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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

Johnson earned a B.A. in English literature (1996) and Ph.D. in public policy (2019) from Saint Louis University. She earned a J.D. from the Tulane University Law School in 1999. She clerked for Missouri Supreme Court judge Duane Benton. 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.

Johnson was an associate attorney with Shearman & Sterling where she represented financial institutions and corporations. She served as an associate professor of legal writing at the Saint Louis University School of Law for eight years. 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. Johnson joined the David A. Clarke School of Law in 2017 as a professor of law and director of the academic success program. She was selected as the acting dean on August 1, 2022, succeeding Renée M. Hutchins. On July 3, 2023, she formally assumed the role.

Selected works

• Johnson, Twinette L.; Goldsmith, Marcia A. (2019). Advanced Legal Analysis and Strategies for Bar Preparation. Aspen Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4548-9976-1.

References

1. ^ Charnosky, Christine (June 29, 2023). "Twinette Johnson Named Permanent Dean of UDC Law". Law.com. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
2. 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.
3. "Professor Twinette L. Johnson". UDC David A. Clarke School of Law. 2021-03-04. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
4. "Twinette Johnson Tapped as UDC's Acting Law School Dean". The Washington Informer. 2022-07-05. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
5. "UDC Formally Approves Twinette Johnson as Dean of David A. Clarke School of Law". The Washington Informer. 2023-06-27. Retrieved 2023-10-28.

• 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