coffman's successor was richard c. maxwell, who served as the second dean of ucla law from 1958 to 1969. dean maxwell "presided over happier, more harmonious years of institutional growth," and it was under his deanship that ucla became "the youngest top-ranked law school in the country." dabagh's successor, louis piacenza, was able to grow the law school's library collection to 143,000 volumes by may 1963, which at that time was the 14th largest law school library in the united states.