Rutgers Law School has selected its next dean from outside academia.

David Lopez, who has been appointed co-dean and will oversee the school’s Newark campus, is currently a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Outten & Golden, serving in the discrimination and retaliation practice. Before joining the firm in 2016, he was the general counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for six years. Altogether, Lopez worked in the EEOC for 22 years.