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Jennifer L. Mnookin is an American legal scholar and academic leader, currently serving as Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. A leading expert on the law of evidence and forensic science, she previously served as Dean of the UCLA School of Law, where she was David G. Price and Dallas P. Price Professor of Law. While at UCLA Law, she co-founded and co-directed the Program on Understanding Law, Science and Evidence (PULSE@UCLA Law). From 1998 to 2005, Mnookin was on the faculty of the University of Virginia School of Law, with one year (2002-03) spent as a visiting professor at Harvard Law School. She joined the faculty of UCLA Law in 2005, where she then served as vice dean for faculty and research from 2007–09, vice dean for external appointments and intellectual life from 2012–13, and dean from 2013-2022. On April 23, 2020, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. On May 16, 2022, the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents announced they had unanimously chosen Mnookin to be the 30th chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She took office on August 4, 2022. (en) |
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Jennifer L. Mnookin is an American legal scholar and academic leader, currently serving as Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. A leading expert on the law of evidence and forensic science, she previously served as Dean of the UCLA School of Law, where she was David G. Price and Dallas P. Price Professor of Law. While at UCLA Law, she co-founded and co-directed the Program on Understanding Law, Science and Evidence (PULSE@UCLA Law). From 1998 to 2005, Mnookin was on the faculty of the University of Virginia School of Law, with one year (2002-03) spent as a visiting professor at Harvard Law School. She joined the faculty of UCLA Law in 2005, where she then served as vice dean for faculty and research from 2007–09, vice dean for external appointments and intellectual life from (en) |
