SAN FRANCISCO — Golden Gate University School of Law is set to install a new interim dean at the start of the 2012-13 school year, school officials announced Thursday. The administration’s pick, Rachel Van Cleave, previously served as an associate dean at the school.

Golden Gate University President Dan Angel said in an email that the appointment of an interim dean is the “usual process” for a changing of the guard. Current Dean Drucilla Ramey’s term expires on Tuesday, and Angel said a search committee is conducting a nationwide search for permanent dean candidates, with the expectation that the new dean will take over in August 2013.