Jennifer J. Johnson
{{short description|American lawyer}}
{{Infobox academic
| name = Jennifer Johnson
| education = Mills College (BA)
Yale Law School (JD)
| discipline = Law
| sub_discipline = Business law
Securities law
| module = {{infobox officeholder
| embed = yes
| office = Dean of the Lewis & Clark Law School
| term_start = June 1, 2014
| term_end = August 1, 2024
| predecessor = Robert Klonoff
}}
}}
Jennifer J. Johnson is an American legal scholar and academic administrator who has worked as the dean of the Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon, from 2014 until August 2024.{{cite web|url=https://law.lclark.edu/live/news/52022-law-school-dean-to-step-down-august-2024|title=Law School Dean to Step Down August 2024|website=law.lclark.edu|access-date=2025-06-19}} Johnson specializes in business and securities law.{{Cite web|url=https://law.lclark.edu/live/profiles/258-jennifer-johnson|title=Jennifer Johnson|website=law.lclark.edu|language=en|access-date=2020-02-17}}
Education
After graduating from South Salem High School, Johnson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mills College in 1973 and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1976.{{Cite web |last=Petersen |first=Sarah |title=A conversation with Dean Jennifer Johnson |url=https://www.lclark.edu/live/news/27914-a-conversation-with-dean-jennifer-johnson |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=www.lclark.edu |language=en}}
Career
After graduating from law school, Johnson clerked for Judge Alfred Goodwin on the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Johnson then entered private practice at Stoel Rives in Portland, where she specialized in real estate finance and land use law, before joining the faculty of Lewis & Clark Law School in 1980. She was named Dean of the Law School in 2014. Johnson is a member of the Oregon State Bar, and was elected to the American Law Institute in 2008.{{Cite web|url=https://law.lclark.edu/live/news/24223-jennifer-johnson-appointed-dean|title=Jennifer Johnson Appointed Dean|website=law.lclark.edu|language=en|access-date=2020-02-17}}{{Cite web|url=https://abovethelaw.com/2014/09/this-week-in-law-schools-in-trouble/|title=This Week In Law Schools In Trouble|last=Mystal|first=Elie|website=Above the Law|date=2 September 2014 |language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-17}}
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