Nell Jessup Newton

Nell Jessup Newton is an American legal scholar who has held deanships at six law schools, a record in U.S. legal education. As of the 2023-24 academic year, she is a professor of law at Notre Dame Law School, where she previously served as dean from 2009 to 2019.

Throughout her career, Newton has served as dean at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, University of Connecticut School of Law, University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly Hastings College of Law), and Notre Dame. She was interim dean at the University of Miami School of Law for the 2021-22 academic year, and at Wake Forest University School of Law for the 2022-23 academic year.

Her academic focus is on federal law relating to Native Americans. Provided by Wikipedia