Please note: School affiliations and titles are those at time of service.
1947-1955
Willis L. M. Reese, Chair
Professor
Columbia University School of Law
(Deceased)
1955-1956
Willard H. Pedrick, Chair
Professor
Northwestern School of Law (now Northwestern Pritzker School of Law)
(Deceased)
1956-1959
Louis A. Toepfer, Chair
Assistant Dean/Director of Admissions
Harvard Law School
(Deceased)
1959-1962
Malcolm D. Talbott, Chair
Professor
Rutgers Law School
(Deceased)
1962-1963
Emerson G. Spies, Chair
Professor
University of Virginia School of Law
(Deceased)
1963-1964
Orrin B. Evans, Interim Chair
University of Southern California, Gould School of Law
(Deceased)
1964-1966
Emerson G. Spies, Chair
Professor
University of Virginia School of Law
(Deceased)
1966-1969
Millard H. Ruud, Chair
Professor
The University of Texas School of Law
(Deceased)
1969-1972
Harry B. Reese, Chair and President
Professor
Northwestern School of Law (now Northwestern Pritzker School of Law)
(Deceased)
1972-1974
Norman Penney, Chair and President
Professor
Cornell Law School
(Deceased)
1974-1976
Frederick M. Hart, Chair and President
Professor
The University of New Mexico School of Law
(Deceased)
1976-1978
William G. Hall, Chair and President
Professor
University of Maryland School of Law (now University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law)
(Deceased)
1978-1980
L. Orin Slagle, Chair and President
Professor
The Ohio State University College of Law (now The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law)
(Deceased)
1980-1982
Walter B. Raushenbush, Chair and President
Professor
University of Wisconsin Law School
(Deceased)
1982-1984
Frank K. Walwer, Chair and President
Dean
The University of Tulsa College of Law
(Deceased)
1984-1986
Frank T. Read, Chair and President
Dean
University of Florida College of Law (now University of Florida , Fredric G. Levin College of Law)
(Deceased)
1986-1988
Marilyn V. Yarbrough, Chair and President
Professor
The University of Kansas School of Law
(Deceased)
1988-1989
Craig W. Christensen, Chair and President
Law School Admission Services*
(Deceased)
1989-1991
Peter A. Winograd, Chair and President
Associate Dean and Professor
The University of New Mexico School of Law
1991-1993
Charles E. Daye, Chair and President
Henry P. Brandis Professor of Law
University of North Carolina School of Law
(Deceased)
1991-1993
Lizabeth A. Moody
President and CEO, Law School Admission Services*
Executive Director, Law School Admission Council
(Deceased)
1993-2007
Philip D. Shelton
President
Law School Admission Council
1993-1995
George L. Dawson, Chair
Professor
University of Florida College of Law (now University of Florida, Fredric G. Levin College of Law)
1995-1997
Leigh H. Taylor, Chair
Southwestern Law School
1997-1999
Leo M. Romero, Chair
Professor
The University of New Mexico School of Law
1999-2001
Rennard Strickland, Chair
Dean and Philip H. Knight Professor of Law
University of Oregon School of Law
(Deceased)
2001-2003
Alex M. Johnson Jr., Chair
Dean Emeritus and William S. Pattee Professor of Law
University of Minnesota Law School
2003-2005
Richard D. Geiger, Chair
Associate Dean, Dean of Admissions
Cornell Law School
2005-2007
Kent D. Syverud, Chair
Garner Anthony Professor of Law
Vanderbilt Law School (2005)
Dean and Ethan A. H. Shepley University Professor
Washington University School of Law (2006-2007)
2007-2009
Ellen Blake Keane, Chair
Associate Dean for Admissions, Career Planning,
and Student Finance
UConn School of Law
2007-2016
Daniel O. Bernstine
President
Law School Admission Council
(Deceased)
2009-2011
Daniel R. Ortiz, Chair
John Allan Love Professor of Law
University of Virginia School of Law
2011-2013
Steven L. Willborn, Chair
Judge Harry A. Spencer Professor of Law
University of Nebraska College of Law
2013-2015
Athornia Steele, Chair
Professor of Law
Nova Southeastern University
Shepard Broad College of Law
(Deceased)
2015-2017
Susan L. Krinsky, Chair
Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Communications
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
2016-2017
Athornia Steele
Interim President
Law School Admission Council
(Deceased)
2017-2019
Christina B. Whitman, Chair
Francis A. Allen Collegiate Professor of Law,
Professor of Women’s Studies
The University of Michigan Law School
2017-2024
Kellye Y. Testy
President and Chief Executive Officer
Law School Admission Council
2019-2021
Kevin K. Washburn, Chair
N. William Hines Dean and Professor of Law
The University of Iowa College of Law
2021-2023
John Valery White, Chair
Ralph Denton Professor of Law
University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law
2023-2025
Marcilynn A. Burke, Chair
Dean and Mitchell Franklin Professor of Law
Tulane University Law School
2024-2025
Susan L. Krinsky
Interim President and Chief Executive Officer
2025-present
Rebecca L. Scheller, Chair
Chief Administrative Officer and Associate Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid
University of Wisconsin Law School
2025-present
Sudha Setty
President and Chief Executive Officer
Law School Admission Council
*Law School Admission Council became the corporate entity in 1993 and over time, we discontinued use of “Law School Admission Services.”