Melanie D. Wilson

Melanie D. Wilson
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Georgia (BA, JD)
Academic work
Discipline
  • Criminal procedure
  • Fourth and Sixth Amendments
  • prosecutorial ethics
  • juries
InstitutionsAtlanta's John Marshall Law School
University of Kansas
University of Tennessee
Washington and Lee University

Melanie D. Wilson is an American academic administrator and law professor serving as the dean and Roy L. Steinheimer Jr. Professor of Law of the Washington and Lee University School of Law since 2022. She is an expert on criminal procedure, the Fourth and Sixth Amendments, juries, and prosecutorial ethics. Wilson was dean and Lindsay Young Distinguished Professor of the University of Tennessee College of Law from 2015 to 2020 and its dean emerita from 2020 to 2022.