David Van Zandt is an American academic administrator and currently President of The New School.
Previously he served as Dean of Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, from 1995 to 2011.
He has taught courses in international financial markets, business associations, property, practical issues in business law, and legal realism.
He is an expert in business associations, international business transactions, property law, jurisprudence, law and social science, and legal education.