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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. Johnson specializes in business and securities law.


Education

After graduating from South Salem High School, Johnson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mills College in 1973 and a
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from Yale Law School in 1976.


Career

After graduating from law school, Johnson clerked for Judge
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on the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Johnson then entered private practice at
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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
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in 2008.


References

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