The American Bar Association has announced that Jennifer Rosato Perea will become the next managing director of accreditation and legal education—the first woman to serve in that role and the first Latinx to serve as the head of ABA legal education.

Rosato Perea has been a law dean for more than 15 years—ranked 10th for length of cumulative service of current deans, according to Rosenblatt’s Deans Database.