For the first time in its 140-year history, Stevens Institute of Technology will have a general counsel. Kathy Schulz, formerly the associate general counsel at Yale University, has been named the Hoboken, N.J., school’s vice president, general counsel and secretary.

Schulz will report to the president and board of trustees for a school that boasts nearly 6,000 combined undergraduate and graduate students. Prior to her post at Yale, Schulz served as associate general counsel at New York University for 14 years. She also spent time as a corporate lawyer with Debevoise & Plimpton.