Davison L. Douglas
Davison L. Douglas, the longest-serving William & Mary Law School dean in 50 years, has announced that he will return to the school's faculty in July 2020.
“It has been an honor to serve as dean of William & Mary Law School,” said Douglas, who has served as dean since July 2009. “I have had the great pleasure of working with so many individuals who care deeply about the work of the law school — and the students whom we educate. It has been wonderful to have time at the helm of an institution that has a special place in history as the country’s first law school and where a sense of community and pride informs all of its endeavors. I look forward to celebrating the 240th anniversary of the law school’s founding in December and to working with everyone to move the university and school forward in the coming year.”
Douglas, a constitutional historian, started teaching at the school in 1990. He previously served as director of the Institute of the Bill of Rights Law and was the founding director of the law school's election law program.
