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 | ||
George Washington Kirchwey [2] | 1901–1910 | ||
Harlan Fiske Stone | 1910–1923 | earned LL.B. from Columbia in 1898 | |
Huger Jervey | 1923–1927 | earned LL.B. from Columbia in 1913 [3] | |
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 | |
Lance Liebman | 1991–1996 | ||
David W. Leebron | 1996–2004 | left to become president of Rice University | |
David M. Schizer | 2004–2014 | ||
Gillian Lester | 2015– |