Melissa Murray
(born 1975)
Interim Dean, March 2016-June 2017
B.A., University of Virginia (1997)
J.D., Yale Law School (2002)
Sujit Choudhry
(born 1970)
Dean, 2014-2016
B.Sc., McGill University, 1992
B.A., University College, Oxford, 1994
LL.B., University of Toronto, 1996
LL.M., Harvard Law School, 1998
Gillian Lester
(born 1964)
Acting Dean, December 2012-May 2013
Interim Dean, August 2013-June 2014
B.Sc., University of British Columbia, 1986
LL.B., University of Toronto, 1990
J.S.D., Stanford University, 1998
Christopher Edley, Jr.
(born 1953)
Dean, 2004-2013
B.A., Swarthmore College, 1973
J.D., Harvard University, 1978
M.P.P., Harvard University, 1978
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
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
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
Jesse H. Choper
(born 1935)
Dean, 1982-1992
B.S., Wilkes College, 1957
LL.B., University of Pennsylvania, 1960
Honorary doctorate, Wilkes College
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
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
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
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
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
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
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