| Post: | Dean |
| Body: | Yale Law School |
| Incumbent: | Heather K. Gerken |
| Incumbentsince: | 2017 |
| First: | Francis Wayland III |
| Website: | Office of the Dean |
| Formation: | 1873 |
| Seat: | Yale University |
The Dean of Yale Law School serves as the administrative head of the law school of Yale University. Since the office's establishment in 1873,[1] there have been 17 deans of the school.
The current dean, Heather K. Gerken, entered the office in 2017, succeeding Robert C. Post.
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| No. | Picture | Name | Education | Took office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francis Wayland III | Harvard University | 1873 | 1903 | ||
| 2 | Henry Wade Rogers | University of Michigan | 1903 | 1916 | ||
| 3 | Thomas Walter Swan | Yale UniversityHarvard Law School | 1916 | 1927 | ||
| 4 | Robert Maynard Hutchins | Yale University | 1927 | 1929 | ||
| 5 | Charles Edward Clark | Yale University | 1929 | 1939 | ||
| 6 | Ashbel Green Gulliver | Yale University | 1940 | 1946 | ||
| 7 | Wesley Alba Sturges | Yale University | 1946 | 1954 | ||
| 8 | Harry Shulman | Brown UniversityHarvard Law School | 1954 | 1955 | ||
| 9 | Eugene Victor Rostow | Yale University | 1955 | 1965 | ||
| 10 | Louis Heilprin Pollak | Harvard UniversityYale Law School | 1965 | 1970 | ||
| 11 | Abraham Samuel Goldstein | City College of New YorkYale Law School | 1970 | 1975 | ||
| 12 | Harry Hillel Wellington | University of PennsylvaniaHarvard Law School | 1975 | 1985 | ||
| 13 | Guido Calabresi | Yale University | 1985 | 1994 | ||
| 14 | Anthony Kronman | Williams CollegeYale University | 1994 | 2004 | ||
| 15 | Harold Hongju Koh | Harvard University | 2004 | 2009 | ||
| 16 | Robert C. Post | Harvard UniversityYale Law School | 2009 | 2017 | ||
| 17 | Heather K. Gerken | Princeton UniversityUniversity of Michigan | 2017 | present |