List of deans of the William & Mary Law School

Following is a list of deans of the William & Mary Law School, formally the Marshall-Wythe School of Law, which is the oldest extant law school in the United States, having been founded in 1779 at the urging of alumnus Thomas Jefferson. ^{[1] [2]}

The law school was closed from 1861 to 1921, when it was revived.

1779–1861

Name	Took office	Left office	Notes
George Wythe	1779	1789
St. George Tucker	1790	1804
William Nelson	1804	1813
Robert Nelson	1813	1818
James Semple	1819	1834
Nathaniel Beverley Tucker	1834	1851	Longest-serving dean.
George Parker Scarburgh	1852	1855
Lucian Minor	1855	1858
Charles Morris	1859	1861

1923–Present

Name	Took office	Left office	Notes
John Garland Pollard	1923	1932
Theodore Sullivan Cox	1932	1942
Dudley W. Woodbridge	1942	1946	Acting Dean
Theodore Sullivan Cox	1946	1947
Arthur Warren Phelps	1947	1948
Dudley W. Woodbridge	1948	1962	Acting Dean, 1948–1950
Joseph Curtis	1962	1969	Acting Dean, 1962–1963
James P. Whyte Jr.	1969	1975	Acting Dean, 1969–1970
Emeric Fischer	1975	1976	Acting Dean
William Spong Jr.	1976	1985
Timothy J. Sullivan	1985	1992
Richard A. Williamson	1992	1993	Acting Dean
Paul Marcus	1993	1994	Acting Dean
Thomas G. Krattenmaker	1994	1997
Paul Marcus	1997	1998	Acting Dean
W. Taylor Reveley III	1998	2008
Lynda L. Butler	2008	2009	Interim Dean
Davison M. Douglas	2009	2020
A. Benjamin Spencer	2020	present

References

1. BLONDEL-LIBARDI, CATHERINE R. (2007). "Rediscovering the Litchfield Law School Notebooks". Connecticut History Review. 46 (1): 70–82. ISSN   0884-7177.
2. Lee, Edward T. (1938–1939). "The Litchfield Law School – First Law School in America". Women Lawyers' Journal. 25: 8.