Updated and finalized August 23, 2014

It's time for the new list. I'll start with what I know, and look forward to hearing of additional searches from our readers. Please email me the information at DMF55[at]DREXEL[dot]EDU. I will delete comments that are not purely informational in nature.

Last year's search list is here. (2011-12 is here, 2010-11 is here, 2009-10 is here, and 2008-09 is here.)

Akron (Matthew Wilson named dean)

Alabama (search committee includes Joseph Colquitt, Heather Elliott, Julie Hill, Anne Hornsby and Ron Krotoszynski) (Mark Brandon named dean)

Alberta (Paul Paton named dean)

Ave Maria (Kevin Cieply named dean)

Belmont (Alberto Gonzales named dean)

California - Berkeley (Sujit Choudhry named dean)

Columbia (search committee here) (Gillian Lester, Gillian Metzger, Jennifer Mnookin and Ted Ruger finalists) (Gillian Lester named dean)

Cornell (search committee here) (Eduardo Peñalver named dean)

Detroit - Mercy (Phyllis Crocker named dean)

Elon (Witt/Kieffer consulting) (Luke Bierman named dean)

Faulkner (Matt Vega named dean)

Florida (search committee here) (Korn/Ferry consulting) (Alex Acosta, David Brennen, Samuel Donaldson and David Huebner finalists) (search did not yield a new dean)

Florida Coastal

George Washington (Korn Ferry consulting) (search committee here) (Blake Morant named dean)

Hamline (Jean Holloway named dean)

Houston (Witt/Kieffer consulting; search committee here) (finalists are Leonard Baynes, Michael Cahill, Danielle Holley-Walker, Maria Pabon Lopez, Lawrence Ponoroff, and Melanie Wilson) (Leonard Baynes named dean)

Howard (search committee here) (Korn Ferry consulting) (Danielle Holley-Walker named dean)

Idaho (search committee here) (Mark Adams named dean)

Indiana - Bloomington (Korn/Ferry consulting; search committee here) (Austen Parrish named dean)

John Marshall in Atlanta (Malcolm Morris named dean)

Lewis and Clark (Jennifer Johnson named dean)

Louisville (Susan Duncan named interim dean for an additional three years)

Maine

Maryland (search committee here) (Isaacson, Miller consulting) (Donald Tobin named dean)

Mississippi College of Law (Wendy Scott named dean)

Montana (Robert Ackerman, Norman Bay, Oren Griffin, and Andrew King-Ries finalists) (August 2014 update: three new finalists are Donald Judges, David Frakt, and and Marcilynne Burk)

New Brunswick (Geldart Group consulting)

Nova Southeastern (Korn/Ferry consulting) (Jon Garon named dean)

Pace (Witt/Kieffer consulting) (David Yassky named dean)

Penn

Penn State

Roger Williams (Michael Yelnosky named dean)

Samford (Henry Strickland named dean)

Southern Methodist (Russell Reynolds consulting; search committee here) (Jennifer Collins named dean)

St. Mary's (Witt/Kieffer consulting) (Stephen Sheppard named dean)

Texas A&M (search committee is here) (Leonard Baynes, Beto Juarez, Andy Moriss, and Matt Parlow finalists) (Andy Morriss named dean)

Utah (Robert Adler named dean)

Valparaiso (Andrea Lyon named dean)

Washington University in St. Louis (search committee here) (Nancy Staudt named dean)

Wayne State (R. William Funk consulting) (Jocelyn Benson named dean)

William Mitchell

Wyoming