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Boalt Hall Deans

William Carey Jones
(1854-1922)
Head, Department of Jurisprudence, 1894-1912
Director (later Dean), School of Jurisprudence 1912-23
A.B., 1875; M.A.; 1879; LL.D., 1923, University of California

Orrin Kip McMurray
(1869-1945)
Dean, 1923-1936
Ph.B., University of California, 1890
LL.B., Hastings College of the Law, 1893
Honorary doctorate, University of Southern California

Edwin DeWitt Dickinson
(1887-1961)
Dean, 1936-1948
A.B., Carleton College, 1909
M.A., Dartmouth College, 1911
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1918
J.D., University of Michigan, 1919

William Lloyd Prosser
(1898-1972)
Dean, 1948-1961
A.B., Harvard University, 1918
LL.B., University of Minnesota, 1928
Honorary doctorates from Willamette University, Temple University and University of Cologne

Frank C. Newman
(1917-1996)
Dean, 1961-1966
A.B., Dartmouth College, 1938
LL.B., University of California, Berkeley, 1941
LL.M., 1947; J.S.D., 1953, Columbia University
Honorary doctorate, Santa Clara University

Edward C. Halbach, Jr.
(born 1931)
Dean, 1966-1975
A.B., 1953, J.D., 1958, University of Iowa
LL.M., Harvard University, 1959
Honorary doctorate, University of Redlands

Sanford H. Kadish
(born 1921)
Dean, 1975-1982
B.S.S., City College of New York, 1942
LL.B., Columbia University, 1948
Honorary doctorates from Cologne University and City University of New York

Jesse H. Choper
(born 1935)
Dean, 1982-1992
B.S., Wilkes College, 1957
LL.B., University of Pennsylvania, 1960
Honorary doctorate, Wilkes College

Herma Hill Kay
(born 1934)
Dean, 1992-2000
B.A., Southern Methodist University, 1956
J.D., University of Chicago, 1959
Honorary doctorate, Southern Methodist University

John P. Dwyer
(born 1951)
Dean, 2000-2002
B.A., DePauw University, 1973
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1978
J.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1980

Robert C. Berring, Jr.
(born 1949)
Interim Dean, 2003-2004
B.A., Harvard University, 1971
M.L.S., University of California, Berkeley, 1974
J.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1974

Christopher Edley, Jr.
(born 1953)
Dean, 2004-
B.A., Swarthmore College, 1973
J.D., Harvard University, 1978
M.P.P., Harvard University, 1978


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