Deans of Columbia Law School:
| Image | Dean | Tenure | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theodore William Dwight[1] | 1858–1891 | as "Warden", left to found New York Law School | |||
| William A. Keener | 1891–1901 | ||||
| George Washington Kirchwey[2] | 1901–1910 | ||||
| 1910–1923 | earned LL.B. from Columbia in 1898 | ||||
| 1923–1927 | earned LL.B. from Columbia in 1913 [3] | ||||
| Young Berryman Smith[4] | 1927–1952 | earned LL.B. from Columbia in 1912 [5] | |||
| William Clements Warren | 1952–1970 | ||||
| Michael I. Sovern[6] | 1970–1979 | earned LL.B. from Columbia in 1955. Left to become provost of Columbia University | |||
| Albert J. Rosenthal[7] | 1979–1984 | ||||
| 1984–1986 | left to become president of Yale University | ||||
| Barbara Aronstein Black[8] | 1986–1991 | earned LL.B. from Columbia in 1955. First female dean of an Ivy League law school | |||
| 1991–1996 | |||||
| 1996–2004 | left to become president of Rice University | ||||
| 2004–2014 | |||||
| 2015–2024 | |||||
| Daniel Abebe[9] | 2024– |