The leading contenders are reported to be Acting Dean Howell Jackson, John Manning, Martha Minow, and David Wilkins. David Barron, John Coates, and Elizabeth Warren are also mentioned as being considered. The only proper way, though, to settle this is with a poll of readers of this blog. So who should be the next Dean of Harvard Law School? I've broadened the field a bit just to make things interesting.




My former colleagues at another university in Middle East have also been moved to online teaching indefinitely, with the students…