Jennifer Mnookin

Jennifer Mnookin
Mnookin in 2024
10th Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin, Madison
Assumed office
August 4, 2022
Preceded byJohn Scholz (acting)
Rebecca Blank
Personal details
Born1967 (age 5758)
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 the 30th chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison since 2022. 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.