Following Kimberly Mutcherson’s ascension to Rutgers Law School co-dean earlier this year, the wave of minority women taking the helm at law schools has been gaining momentum.

Two law schools in the past week have named black women as dean. Stetson University College of Law has tapped Michele Alexandre to be its next top administrator—the first African-American to fill that role. On Wednesday, the University of Cincinnati announced that Verna Williams was being elevated from interim dean to full dean. She, too, will be the school’s first black dean. Those appointments add to what is already shaping up to be a diverse crop of incoming deans.

Jenny S. Martinez, professor of law with Stanford Law School. Jenny S. Martinez