In this week's Legal Ethics Roundup by Professor Renee Knake Jefferson, Doherty Chair in Legal Ethics & Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center, Professor Jefferson gives a shout out to former UCLA law dean and now Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin - Madison, Jennifer Mnookin, for her message to the University community titled, Choosing Humility, Not Hate to help the campus through challenging times. Professor Jefferson teaches, among other things, a course in leadership. Active in higher education leadership, Professor Jefferson is also a trustee of Michigan State University.
Chancellor Mnookin had a successful 8-year tenure at UCLA prior to joining UW. Prior to joining UCLA she taught at the University of Virginia School of Law and at Harvard Law School. She received her J.D. from Yale Law School, and a Ph.D. in History and Social Study of Science and Technology from M.I.T.