List of Deans of Columbia Law School
Deans of Columbia Law School
| Dean | Tenure | Notes |
| Theodore William Dwight | 1858–1891 | as "Warden", left to found New York Law School |
| William A. Keener | 1891–1901 | |
| George Washington Kirchwey | 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 |
| Young Berryman Smith | 1927–1952 | earned LL.B. from Columbia in 1912 |
| William Clements Warren | 1952–1970 | |
| Michael I. Sovern | 1970–1979 | earned LL.B. from Columbia in 1955. Left to become provost of Columbia University |
| Albert J. Rosenthal | 1979–1984 | |
| Benno C. Schmidt, Jr. | 1984–1986 | left to become president of Yale University |
| Barbara Aronstein Black | 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– |