"While the culture war cancellation of the University of Arkansas' incoming law dean made headlines this week, it follows substantial turnover among law school leadership in general."
"As noted by Law.com (citing the AALS Rosenblatt's Deans Database), nearly a quarter of U.S. law schools with ABA accreditation had a new dean in 2025. This includes six top-tier schools: Georgetown, Harvard, Northwestern, University of Chicago, University of Michigan, and Yale."
The culture war cancellation of the University of Arkansas' incoming law dean made headlines this week. The cancellation occurred against a backdrop of substantial turnover among law school leadership. Nearly a quarter of U.S. law schools with ABA accreditation had a new dean in 2025. The turnover affected multiple top-tier institutions, including Georgetown, Harvard, Northwestern, the University of Chicago, the University of Michigan, and Yale. The wave of leadership changes reflects a period of rapid transition across legal academia and underscores shifting priorities and instability within law school administrations.
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