Two law schools have tapped faculty members as top administrators.

Vice dean Melanie Leslie will become dean of the Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law on July 1 as the school's first female leader. And Suffolk University Law School has selected professor Andrew Perlman as its dean, effective on Aug. 1. Perlman will replace Camille Nelson, who has led the school for five years.

“Andy Perlman brings top-level leadership to the Suffolk deanship,” said American Bar Association President William Hubbard, who has worked with Perlman on bar initiatives.