List of deans of the William & Mary Law School

Following is a list of deans of the William & Mary Law School, formally the Marshall-Wythe School of Law, which is the oldest extant law school in the United States, having been founded in 1779 at the urging of alumnus Thomas Jefferson.[1][2]

The law school was closed from 1861 to 1921, when it was revived.

1779–1861

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Name Took office Left office
George Wythe 1779 1789
St. George Tucker 1790 1804
William Nelson 1804 1813
Robert Nelson 1813 1818
James Semple 1819 1834
Nathaniel Beverley Tucker 1834 1851
George Parker Scarburgh 1852 1855
Lucian Minor 1855 1858
Charles Morris 1859 1861

1923–Present

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Name Took office Left office Notes
John Garland Pollard 1923 1932
Theodore Sullivan Cox 1932 1942
Dudley W. Woodbridge 1942 1946 Acting Dean
Theodore Sullivan Cox 1946 1947
Arthur Warren Phelps 1947 1948
Dudley W. Woodbridge 1948 1962 Acting Dean, 1948–1950
Joseph Curtis 1962 1969 Acting Dean, 1962–1963
James P. Whyte Jr. 1969 1975 Acting Dean, 1969–1970
Emeric Fischer 1975 1976 Acting Dean
William Spong Jr. 1976 1985
Timothy J. Sullivan 1985 1992
Richard A. Williamson 1992 1993 Acting Dean
Paul Marcus 1993 1994 Acting Dean
Thomas G. Krattenmaker 1994 1997
Paul Marcus 1997 1998 Acting Dean
W. Taylor Reveley III 1998 2008
Lynda L. Butler 2008 2009 Interim Dean
Davison M. Douglas 2009 2020
A. Benjamin Spencer 2020 present

References

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  1. ^ BLONDEL-LIBARDI, CATHERINE R. (2007). "Rediscovering the Litchfield Law School Notebooks". Connecticut History Review. 46 (1): 70–82. ISSN 0884-7177.
  2. ^ Lee, Edward T. (1938–1939). "The Litchfield Law School – First Law School in America". Women Lawyers' Journal. 25: 8.