University of Tulsa Selects Stacy Leeds, Dean of ASU Law School as its Next President

The University of Tulsa as selected seasoned law school dean Stacy Leeds as its 22^nd President effective July 1, 2026.   She is the first woman permanent president of the University.

Leeds is currently the Dean of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University and she previously served as the Dean of Arkansas School of Law. She also served as the Inaugural Vice Chancellor for Economic Development at the University of Arkansas.   She formerly served as Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law at the University of Kansas and the Director of Tribal Law and Government Center at KU. Previously, Leeds taught law at the University of North Dakota and served as Director of the Northern Plains Indian Law Center

Leeds served six years as the district judge for the Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation and two years as district judge for the Muscogee Nation. She also served as judge for the Kaw Nation, Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, and the Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas. She also served as a justice on the Cherokee Nation Supreme Court.

Stacy Leeds eared her JD from the University of Tulsa School of Law. She also earned an