E. Lea Johnston

5th Circuit

9th Circuit

U.S. District Courts for the District of Mississippi

Clarence J. TeSelle Professor

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA LEVIN COLLEGE OF LAW

2023 - Current

University of Florida Research Foundation Professor, 2020-2023; University Term Professor, 2017-2020; Professor of Law, 8/2015-present; Associate Professor of Law, 8/2012-8/2015; Assistant Professor of Law, 1/2009-8/2012; RACE & CRIME CENTER FOR JUSTICE, Associate Director 2021-present ; CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER, Associate Director 2011-2020.

Associate Director

RACE & CRIME CENTER FOR JUSTICE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA LEVIN COLLEGE OF LAW

2021 - Current

Litigation Associate

Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, D.C.

2007 - 2008

Litigation Associate, 9/2003-7/2006

Law Clerk to the Honorable Richard C. Tallman

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Seattle, WA

2006 - 2007

Harvard Law School

J.D. (2003)

Honors: Board of Student Advisors (Honor Society)

Activities: Women’s Law Journal, Executive Editor, Article Selection Committee

Princeton University

A.B. (1996) | Major: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Honors: Sigma Xi Honor Society; Certificate: Women and Gender Studies

Mississippi State Bar

Member (Inactive)

Current

District of Columbia Bar

Member (Inactive)

Current

Criminal Law & Criminal Justice Books, Rutgers-Newark Advisory Board

2023 - Current

American Law Institute

Elected Member

2020 - Current