Law.com has the details. Christine Charnosky, Nearly 25% of Law Schools Had New Deans in 2025, Law.com, January 6, 2026 (“A total of 45 law schools appointed 47 law deans—23 were interim appointments—during the calendar year 2025”). A complete listing of deans at U.S. law schools, their length of service, and other information can be found at the AALS Rosenblatt’s Deans Database, which the article draws from. The average tenure of current serving deans is 3.84 years, while over 12% of currently serving deans have served for more than 10 years.



