. She is Judd and Mary Morris Leighton Professor of Law at Northwestern University and Associate Provost for Academic Projects. She previously served as Dean of the Law School. She is an expert on gender and title IX.

Career Yuracko graduated from Stanford Law School with a Juris Doctor in 1998. And also obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in political science from Stanford University. She clerked in the federal court in Los Angeles for Judge Gary L. Taylor, and later for Judge Stanley Marcus, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

In 2002, she joined the law faculty of Northwestern and has held a joint appointment in political science with the university's college of arts and sciences. She was associate dean for academic affairs from 2009 to 2010 and served as interim dean in 2011. In 2018, she was appointed dean of the law school. With effect from 1 August 2020 she was appointed Associate Provost for Academic Projects.

Personal life Yuracko has two children with former husband, Michael Barsa, who is a professor and novelist.

Works

Mark A Rothstein; Lance Liebman; Kimberly A Yuracko, Employment law : cases and materials, St. Paul, MN : Foundation Press, Thomson Reuters, 2015. Eighth edition. ,