LSAC Chairs and Presidents

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.”