Twinette Johnson
Twinette Johnson | |
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| Dean of the David A. Clarke School of Law | |
| Assumed office July 3, 2023 Acting: August 1, 2022 – July 2, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Renée M. Hutchins |
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| Alma mater | Saint Louis University Tulane University |
Twinette L. Johnson is an American law professor and academic administrator serving as the dean of the David A. Clarke School of Law since 2023.
Life
[edit]Johnson earned a B.A. in English literature (1996) and Ph.D. in public policy (2019) from Saint Louis University.[1] She earned a J.D. from the Tulane University Law School in 1999.[1] She clerked for Missouri Supreme Court judge Duane Benton.[1] Her dissertation was titled Winds of Change, Windows of Opportunity, and Promises of Choice: A Study of New Orleans Post-Hurricane Katrina Charter School Reform and its Effect on Post-Secondary Matriculation Among Orleans Parish Residents.[2]
Johnson was an associate attorney with Shearman & Sterling where she represented financial institutions and corporations.[1] She served as an associate professor of legal writing at the Saint Louis University School of Law for eight years.[1] From August 2011 to July 2017, Johnson was an associate professor of law and director of the academic success program at Southern Illinois University School of Law.[1] Johnson joined the David A. Clarke School of Law in 2017 as a professor of law and director of the academic success program.[1][3] She was selected as the acting dean on August 1, 2022, succeeding Renée M. Hutchins.[4] On July 3, 2023, she formally assumed the role.[5]
Selected works
[edit]- Johnson, Twinette L.; Goldsmith, Marcia A. (2019). Advanced Legal Analysis and Strategies for Bar Preparation. Aspen Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4548-9976-1.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Charnosky, Christine (June 29, 2023). "Twinette Johnson Named Permanent Dean of UDC Law". Law.com. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
- ^ Johnson, Twinette L. (2019). Winds of Change, Windows of Opportunity, and Promises of Choice: A Study of New Orleans Post-Hurricane Katrina Charter School Reform and its Effect on Post-Secondary Matriculation Among Orleans Parish Residents (Ph.D. thesis). Saint Louis University. OCLC 1249949533.
- ^ "Professor Twinette L. Johnson". UDC David A. Clarke School of Law. 2021-03-04. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
- ^ "Twinette Johnson Tapped as UDC's Acting Law School Dean". The Washington Informer. 2022-07-05. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
- ^ "UDC Formally Approves Twinette Johnson as Dean of David A. Clarke School of Law". The Washington Informer. 2023-06-27. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
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- Living people
- Saint Louis University alumni
- Tulane University Law School alumni
- Saint Louis University School of Law faculty
- Southern Illinois University faculty
- David A. Clarke School of Law faculty
- Deans of law schools in the United States
- African-American women academic administrators
- American women academic administrators
- African-American academic administrators
- African-American legal scholars
- American women legal scholars
- 21st-century American women academics
- 21st-century American academics
- 21st-century African-American women
- 21st-century African-American lawyers
- 21st-century American women lawyers
- 21st-century American lawyers