Stanford Law School (SLS) is the law school of Stanford University, a private research university near Palo Alto, California. Established in 1893, Stanford Law had an acceptance rate of 6.28% in 2021, the second-lowest of any law school in the country. George Triantis currently serves as Dean.
The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University is the business school of Northwestern University, a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. It was founded in 1908 as the School of Commerce.
The Michigan State University College of Law is the law school of Michigan State University, a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan. Established in 1891 as the Detroit College of Law, it was the first law school in the Detroit, Michigan area and the second in the state of Michigan. In October 2018, the college began a process to fully integrate into Michigan State University, changing from a private to a public law school. The integration with Michigan State University was finalized on August 17, 2020.
Leonard P. Strickman is an American law professor who served as Dean of three law schools, guiding two of them to various stages of ABA accreditation. Most recently, he was the founding Dean of the Florida International University College of Law, which went from establishment to full accreditation during his tenure.
Dean is a title employed in academic administrations such as colleges or universities for a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, over a specific area of concern, or both. In the United States and Canada, deans are usually university professors who serve as the heads of a university's constituent colleges and schools. Deans are common in private preparatory schools, and occasionally found in middle schools and high schools as well.
The University of California, Los Angeles School of Law is the law school of the University of California, Los Angeles.
Maya Lakshmi Harris is an American lawyer, public policy advocate, and writer. Harris was one of three senior policy advisors for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign's policy agenda and she also served as chair of the 2020 presidential campaign of her sister, Kamala Harris.
Edward Adams "Ted" Snyder is currently the William S. Beinecke Professor of Economics and Management at Yale School of Management. He has held two other business school deanships and was Senior Associate Dean at University of Michigan Ross School of Business.
The Brown School is the graduate school for social work and public health of Washington University in St. Louis. Located on Washington University's Danforth Campus, adjacent to Forest Park, the school is recognized by the Council on Social Work Education and the Council on Education for Public Health. It is also a member of the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health.
The University of California, Irvine School of Law is the law school at the University of California, Irvine, a public research university in Irvine, California. Founded in 2007, it is the fifth and newest law school in the UC system. At the time of its founding, it was the first new public law school in California in more than 40 years.
John Francis Manning is an American legal scholar who serves as the provost of Harvard University, and was the 13th Dean of Harvard Law School. He was previously the Bruce Bromley Professor of Law at Harvard Law School (HLS), where he is a scholar of administrative and constitutional law.
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan is the business school of the University of Michigan, a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The business school was originally founded in 1924.
Harry Hillel Wellington was an American legal scholar who served as the Dean of Yale Law School from 1975 to 1985 and the dean of New York Law School from 1992 to 2000.
Paul Brest is an American legal scholar who is a former president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and is dean of Stanford Law School. He is credited with coining the name originalism to describe a particular approach to interpreting the United States Constitution.
Sally Wheeler, is Vice-Chancellor of Birkbeck, University of London and was previously Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the Australian National University, where she was also served as Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Dean of the College of Law (2018-2022). She is also a Visiting Full Professor at the UCD Sutherland School of law and adjunct professor at Waikato University, New Zealand, and Jilin University, China. Wheeler was elected to the Academy of Social Sciences and the Royal Irish Academy in 2011 and 2013, respectively. She was previously a professor at Queen's University Belfast and was the Head of the School of Law at Queen's University Belfast for several years, she also served as Interim Dean of the Faculty of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS), Dean of Internationalisation (AHSS) and, in 2017, Interim Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research Enterprise. Wheeler is the author or co-author of several books on corporate governance, over 70 articles or book chapters, and she has edited or co-edited nine other books. Wheeler has given major addresses and led workshops around the world, and has also been cited as "one of the world's leading experts" on the governance of pensions. In August 2023 her appointment as the incoming Vice-Chancellor of Birkbeck, University of London, was announced.
George Triantis is the dean of Stanford Law School. He is an American lawyer focusing in bankruptcy, business and corporate law, commercial, contract and risk management.
Nell Jessup Newton is an American legal scholar who has held deanships at six law schools, a record in U.S. legal education. As of the 2023-24 academic year, she is a professor of law at Notre Dame Law School, where she previously served as dean from 2009 to 2019.
Elizabeth G. Loboa is an American biomedical engineer, inventor, researcher and academic administrator currently serving at Southern Methodist University (SMU) as provost and vice president for academic affairs.
A law school dean is usually the highest-ranking administrator in a law school.
Menachem (Marc) Penner is an American Modern Orthodox rabbi and executive vice president of the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA). He formerly served as the Max and Marion Grill Dean of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University and Dean of Men's Undergraduate Torah Studies Program at Yeshiva University. Penner is the Rabbi Emeritus of the Young Israel of Holliswood.
