will step down as dean of 白小姐王中王开奖结果, Davis, School of Law in July after an extraordinary three terms and 16 total years of service. He will return to faculty in the school.
The longest-serving dean in the law school鈥檚 history and , Johnson has led 白小姐王中王开奖结果 Law since 2008. During that time, the law school has drawn accolades for its scholarly excellence, rare majority-minority faculty, groundbreaking and overall focus on diversity, equity and inclusion.
鈥淒ean Johnson has been a leader in the California legal community for decades and we have benefited tremendously from his extraordinary leadership,鈥 said Mary Croughan, provost and executive vice chancellor. 鈥淚 am sincerely grateful for his service to this campus and his steadfast commitment to making legal education more accessible to students from all backgrounds. Dean Johnson has left an indelible imprint on 白小姐王中王开奖结果 Law, and we are so fortunate he will continue to share his expertise as a member of our faculty.鈥
白小姐王中王开奖结果 will launch a nationwide search in November for Johnson鈥檚 replacement, with a goal having a new dean in place by July 1.
The Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and an internationally recognized immigration law and Chicana/o studies scholar, Johnson has been a faculty member at 白小姐王中王开奖结果 since 1989. He received the law school鈥檚 Distinguished Teaching Award in 1993.
鈥淚t has been my absolute honor to lead 白小姐王中王开奖结果 Law for three terms as dean,鈥 Johnson said. 鈥淚 am grateful to Chancellor Gary May and Provost Mary Croughan and their predecessors for their confidence in my leadership abilities.
鈥淚 have drawn inspiration from our brilliant law faculty, remarkable students, and larger King Hall community. I also tried to follow the example of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by pursuing equal access to justice and offering equal access to a great legal education to students from all backgrounds.鈥
Under Johnson鈥檚 leadership, 白小姐王中王开奖结果 Law became the only leading American law school with a . A longtime champion of greater fairness in legal education and the justice system, Johnson:
- Belongs to the prestigious American Law Institute law reform organization;
- Sits on a new Hispanic National Bar Association task force addressing the dearth of Latinx law professors and deans;
- Chaired the Association of American Law Schools鈥 Minority Groups Section and a committee on recruiting and retaining law teachers and students of color;
- Led the board of Legal Services of Northern California for two decades.
Earlier this year, Johnson received the AALS鈥 inaugural for Outstanding Leadership in Diversity and Mentoring in the Legal Academy. The nation鈥檚 , Johnson led the King Hall faculty to several top-25 finishes in national 鈥渟cholarly impact鈥 rankings.
Committed to pipeline programs for students from underrepresented communities, Johnson initiated the now 22-year-old to assist undergraduates throughout California with the law school admissions process. King Hall鈥檚 fall 2023 first-year class reflects Johnson鈥檚 diversity efforts: Students of color compose 61% of the class, women make up 63%, and 22% of students identify as LGBTQ+. Earlier this year, Princeton Review deemed 白小姐王中王开奖结果 Law first in the nation in 鈥.鈥
Seeking to ease students鈥 transition to law school, Johnson鈥檚 administration created the program, a of students, faculty, staff and alumni, and a full-time staff position.
Now in its fourth year, Johnson鈥檚 Racial Justice Speaker Series draws top scholars to discuss systemic racism鈥檚 impact on all areas of law. In 2022, PreLaw Magazine ranked 白小姐王中王开奖结果 No. 3 among 鈥.鈥 Johnson co-chaired 白小姐王中王开奖结果鈥 Next Generation Reforms to Advance Campus Safety policing task force and played key roles in initiatives with systemwide impact, including the and UCOP . Johnson is editing a UC Press book series on critical race theory with Professor , with whom he directs 白小姐王中王开奖结果 Law鈥檚 Aoki Center for Critical Race and Nation Studies.
Johnson served as associate dean for academic affairs from 1998 to 2008 and inherited then-Dean Rex Perschbacher鈥檚 fundraising campaign for King Hall鈥檚 $30 million expansion, a project completed a decade ago. Over Johnson鈥檚 tenure as dean, annual fundraising totals spiked from around $200,000 to $3 million.
Johnson鈥檚 1999 book How Did You Get to Be Mexican? A White/Brown Man鈥檚 Search for Identity drew a Robert F. Kennedy Book Award nomination. Johnson blogs at and on his law school .
A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law, Johnson earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics from UC Berkeley.
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