Study Abroad: Daniel Abebe Appointed Dean of Columbia Law School

Minouche Shafik President of Columbia University in the City of New York confirmed in a release that Professor Daniel Abebe will join as the 16th Dean of Columbia Law School and Lucy G. Moses Professor of Law, effective August 1, 2024.

The Columbia Law School appointed a new Dean effective from August 1, 2024. Minouche Shafik President, of Columbia University, announced the appointment of Professor Daniel Abebe as the 16th Dean of Columbia Law School and Lucy G. Moses Professor of Law, effective August 1, 2024.

"I am confident that Professor Abebe will be an exceptional Dean for Columbia Law, one of the most highly regarded law schools in the world. His fundamental belief in the academic enterprise is evident and deeply rooted. His skilled, diplomatic, and inclusive approach to leadership will help foster an environment in which faculty, students, and staff can innovate, succeed, and flourish," said the President.

About Professor Abebe 

Professor Abebe’s scholarship focuses on the relationship between public international law and constitutional law of U.S. foreign affairs. His research has been published in leading academic journals and he edited volumes in the fields of international institutions, foreign affairs, human rights law, and institutional design, and he is an elected member of the American Law Institute.

He currently serves as Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Governance at the University of Chicago and Harold J. and Marion F. Green Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School, where he was Deputy Dean from 2016 to 2018. In the role of a Vice Provost, he has been responsible for important strategic assignments including articulating and affirming the principles that underpin the University of Chicago’s widely emulated institutional commitment to free expression and for stewarding critical aspects of university-wide academic life. Professor Abebe earned a BA from Maryville University of St. Louis, a JD from Harvard Law School, and an MA and PhD in political science from the University of Chicago. He started by clerking for Judge Damon J. Keith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit when he worked at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York.

"Please join me in welcoming Professor Abebe to the Columbia community as he takes up the deanship of Columbia Law and in thanking the search committee, capably chaired by Professors Anu Bradford and Richard Briffault, for its tireless effort and thoughtful engagement throughout the search process. We also owe a deep, collective debt of gratitude to Gillian Lester for her leadership and dedication during the past decade; she has left an indelible imprint of accomplishment that will be visible at the Law School for years to come," added the President.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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