WILLIAM & MARY LAW — On July 1, 2020, in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, national economic uncertainty and the Black Lives Matter movement that called for a stand against police brutality and racial injustice, A. Benjamin Spencer began his role as dean of the College of William and Mary Law School. After taking the reins of the law school over Zoom during an unprecedented year for the U.S. legal system, Spencer became the first Black dean of any school at the College.