Rebecca Scheller
Chief Administrative Officer and Associate Dean for Admissions & Financial Aid
Pronouns: She/Her
Contact
rebeccasmith@wisc.edu
608/262-1815
975 Bascom Mall, 6224 Law Building, Madison, WI, USA, 53706-1399
Education
B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison
J.D., University of Wisconsin Law School
Biography
Rebecca L. Scheller (she/her) joined the University of Wisconsin Law School in 2008, and leads the business services office and the overall enrollment enterprise as the Chief Administrative Officer and Associate Dean for Admissions & Financial Aid. Dean Scheller previously practiced at DeWitt LLP in Madison.
Dean Scheller earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School. While a law student, she served as an intern for Justice N. Patrick Crooks of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. She was President of the UW Law Mock Trial team, Secretary of the Latino/a Law Students Association, and Articles Editor and Symposium Editor of the Wisconsin Women's Law Journal (now the Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender and Society). She was named the 2006 recipient of the Leonard Loeb Scholarship conferred by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers in recognition of both academic excellence and strong interest in family law, and also received the Julie Strasser Scholarship Award while in law school.
News & Media
Tuesday, Jul 9, 2024Rebecca Scheller ’07 Named Chief Administrative Officer at UW Law
Tuesday, Nov 22, 2022Op-Ed: Ending Standardized Law School Tests Could Diminish Diversity
Thursday, Sep 1, 2022Rebecca Scheller and Others React as ABA Considers Tossing LSAT Mandate
Higher Ed DiveWednesday, Oct 10, 2018Deans Raymond and Scheller discuss this year's spike in enrollment at UW Law
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