Harvard University Law School
| Web Address: | https://hls.harvard.edu/ |
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| Phone Number: | 617.495.4601 |
| Address: | Griswold Hall 200 Cambridge, MA 02138 |
Current Dean
| John C.P. Goldberg (Interim) | 2024-03-14 to Current |
Previous Deans (populated by deans in the database)
| John F. Manning | 2017-07-01 to 2024-03-14 |
| Martha L. Minow | 2009-07-01 to 2017-06-30 |
Deans Who Attended Harvard University Law School
| Name | Degree |
Year of Graduation |
| Matthew Diller | J.D. | 1985 |
| Kevin R. Johnson | J.D. | 1983 |
| Joseph D. Kearney | J.D. | 1989 |
| Michael A. Simons | J.D. | 1989 |
| Erwin Chemirinsky | J.D. | 1978 |
| Alberto R. Gonzales | J.D. | |
| Andrew Perlman | J.D. | 1996 |
| Richard E. Moberly | J.D. | 1998 |
| Thomas J. Miles | J.D. | 2003 |
| Michael Waterstone | J.D. | |
| Anita K. Krug | J.D. | 1997 |
| Colin Crawford | J.D. | |
| Susan Freiwald | J.D. | 1991 |
| Mary Anne Bobinski | LL.M. | 1989 |
| Benjamin Spencer | J.D. | 2001 |
| Eboni Nelson | J.D. | |
| Reynaldo Valencia | J.D. | |
| Michele Alexandre | J.D. | |
| Jelani Jefferson Exum | J.D. | 2004 |
| Roger A. Fairfax, Jr. | J.D. | 1998 |
| Rachel Rebouche' | J.D. | 2006 |
| Christiana Ochoa | J.D. | 1998 |
| Robert Chesney | J.D. | 1997 |
| Bradley J. Lingo | J.D. | |
| Paul Brest | LL.B. | 1965 |
| Patricia S. Abril | J.D. | 2000 |
Previous Deans
(information provided by Harvard University Law School)
| Name | Tenure as Dean |
| Howell E. Jackson (Acting) | 2009 - 2009 |
| Elena Kagan | 2003 - 2009 |
| Robert C. Clark | 1989 - 2003 |
| James Vorenberg | 1981 - 1989 |
| Albert Martin Sacks | 1971 - 1981 |
| Derek Curtis Bok | 1968 - 1971 |
| Andrew James Casner (Acting) | 1967 - 1968 |
| Livingston Hall (Acting) | 1959 - 1959 |
| Robert Amory, Jr. (Acting) | 1948 - 1948 |
| Erwin Nathaniel Griswold | 1946 - 1967 |
| Edmund Morris Morgan (Acting) | 1942 - 1945 |
| James McCauley Landis | 1937 - 1946 |
| Edmund Morris Morgan (Acting) | 1936 - 1937 |
| Joseph Henry Beale (Acting) | 1929 - 1930 |
| Joseph Warren (Acting) | 1929 - 1929 |
| Joseph Warren (Acting) | 1925 - 1926 |
| Edward Henry Warren (Acting) | 1921 - 1922 |
| Roscoe Pound | 1916 - 1936 |
| Austin Wakeman Scott (Acting) | 1915 - 1916 |
| Ezra Ripley Thayer * | 1910 - 1915 |
| Samuel Williston (Acting) | 1909 - 1910 |
| James Barr Ames * | 1895 - 1910 |
| Christopher Columbus Langdell * | 1870 - 1895 |
* Deceased