List of Deans of Columbia Law School

Deans of Columbia Law School

Dean	Tenure	Notes
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–

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