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History of NYU School of Law

A research guide to the history of NYU Law, included related primary and secondary sources.

NYU School of Law Deans

1835 - 1856 Benjamin F. Butler
1858 - 1864 Thomas W. Clerke
1864 - 1871 John Norton Pomeroy
1871 - 1881 Henry E. Davies
1881 - 1887 Aaron J. Vanderpoel
1887 - 1891 David Ralph Jaques
1891 - 1896 Austin Abbott (died April 19, 1896)
1896 - 1916 Clarence D. Ashley (died January 26, 1916)
1916 - 1943 Frank Sommer
1943 - 1948 Arthur Vanderbilt
1948 - 1963 Russell Niles
1964 - 1967 Dr. Miguel A. de Capriles
1967 - 1975 Robert McKay
1975 - 1987Norman Redlich
1988 - 2002John Sexton (left to serve as President of NYU) 
2002 - 2013Richard L. Revesz 
2013 - 2022   Trevor Morrison 
2022 -            Troy McKenzie