With significant contributions to jurisprudence and the administration of justice, the varied career of Judge Anthony Scirica of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is taking an academic turn with his decision to take senior status.

Come July, Scirica will take on a larger role at the University of Pennsylvania’s law school and Stephanie Middleton, deputy director of the American Law Institute, said she hopes he’ll spend more time on the ALI’s governing council.