LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Officials with the University of Nebraska have started the process of looking for the next chancellor of its Lincoln campus.

University officials say a search firm and a university-appointed committee will be used to help find a replacement for Chancellor Harvey Perlman. Perlman says he plans to leave the chancellor’s office next summer to return to the law school faculty.

A school spokeswoman says administrators already have asked search firms to submit proposals for conducting the search. It likely will be several weeks until a search firm is named.