List of deans of Columbia Law School
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Deans of Columbia Law School:
| Image | Dean | Tenure | Notes | ||
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Theodore William Dwight[1] | 1858–1891 | as "Warden", left to found New York Law School | ||
| William A. Keener | 1891–1901 | ||||
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George Washington Kirchwey[2] | 1901–1910 | |||
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Harlan Fiske Stone | 1910–1923 | earned LL.B. from Columbia in 1898 | ||
| Huger Jervey | 1923–1927 | earned LL.B. from Columbia in 1913 [3] | |||
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Young Berryman Smith[4] | 1927–1952 | earned LL.B. from Columbia in 1912 [5] | ||
| William Clements Warren | 1952–1970 | ||||
| Michael I. Sovern[6] | 1970–1979 | earned LL.B. from Columbia in 1955. Left to become provost of Columbia University | |||
| Albert J. Rosenthal[7] | 1979–1984 | ||||
| Benno C. Schmidt, Jr. | 1984–1986 | left to become president of Yale University | |||
| Barbara Aronstein Black[8] | 1986–1991 | earned LL.B. from Columbia in 1955. First female dean of an Ivy League law school | |||
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Lance Liebman | 1991–1996 | |||
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David W. Leebron | 1996–2004 | left to become president of Rice University | ||
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David M. Schizer | 2004–2014 | |||
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Gillian Lester | 2015–2024 | |||
| Daniel Abebe[9] | 2024– |
References
[edit]- ^ [1], Columbia Law School.
- ^ [2], New York Times.
- ^ [3] Archived 2014-05-10 at the Wayback Machine, A Brief History of Women at CLS, Columbia Law School.
- ^ Goebbel, Julius (Feb 1953). "Young Berryman Smith, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Columbia University: 1927-1952". Columbia Law Review, Vol. 53, No. 2. Columbia Law Review Association, Inc.
- ^ [4] Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine, Expanding Curriculum, Columbia Law School.
- ^ [5], Columbia Law School.
- ^ Foxl, Margalit (2010-04-22). "Albert J. Rosenthal, 91; Columbia Law School Dean". New York Times.
- ^ [6], Columbia Law School.
- ^ "About the Dean". Columbia Law School. Retrieved 1 August 2024.