Diane P. Wood assumed the role of Director in May 2023, being the first woman to hold this position at the Institute. She was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in 1995, and served as Chief Judge from 2013 to 2020. Wood assumed senior status in September 2022. She is also a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago Law School, where she teaches in the areas of federal civil procedure, antitrust law, and international trade and business.

Before her appointment to the bench, Wood was the Harold J. and Marion F. Green Professor of International Legal Studies at the University of Chicago Law School. She also served for two years as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, with responsibility for the Division’s international, appellate, and legal policy matters. In 2015, Wood received the U.S. Department of Justice’s 2015 John S. Sherman Award—the department’s highest antitrust honor.

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