The National Jurist’s list of the 20 Most Influential People in Legal Education

No. 20

Jerry Organ

Professor, University of St. Thomas School of Law


No. 19

William Henderson

Professor, Indiana University Maurer School of Law


No. 18

Anthony E. Varona

Dean, Seattle University School of Law


No. 17

Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge

Dean, University of Georgia School of Law


No. 16

Megan Carpenter

Dean, University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law


No. 15

William Treanor

Dean and Executive Vice President, Georgetown University Law Center


No. 14

Melanie Wilson

Dean and Professor, Washington and Lee University School of Law; 2024 AALS president elect


No. 13

Andrew Perlman

Dean and Professor, Suffolk University Law School


No. 12

Eugene Volokh

Professor, UCLA School of Law


No. 11

Jenny Martinez

Provost, Stanford University; former dean of Stanford Law School


No. 10

Darby Dickerson

President, Dean and Professor, Southwestern Law School


No. 9

Michael Hunter Schwartz

Dean, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law


No. 8

Meera E. Deo

Professor, Southwestern Law School; Director, Law School Survey of Student Engagement at Indiana University-Bloomington


No. 7

Brian Leiter

Professor, University of Chicago Law School


No. 6

Aaron Taylor

Executive Director, AccessLex Center for Legal Education Excellence


No. 5

Robert Ahdieh

Dean, Texas A&M University School of Law


No. 4

Paul Caron

Dean and Professor, Pepperdine University Rick J. Caruso School of Law


No. 3

Mark Alexander

Dean, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law; 2023 AALS president


No. 2

Kellye Testy

President and CEO, Law School Admission Council


No. 1

Erwin Chemerinsky

Dean, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law

The 20 Most Influential People in Legal Education