Jennifer Mnookin

Jennifer Mnookin
12th Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin, Madison
Incumbent
Assumed office
August 4, 2022
Preceded byJohn Scholz (acting)
Rebecca Blank
Personal details
Born1967 (age 56–57)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Yale University (JD)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)
Academic background
ThesisImages of Truth: Evidence, Expertise, and Technologies of Knowledge in the American Courtroom (1999)
Doctoral advisorMichael Fischer
Academic work
DisciplineLaw
Institutions

Jennifer L. Mnookin (born 1967) is an American legal scholar and academic serving as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison since 2022.[1] She previously served as dean of the UCLA School of Law, where she was David G. Price and Dallas P. Price Professor of Law.[2] While at UCLA Law, she co-founded and co-directed the Program on Understanding Law, Science and Evidence.[3]

  1. ^ "Jennifer Mnookin named chancellor". University of Wisconsin–Madison. May 16, 2022. Archived from the original on November 12, 2022. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  2. ^ "Biography Page". law.ucla.edu. Archived from the original on December 14, 2017. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  3. ^ "About the Program on Understanding Law, Science, and Evidence". www.law.ucla.edu. Archived from the original on April 27, 2018. Retrieved January 24, 2018.