Office of the Dean

Daniel Abebe
Dean and Lucy G. Moses Professor of Law

Michael Patullo
Associate Dean for Planning, Communications, and Faculty Affairs

Michelle Ellis
Executive Assistant/Office Manager 

Elizabeth Williams
Director of Strategic Initiatives and Operations 

Madison Winston
Associate Director of Faculty Affairs

Contact Information

Office of the Dean

Department Services

The Office of the Dean oversees the academic and administrative operations of Columbia Law School, including intellectual life and curricular planning, faculty affairs and support, and internal and external communications. 

  • Intellectual Life

     

    Benjamin L. Liebman
    Vice Dean for Intellectual Life and Robert L. Lieff Professor of Law

  • Academic Affairs

     

    Michael Heller
    Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and Lawrence A. Wien Professor of Law

  • Experiential Learning

     

    Lynnise Pantin
    Vice Dean for Experiential Education and Pritzker Pucker Family Clinical Professor of Transactional Law
     

  • Faculty Affairs

     

    Michael Patullo
    Associate Dean for Planning, Communications, and Faculty Affairs