Atlanta's John Marshall Law School Dean Jace Gatewood will step down at the end of the current academic year after more than four years of leading the downtown Atlanta institution, the school said Monday.

The school said Gatewood is leaving at the end of the academic year in July 2025 and will take a sabbatical until 2026, when he will return to the faculty. The school did not give a reason why he was choosing to step down now.